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> Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 00:54:18 +0000
> Subject: [marinongpinoy] World outrage as pirates execute sailor
>
>
> Rescued Crew Recounts Pirate Brutality
> (Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011)
>
> Six bullets found in captain's body
>
> South Korean sailors from a cargo ship that was rescued from pirate control
> two weeks ago, report being brutally attack by their captors.
>
> Pirates reportedly threatened to kill the crew repeatedly and continually
> beat them. One crewmember said he lost several teeth after his captors
> attacked him.
>
> Pirates hijacked the SAMHO JEWELERY on Jan 15, and held the ship under their
> control for six days. The crew of 21 was rescued after a South Korean
> military raid, during which eight pirates were killed.
>
> A pirate shot the ship's captain Seok Hae-Kyun, in the stomach during the
> raid. His crew is hailing him as a hero, saying he intentionally ran in a zig
> zag course to give the South Korean destroyer time to catch up with them,
> despite constant threats from the pirates. Chief engineer, Chung Mann-Ki also
> said that he and his colleagues sabotaged the rudder and mixed water in with
> the oil to help slow the ship down.
>
> Seok remains in critical condition in a South Korean Hospital. Doctors say he
> is no longer bleeding internally and will not require additional blood
> transfusions. However, the captain continues to have difficulty with proper
> function of his lungs and heart. He is also suffering from a ruptured liver
> and fractures to his left wrist, left thigh and right knee. Six bullets were
> found in Seok's body.
>
> The five surviving pirates are being held in Busan, where they are being
> interrogated. If the captain dies, the shooter could face life in prison or
> the death penalty.
>
>
> World outrage as pirates execute sailor
>
> Anti-piracy groups have expressed their fury at the cold-blooded execution of
> a seafarer by Somali pirates last week.
> The Baltic and International Maritime Council, International Chamber of
> Shipping, International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners, International
> Association of Independent Tanker Owner and the International Transport
> Workers' Federation have spoken of their dismay at the murder on the
> cargoship Beluga Nomination.
>
> The vessel was attacked and hijacked by armed pirates on 22 January in the
> Indian Ocean, around 700km north of the Seychelles.
>
> Three seafarers were reportedly taken aside for "punishment", after an
> attempt by the Seychelles Coastguard to free the crew resulted in the death
> of a pirate.
>
> One of the Beluga Nomination crew died while being "punished".
>
> In a statement to IFW, the anti-piracy grouping said: "We express our deepest
> sympathy to the seafarers involved and to their anxious families.
>
> "The international shipping industry is truly disturbed at reports that
> pirates have been torturing seafarers physically and mentally often in the
> most barbaric ways, including hanging them over the ship's side by ropes
> around their ankles with their heads under water, and even subjecting them to
> the horrendous practice of keelhauling".
>
> Keelhauling involves a sailor being tied to a rope, thrown overboard and
> dragged under the ship from one side to the other.
>
> "This latest, particularly atrocious, action appears to represent a
> fundamental shift in the behaviour of Somali pirates. The cold-blooded murder
> of an innocent seafarer means that shipowners and their crews will be
> re-evaluating their current determination to ensure that this vital trade
> route remains open."
>
> The statement added: "We once again strongly urge governments to empower
> their naval forces to take fast and robust action against pirates and the
> vessels under their control, before passing ships are boarded and hijacked.
>
> According to recent figures from the report, The Economic Cost of Piracy,
> acts of piracy are estimated to cost the global economy between US$7-12
> billion a year.
>
>
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