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Title INDONESIA TO SUMMON CHINESE AMBASSADOR OVER DEATHS OF INDONESIAN CREW
Media Name en.antaranews.com
Pub. Date 07 Mei 2020
https://en.antaranews.com/news/147951/indonesia-to-summon-chinese-amba ssador-
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over-deaths-of-indonesian-crew
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Indonesia's Foreign Affairs Ministry will summon Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia
Xiao Qian for clarification on treatment received by several Indonesians working for
Chinese fishing vessels that ended in three of them dying.
The ministry will also seek the Chinese ambassador's explanation on the burial at
sea of the bodies of the deceased Indonesian crew of Xin 629 and Long Xin 604
fishing boats, the ministry noted in its statement received by ANTARA here on
Thursday.
The Indonesian Foreign Ministry is keen to know whether the burial at sea for the
deceased Indonesian workers had met the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Seafarer's Service Regulations.
According to the ILO Seafarer's Service Regulations, a seafarer is buried at sea if
"the death is caused by infectious disease and the deceased has been sterilized; and
unable to keep the corpse for reasons of hygiene or the port of entry forbids vessels
to keep cadavers, or other legitimate reasons".
In December 2019 and March 2020, three Indonesians working for Long Xin 629
and Long Xin 604 had died while the fishing boats were sailing in the Pacific Ocean.
The fishing vessels' skippers expounded that they chose to conduct the burials at
sea for their deceased Indonesian crew members since they died of infectious
disease, and other crew members too concurred on conducting their burials at sea,
the ministry stated.
The Indonesian Embassy in Beijing has sent a diplomatic note to the Chinese
Foreign Ministry for a clarification on this case.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry explained that the burials at sea were conducted in
line with the practice of international maritime rules for the sake of the health of
other crew members.
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