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Agence France-Presse

Police in Indonesia have charged three recruiting agency bosses over the torture death of an Indonesian crew member found in a freezer aboard a Chinese fishing vessel, an official said on Tuesday.
It comes a week after a Chinese supervisor on the Lu Huang Yuan Yu 118 was charged with killing 20-year-old Hasan Apriadi and assaulting other Indonesian crew working on the ship.
The recruiters ran two agencies that hired Apriadi and at least nine others to work on the Chinese boat, police said.
“The three suspects have been detained and charged under human trafficking laws,” said national police spokesman Awi Setiyono, adding that a search was under way for two other senior company officials still at large.
Chinese sailor faces trial over boat torture death of Indonesian crew member
The trio also face charges that they knowingly put the crew members at risk, police said.
Anti-trafficking experts say the fishing industry is riddled with forced labour and exploited workers can face non-payment, overwork, violence and death.
Southeast Asia is a major source of such labour and unscrupulous recruiters target the poor and uneducated with promises of good wages at sea.
Earlier this month police said they intercepted two Argentina-bound Chinese boats in the Malacca Strait, which separates Indonesia and Malaysia, after receiving information that a crew member had died aboard one of the vessels.
They later found Apriadi’s frozen body aboard the Lu Huang Yuan Yu 118.

After interrogating dozens of crew members from China, Indonesia and the Philippines, police charged Chinese national Song Chuanyun with the killing.
Citing witness statements, authorities said Song had forced the victim to work despite being ill. He later allegedly tortured the Indonesian and denied him food or water for several days before he died in late June.
Indonesian fishermen who died on Chinese boats faced abuse, 21-hour days, interviews reveal
Song will be tried in Indonesia, while the other crew members have since been released into the custody of their respective embassies, said Riau province police spokesman Harry Golden Hart.
In June, two Indonesian crew members jumped off a different Chinese boat to escape what they described as abuse and horrific conditions.


A month earlier, three dead Indonesian crew members were thrown off a Chinese-flagged vessel into the sea.
Jakarta later said it was told that the men had died of illness, while Beijing described the sea burials as being in line with international law.



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Indonesia charges three recruiters over sailor’s torture death on Chinese fishing vessel

Officials transfer the body of an Indonesian crew member found following the search of a Chinese-flagged fishing vessel, at the navy port in Batam, Riau province. Photo: AFP

This photo taken on July 8, 2020 shows Indonesian police removing the body of an Indonesian crew member on a fishing ship after he was killed in Batam. - A Chinese national accused of torturing to death an Indonesian crew member aboard a fishing vessel will stand trial in Indonesia and potentially face further human trafficking charges, the police said on July 13. (Photo by TEGUH PRIHATNA / AFP)

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

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

Indonesian man’s frozen body found on Chinese fishing vessel

A 20-year-old Indonesian crew member’s body was found inside a freezer of the Lu Huang Yuan Yu 117. Photo: Twitter

Indonesian fishermen who died on Chinese boats faced abuse, 21-hour days, interviews reveal

Indonesian crew members onboard the Chinese fishing vessel Long Xing 629. Photo: Handout

FILE - In this July 31, 2019, file photo, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi sits at the start of ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting plenary session in Bangkok, Thailand. Foreign Minister Marsudi said in a video conference Sunday, May 10, 2020, from the capital, Jakarta, that 49 Indonesian fishermen, ranging from 19 to 24 years old, were forced to work an average of over 18 hours a day on at least four Chinese fishing boats. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Indonesian crew members on board the Chinese fishing vessel Long Xing 629. They said they were hit and verbally abused and were forced to drink salty, distilled seawater while the Chinese crew were given bottled water. Photo: Handout

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This comes a week after a Chinese supervisor on the Lu Huang Yuan Yu 118 was charged with killing Hasan Apriadi, 20
Anti-trafficking experts say the fishing industry is riddled with forced labour and exploited workers can face non-payment, overwork, violence and death



The recruiting agency bosses were charged under Indonesia’s human trafficking laws, after Hasan Apriadi died on the Lu Huang Yuan Yu 118.


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