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Captian Pete Bethune, from the Sea Shepherd trimaran Ady Gil

Sea Shepherd activist facing arrest in Japan

A New Zealand anti-whaling activist being held on a Japanese harpoon ship he boarded in Antarctic waters last month is likely to be arrested when he arrives in Tokyo harbour today.

Peter Bethune is a member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and was the captain of the high-tech powerboat Ady Gil, which was sliced in two in a collision with the whaling ship Shonan Maru II in January.

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