The World - News from March 29, 1985

A Chinese torpedo boat and its crew, taken into custody when the boat drifted into South Korean waters last week, were returned to the Chinese navy at a rendezvous in the South China Sea. Also returned were the bodies of six men killed in a mutiny on the torpedo boat, along with two mutineers. South Korean officials said the mutineers were not political defectors and apparently had acted because of personal grievances. The Chinese expressed their gratitude with gifts to the Koreans, including 15 cases of beer and 30 cases of wine. Seoul and Peking do not have diplomatic relations, and the return was arranged in talks between the two sides in Hong Kong.