{"id":24138,"date":"2008-09-18T21:01:50","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T04:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=24138"},"modified":"2008-09-18T21:01:50","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T04:01:50","slug":"somali-pirates-seize-hong-kong-ship-24-chinese-crew-members-on-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/09\/somali-pirates-seize-hong-kong-ship-24-chinese-crew-members-on-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali Pirates Seize Hong Kong Ship; 24 Chinese Crew Members on Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2008-09\/18\/content_10076525.htm\">Xinhua<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span>Armed <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piracy_in_Somalia\">Somali pirates<\/a> hijacked Wednesday a Hong Kong bulk carrier with 25 crew members, 24 of them Chinese, off the Somali coast, the Chinese embassy in Nairob confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The bulk carrier owned by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinotrans\">Sinotrans<\/a> of Hong Kong was en route from Tunisia to Pipavav, India when it was hijacked off the eastern coast of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Somalia\">Somalia<\/a>, the 14th of such seizure by the pirates in the past two months, said Andrew Mwangura, an coordinator of the East Africa Seafarers Assistance Program <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecop.info\/english\/e-sap-net.htm\">(SAP)<\/a>. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Additional details from <a href=\"http:\/\/afp.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5i3LsYONenSyCjobD923Xob-bwPXg\">AFP<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Somali pirates seized a Greek ship and a Hong Kong-flagged vessel in the latest in a string of attacks that have prompted calls for international action, officials said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;] Hijackers also took the Hong Kong-flagged Great Creation on Wednesday with its 25 crew &#8212; 24 Chinese and one Sri Lankan. The ship was headed to the Indian port of Pipavav from Tunisia, said Andrew Mwangura who runs the Kenya chapter of the Seafarers Assistance programme.<\/p>\n<p>Mwangura told AFP the ship was being taken to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eyl\">Eyl<\/a>, a pirate lair in Somalia&#8217;s northern breakaway state of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Puntland\">Puntland<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Xinhua: Armed Somali pirates hijacked Wednesday a Hong Kong bulk carrier with 25 crew members, 24 of them Chinese, off the Somali coast, the Chinese embassy in Nairob confirmed. 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