Spokesman: China to rescue hijacked crew, bulk carrier

[AMOY]

BEIJING: China will make every effort to rescue the crew and the hijacked bulk carrier, the De Xin Hai, from pirates in the Indian Ocean, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said Tuesday.

Ma told a regular press conference that the Chinese government was closely monitoring developments with the ship.

The Chinese vessel was hijacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean early Monday, with 25 Chinese crew aboard.


European Union (EU) naval force spokesman John Harbour confirmed on Monday that the 25 Chinese were taken hostage by Somali pirates, but they seemed to be fine.

Ma said the Chinese Foreign Ministry and other government departments immediately started an emergency response procedure.

Chinese embassies and consulates have received instructions to gather and review information about the incident.

Ma said the Foreign Ministry had issued a warning to Chinese ships and citizens to avoid crossing the waters where the hijacking occurred.

"We will watch closely developments in the incident and make every effort to rescue the hijacked crew and carrier," Ma said.

 

[AMOY]

According to British media reports, local time, October 20, Somali pirate warned that any rescue operation would allow them to kill the hostages。。Now the Chinese navy ships rushed to Somalia，I hope that the Navy rescued the hostages as soon as possible and kill the pirates

 

[warlock]

Now this is where the china should show its real navy strength...

Lets see what it does to rescue the crew of the vessel... and teach those pirates a good lesson...

 

[oct605032048]

this vessel is said to transport coal between s-africa to india.

 

[yjs14]

this vessel is said to transport coal between s-africa to india.

So cute ~

 

[Honor]

this vessel is said to transport coal between s-africa to india.

Thats a proof that we works with India for common interest.

 

[kungpaochicken]

Not an easy task especially under current situation the US will always want to take advantage

 

[aimarraul]

China will make every effort to rescue hijacked crew and bulk carrier
Posted on 20 October 2009

October. 20 (China Military News cited from Xinhua) — China will make every effort to rescue the crew and the hijacked bulk carrier, the De Xin Hai, from pirates in the Indian Ocean, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said Tuesday.

Ma told a regular press conference that the Chinese government was closely monitoring developments with the ship.

The Chinese vessel was hijacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean early Monday, with 25 Chinese crew aboard.

European Union (EU) naval force spokesman John Harbour confirmed on Monday that the 25 Chinese were taken hostage by Somali pirates, but they seemed to be fine.

Ma said the Chinese Foreign Ministry and other government departments immediately started an emergency response procedure.

Chinese embassies and consulates have received instructions to gather and review information about the incident.

Ma said the Foreign Ministry had issued a warning to Chinese ships and citizens to avoid crossing the waters where the hijacking occurred.

“We will watch closely developments in the incident and make every effort to rescue the hijacked crew and carrier,” Ma said.

 

[Brainwashed]

it's said that according to the international law, the crew are prohibited to carry arms to the cargo ships. but maybe in some special/emergent cases, like this one, the sailors could protect themselves as well as the ships against those pirates if they were allowed to bring some light arms. the only "weapon" they got when the pirates were attacking was firewater!