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Mon, 12/27/2010 - 17:39
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Thailand wants Oman, Kenya to help Thai crew held hostage by pirates
BANGKOK, Dec 27 (TNA) - Thai Foreign Ministry would like authorities in Oman and Kenya to help Thai crew members held hostage by Somali pirates.
Thanee Thongpakdee, Director-General of the Department of Information under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gave an update on the Thai crew members whose fishing boat was hijacked by Somali pirates and are now held hostage.
He said the fishing boat was hijacked in the waters of Oman on its way from the United Arab Emirates to Bangladesh. The incident happened in the Indian Ocean about 350 nautical miles from Salalah town.
On Sunday (Dec 26), Thai authorities tasked with protecting Thai people overseas discussed the issue with the company that owns the fishing boat and learned that the company already reported the incident to the relatives of the Thai crew members in Thailand.
The company also asked the Royal Thai Navy to forward its message to officers on the Thai naval ships tasked with suppressing Somali pirates.
The director-general said that Somali pirates had neither demanded any ransom nor issued any demand to the company that owns the fishing boat. He assumed that the pirates were towing the fishing boat to Somali.
The senior official added that the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs already ordered its officials at the Thai embassies in Nairobi of Kenya, and in Muscat of Oman to do their best to help the Thai crew members and especially to ensure their safety as both Kenya and Oman were influential in the waters and should be able to communicate with the pirates. (TNA)
Thanee Thongpakdee, Director-General of the Department of Information under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gave an update on the Thai crew members whose fishing boat was hijacked by Somali pirates and are now held hostage.
He said the fishing boat was hijacked in the waters of Oman on its way from the United Arab Emirates to Bangladesh. The incident happened in the Indian Ocean about 350 nautical miles from Salalah town.
On Sunday (Dec 26), Thai authorities tasked with protecting Thai people overseas discussed the issue with the company that owns the fishing boat and learned that the company already reported the incident to the relatives of the Thai crew members in Thailand.
The company also asked the Royal Thai Navy to forward its message to officers on the Thai naval ships tasked with suppressing Somali pirates.
The director-general said that Somali pirates had neither demanded any ransom nor issued any demand to the company that owns the fishing boat. He assumed that the pirates were towing the fishing boat to Somali.
The senior official added that the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs already ordered its officials at the Thai embassies in Nairobi of Kenya, and in Muscat of Oman to do their best to help the Thai crew members and especially to ensure their safety as both Kenya and Oman were influential in the waters and should be able to communicate with the pirates. (TNA)
