Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Ambassador advice from Somalia against pirates Indonesian ship

Source of Liputan6, New York: Secretary General of the International Conference of Islamic Scholars (ICIS) KH Hasyim Muzadi urged the government to send soldiers to free the crew of the pirate ship hijacked in Somalia Holy Light. "The government must be firm. Send military forces. Otherwise, the negotiations will be long and complex and very expensive," said Hashim, Monday (11.04).

According to Hashim, also Somali ambassador to Indonesia Indonesia Mohammad Al suggested using military force to free the crew of the holy light. "Ambassador of Somalia has informed the Navy immediately attack the pirates to facilitate negotiations," said Hashim. He added that Somali pirates were an international consortium, because it is an international union Indonesian government should immediately attacked.

"So, Somalia is the union of parking as international thugs. The Somali government could not control," he said. Therefore, he said, the government in Somalia would not mind if the Indonesian military intervened directly deal with pirates in their waters. He said this in a number of merchant ships are always escorted by warships of the state.

As reported, March 16, Somali pirates hijacked the ship and the Holy Light charged nickel Pomalaa, South Sulawesi to Rotterdam, Netherlands Arab waters. The pirates originally sought a ransom of 2.6 million U.S. dollars, but increased to $ 3,500,000. PT Samudera Indonesia, the owner of Holy Light, is said to offer 1.5 million U.S. dollars U.S

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