Chinese sailor faces trial over boat torture death of Indonesian crew member

Name: Body of Indonesian fisherman dumped overboard amid allegations of abuse on Chinese ship
Uploaded: 2020-07-13T13:24:51.000Z
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Song Chuanyun was named a torture suspect following four days of questioning after the authorities last week intercepted two vessels in Indonesia

Song frequently beat Indonesian crew members, including Hasan Apriadi, whose body was kept inside a freezer

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Police remove the body of an Indonesian crew member on a Chinese fishing boat after he was killed in Batam. Photo: AFP

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Published: 9:24pm, 13 Jul 2020Updated: 9:26pm, 13 Jul 2020

A Chinese sailor accused of torturing to death an Indonesian crew member whose body was found in a freezer aboard a fishing vessel will stand trial in Indonesia, police said on Monday.

Song Chuanyun was named a torture suspect on Monday following four days of questioning in Indonesia after the authorities last week intercepted two Chinese boats in the Malacca Strait heading from Singapore to Argentina.

They found the frozen body of an Indonesian crew member aboard one of the vessels, the Lu Huang Yuang Yu 118.

Riau islands police general crime investigation director Arie Dharmanto said Song would be tried in Indonesia because the investigation revealed the incident occurred in the country’s territorial waters.

“All legal process would be done in Indonesia and we are also looking further to see whether we could use human trafficking charges in the case in addition to the torture allegations,” Dharmanto said.

He said the Indonesian crew members suffered abuse and horrific conditions aboard the Chinese vessel.

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Body of Indonesian fisherman dumped overboard amid allegations of abuse on Chinese ship