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Guangxi police have arrested 14 Burmese nationals over their alleged involvement in the hijacking in March of a Panamanian-registered freighter, Marine Fortuner.
The vessel was returned to its Taiwanese owner yesterday.
Public Security Bureau officers in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Fangchenggang city port authorities held a joint press conference yesterday to announce the arrests and return of the ship.
The Marine Fortuner left for Taiwan earlier yesterday.
On March 1 the ship left Nantong port in eastern Jiangsu province.
It was heading for India when it was hijacked by more than 20 armed pirates on March 17.
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