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January 8th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
Simon Peterffy, Geoffrey Tuxworth and Glen Pendlebury boarded the ship. Picture: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society / AFP
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The Steve Irwin in action against Japanese whaling boat Nisshin Maru. Picture: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Glenn Lockitch
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THE Australian government says its priority is to make sure the three whaling activists who climbed on board a Japanese whaling security ship are being well cared for, Attorney-General Nicola Roxon said.
Ms Roxon told reporters in Melbourne the government has been in touch with the Japanese government to find out exactly where the security ship is in Australia’s exclusive economic zone in the waters off Western Australia.
“It’s early days and it’s happened just a number of hours ago,” Ms Roxon said.
“Our top priority is to make sure Australian citizens are safe and that they are being well cared for.”
She said the boat had not applied to come to shore to offload the three protesters and that they may end up in Japan.
“We know there is a risk protest action will be taken and know there is a risk it might get out of hand in either direction,” she said.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Forest Rescue Australia joined forces to get three of its activists on board the Shonan Maru No.2, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Geoffrey Owen Tuxworth, 47, Simon Peterffy, 44, and Glen Pendlebury, 27, manoeuvred a small boat to the Japanese vessel, climbing over razor wire and spikes to get on deck.
Forest Australia spokesman Michael Montgomery said its people were being held as “prisoners” on board and they have not been in contact with them since their capture.
Mr Montgomery said they want to protect the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary from “illegal whale poaching”.
“They saw what was happening and spoke with the Sea Shepherd and decided to take action because the government won’t do anything about it,” Mr Montgomery told The Daily Telegraph.
“We haven’t heard anything from them but if they (the Japanese) take them out of Australian waters, I think they risk breaking international laws,” he said.
This is not the first time anti-whaling activists and Japanese whalers have clashed during whaling season.
Sea Shepherd stealth boat the Ady Gil collided with the Shonan Maru No.2 in 2010, destroying the $1.5 million boat.
-With AAP
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