http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/26/piracy-somalia-sirius-star
Summary:
Two hostages of the oil tanker Sirius Star were allowed by their pirate captors to have a call and said they were fine and that they had not been mistreated by the pirates. The crew of 25 person are just continuing their normal day and their families didn’t have to worry about them. It’s not clear if the hijackers were standing with the hostage during the call, as a matter the possibility remains that the hostage was obliged to say they were not treating by the pirates.
A pirate gang seized the ship up at the Somali coast at 15 November and are now asking for a ransom of ₤15m.
Opinion:
I think it’s ridiculous that you won’t even be safe at the sea of imprisonment anymore. The pirates are blaming innocent people who just do their work to earn money. But those pirates think they are heroes, without money, and think piracy is not a criminal way to get money. It won’t surprise me if the hostage, who was allowed to make a call, was obliged to say all hostages had not been mistreated by the pirates. Perhaps it’s their strategy to receive their ransom, because the hostage even asked about the results of football during their call. I just can’t believe the pirates don’t treat them if they are immoral enough to hijack a ship.
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I think it is a bit scary to be on that ship because you cannot thrust those pirates, you do not know what they are up to. But on the other hand it is funny that there still exist pirates. I thought pirates where history. Off course the pirates are a little bit more modern but they still exist. But it still are criminals and should be in jail. The boat they have captured is not their property so they should be in jail.
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