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View all search resultsIndonesian crew abandoned off Mozambique waters without food, denied freedom
Nine Indonesian and three Pakistani crew members have been abandoned aboard a ship after the shipowner prevented them from disembarking or transferring to another ship.
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Dire circumstances: The liquiefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker Gas Falcon is seen in this undated picture at an unknown location. Nine Indonesian and three Pakistani crew members have been abandoned for 10 months off the coast of Mozambique. (Courtesy of Jefrison Nainggolan/-)
Nine Indonesian crew members of a ship are in critical condition, stranded aboard a tanker ship off the coast of Beira, Mozambique.
They are among a total of 12 seafarers on the vessel, which also includes three Pakistani crew members. The crew are suffering from a dire lack of supplies, with no remaining food or clean drinking water.
Worsening their situation, the crew have been denied the freedom to disembark or transfer to another ship.
This comes after a United Kingdom-registered company refused to release them. The vessel, Gas Falcon, sails under the Gabonese flag.
"Here is our fate. Our salaries have not been paid from January to August. The Italian shipowner promised that after the cargo was unloaded at the port of Mozambique, our full salaries would be paid, and we would be sent home to Indonesia," one of the Indonesian crew members, Jefrison Nainggolan told The Jakarta Post through the WhatsApp messaging service.
Instead of returning to their home countries, the crew found themselves adrift in the Beira Sea, with no clarity about their future.
"The foreign media reports are true [...]" Nainggolan said, referring to an article from The Observer, which he sent via WhatsApp to the Post.
