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Fishing boat captain accused of abandoning 7 sailors

By Bridget Becker
March 9, 2021
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Jakarta (ANTARA) – The captain of a fishing boat, KM Jaya Utama, was accused of leaving seven crew members stranded on the fishing port of Merauke in Papua province, in response to Harmful Fishing Watch (DFW) Indonesia.

“The KM (motorboat) Jaya Utama the captain pressured them to disembark from the ship. Because of this, they discovered themselves stranded on the fishing port of Merauke, “DFW nationwide coordinator Moh.Abdi Suhufan stated in an announcement: ANTARA obtained right here Tuesday.

Seafarers might have been trapped in pressured labor beneath poor working circumstances, he stated, including that additionally they reported a scarcity of meals when engaged on the fishing vessel.

DFW Indonesia obtained a report from seafarers, who stated they had been recruited by the captain of the fishing vessel in Pekalongan, in central Java province.

The sailors, from Jakarta and cities in Central Java, stated KM Jaya Utama left Surabaya in East Java for poaching within the waters of Dobo off the Aru Islands district in Maluku province.

From the waters of Dobo, the fishing vessel headed for the port city of Sorong in West Papua province, Suhufan stated, including that seafarers might have been victims of misleading recruitment on the premise of an commercial positioned on social media platforms.

The seafarers informed DFW they owed the grasp a debt. Subsequently, they alleged, he pressured them to work arduous whereas they had been aboard the fishing boat, Suhufan knowledgeable.

In view of this case, he urged the Indonesian authorities to proceed bettering the implementation of excellent governance guidelines within the nation’s fisheries sector, particularly these associated to respectable work and the safety of seafarers on board. fishing vessels.

Final yr, the Indonesian public was shocked by the information of two Chinese language fishing vessels burying the our bodies of three Indonesian sailors at sea after their deaths in December 2019 and March 2020.

Indonesian sailors died on board Lengthy Xin 629 and Lengthy Xin 604 whereas fishing boats sailed within the Pacific Ocean.

Indonesian migrant staff within the maritime and fishing sectors stay susceptible to trendy slavery practices. The International Slavery Index, revealed by Stroll Free (2014-2016), an initiative to which MigrantCARE was an element, additionally reveals this reality.

In accordance with the International Slavery Index (2014-2016), a number of hundred thousand Indonesian crews working aboard fishing vessels are trapped in trendy slavery. (INE)
Associated Information: 4 Stranded MV Adi Utama Crew Evacuated: SAR
Associated Information: Navy sends ship to evacuate stranded immigrants in Madura

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