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Published on Taipei Times http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2007/04/15/2003356796 Stowaway 郵輪偷渡客 Sunday, Apr 15, 2007,Page 14 A Japanese man inspired by the sight of a luxurious British cruise liner managed to sneak himself onboard for a free one-week voyage before being caught in Hawaii, police have said. Osamu Ikegame, 40, said he could not stop himself when he saw the Aurora docked in Yokohama and climbed a 2.5m fence at the harbor, according to police. Ikegame then successfully blended in with the crowd of about 1,800 passengers and boarded the round-the-world cruise on Mar. 20, said a spokesman for harbor police in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. But the free ride ended in Hawaii for Ikegame after the cruise operator found out he had no ticket. "He told police that he wanted to go overseas on the big ship," said the police spokesman. "There must have been a couple of checkpoints before he got on the ship," the spokesman said. "We are investigating how he went through those checkpoints." Ikegame — who is not known to have a regular job but described himself as a computer engineer — was arrested on Mar. 29 on charges of unlawful entry at the harbor, a day after police flew him back home from Honolulu. The 270m long Aurora departed Britain's Southampton port on Jan. 9 for a three-month round-the-world cruise. The least expensive cabin on the Aurora costs ?17,000 (NT$1,115,157) for the full trip before any discounts, according to the website of operator P&O Cruises. (AFP) 警方表示，一名看到英國豪華郵輪而心生嚮往的日本男子，想盡辦法偷偷登船免費遊歷一週，直到在夏威夷遭逮捕為止。 警方指出，四十歲的池龜治說他看到停泊在橫濱的奧蘿拉號後，不由自主地爬上港口兩點五公尺高的圍牆。 東京南方的橫濱港務警局發言人表示，三月二十號池龜治成功混入一千八百名乘客之中，登上這艘環遊世界的郵輪。 不過，池龜治的免費之旅在夏威夷畫上句號，郵輪員工發現他沒有船票。 警方發言人說︰「他向警方指稱，他想搭大型郵輪出國。」 「他登上郵輪前一定會經過幾個檢查站，」警局發言人說︰「我們正在調查他是如何通關的。」 目前並不清楚池龜治是否有穩定工作，但他自稱是電腦工程師。池龜治在三月二十九日以非法入侵港口的罪名遭到逮捕，也就是從檀香山被遣送回日的隔天。 兩百七十公尺長的奧蘿拉號一月九日駛離英國的南開普頓港，展開為期三個月的環遊世界之旅。 根據P&O郵輪公司網站，奧蘿拉號完整航程最貴的船艙原價為一萬七千英鎊，相當於新台幣一百一十一萬五千一百五十七元。 （法新社／翻譯：賴美君）
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