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“The suspect and the evidence have been secured at the Riau Islands Police general crimes
division headquarters for further investigation,” Arie told The Jakarta Post on Monday.
A joint task force arrested the vessels Lu Huang Yuan Yu 117 and Lu Huang Yuan Yu 118 off
the coast of Riau Islands last week, following a report of the death of an Indonesian crew
member aboard one of the ships.
Hasan’s body was found in the freezer of the Lu Huang Yuan Yu 117. He is believed to have
been a victim of human trafficking, leaving him vulnerable to abuse.
Tanjung Pinang Naval Base commander Cdre. Indarto Budiaro said there were strong signs that
both vessels were involved in human trafficking, money laundering and physical abuse.
In May, a video on Facebook appeared to show a group of sailors on another Chinese vessel,
the Lu Qing Yuan Yu 623, throwing the body of an Indonesian sailor into the sea. Prior to that,
there was public outrage at the death of four Indonesian sailors registered with another Chinese
fishing ship.
The NGO Destructive Fishing Watch has alleged that 30 Indonesian crewmen were subject to
exploitation aboard Chinese fishing vessels between November 2019 and June this year,
including seven who have died and three who are missing.
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