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The owner of PT's Ark Bestari Shipping, Hengky Suryawan in Tanjungpinang on Thursday said the ship was found by the private Pinkerton agents Colsulting Representative of Indonesia).
"Tugs and barges have changed color and the name at the time found anchorage in a river not far from the shipyard," said Heng.
Color tugboa t and barges in his opinion had changed to blue from red initial color, as well as the name of the tugboat 26 Marina renamed Prime No. 1 and barges Marine Power 3301 changed its name to be Prime No. 2.
"Currently there is no person claiming to be the owner of the ship, but at the time of the arrest of nine men secured the crew nationality Malaysia and Indonesia," he said.
He added that the ship also has changed its flag from the flag of Indonesia to be flagged La Paz, Bolivia, but the letters of the ship was not found.
"Ever since pirates seized four months ago seemed the ship was never in operation and is still in the process of changing the name, because it still seems vague name of the ship before," said Heng.
Parts of the ship according to him nothing has changed except the name of the ship, color and serial number are modified machine.
"The syndicate seems to have well-organized pirates, we suspect mafianya come from Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia," he said.
Tugboat and barge that he says still in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia and has been secured by the local security forces in cooperation with the Indonesian security forces.
"We thank all those who have managed to find the ship," he said.
Tugboat and barge Marina 26 Marine Power 3301 was hijacked and robbed in the waters of Tioman, Malaysia, South China Sea bordering the Natuna Sea, while sailing from Singapore to Kohkong, Cambodia on March 22, 2011 to pick up sand inland.
Confiscation occurred on Tuesday (22 / 3) at 22.00 pm and was discovered on Saturday (26 / 3), after a ten-person crew rescued by fishermen Natuna at 11:00 am when they vacillate in the middle of the ocean at the point of coordinates 05.17.690 N 108.19.668 E.
"The crew of the ship adrift at sea for 39 hours in lifeboats (liferaft) after the pirates freed on Thursday, March 24, 2011," said Heng.
The crew was held captive for two days with their hands tied before being released by pirates expected more than ten people.
The crew tugboa t 2x1200 HP No. 2486/Ppm and barge 330x90x20 Fit is fed by spoon-fed before being released by pirates equipped with instant noodles and drinking water as well as money Rp750 thousand.
Source: Antaranews.com
