june maltese authorities allowed the ship to dock but then impelled it and charged its captain klaus peter rice with failing to properly register the vessel rice insists he's done nothing wrong the w. met up with him at his home in southern germany klaus peter highish had a comfortable life and of area he has a nice house and runs a successful small business but did not want to be complacent so he became a captain aboard a search and rescue ship in the mediterranean and that is now why he is facing legal proceedings in malta. of course this is an unpleasant situation but i go to court with my head held high i have to say we didn't do anything wrong on the contrary we saved people's lives and i gladly take responsibility for this. at the end of june and his crew aboard the ship lifeline rescued more than two hundred thirty refugees after that their own odyssey began the lifeline was not allowed to dock anywhere and instead had to sail aimlessly for days it ended up in malta where the ship was impounded it was taken in for questioning by police the accusation the vessel's papers were not in order