Fourteen Vietnamese fishermen attacked by pirates on May 15 safelyreturned to Sa Ky port in central Quang Ngai province withMalaysia ’s help on May 23.
Their fishing boat,coded QNg 90847 TS, left Sa Ky port in Binh Chau district on April8, 2011, affirmed Captain Nguyen Quyet Chien from Border guard station288 of Quang Ngai province.
The boat’s captainNguyen Tan Luan said that on May 15, his boat was suddenly attacked byfive pirates who shot and injured two of the crew on.
The pirates also took away all necessities, including three locators,one depth sounder, two walkie-talkies, six oil barrels, more than 50million VND and all catches, worth almost 700 million VND in total, saidCaptain Chien.
The boat was later led by aMalaysian fishing vessel to its Kudat port and the wounded were takenfor treatment. All the crew and its captain were helped by localauthorities to return home, leaving Malaysia on May 17./.