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Around the world: Four RI hostages freed by Somali pirates
Four Indonesian sailors held captive by Somali pirates for more than four years have been freed, along with 22 other sailors from China, the Philippines and Cambodia, an official has confirmed
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our Indonesian sailors held captive by Somali pirates for more than four years have been freed, along with 22 other sailors from China, the Philippines and Cambodia, an official has confirmed.
“The Foreign Ministry’s team has been in Nairobi for coordination. We will keep monitoring the release process,” ministry spokesperson Arrmanatha Nasir said on Sunday.
They were seized when the Omani-flagged FV Naham 3 vessel was hijacked close to the Seychelles in March 2012, when pirate attacks were common in the area.
John Steed, East Africa region manager for the Oceans Beyond Piracy group, said as reported by Reuters on Saturday: “The crew is staying overnight in Galkayo. They will arrive in Nairobi at 6:30 p.m. local time tomorrow.”
The mayor of Galkayo in northern Somalia earlier said the crew was set to arrive in Kenya on Saturday afternoon. “The crew did not say if a ransom was paid,” Galkayo Mayor Hirsi Yusuf Barre told Reuters.
The sailors’ period of captivity is one of the longest among hostages seized by pirates in the anarchic Horn of Africa nation.
