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Mainland vessel picks up Taiwan hijacked boat
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-02-12 14:35
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BEIJING: A Taiwan fishing vessel hijacked by Somalia pirates last year has been picked up by mainland naval escort ships in the Gulf of Aden, mainland authorities said Friday.
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The mainland naval escort ships promised to do their best to satisfy their needs of living necessities and fuel oils, as well as escort them to a safe sea area.
The vessel had been hijacked by pirates off the cost of Somalia on April 6, 2009. Of its 30-strong crew, its skipper and first engineer are from Taiwan, while five others are mainlanders, six are Indonesian and 17 are Filipinos.
