RI crewman killed on fishing boat

Fri, 25 Jul 2003, 00:00 WIB | Source: AP

UNITED STATES: Japanese Coast Guard officials boarded the fishing
vessel Ebisu-Maru 31 after it docked at Honolulu Harbor to
investigate the stabbing death of an Indonesian crewman.

Another Indonesian crewman is a suspect in the slaying which
occurred on July 13 when the 60-meter Japanese vessel was 2,500
miles (4,022 kilometers) southeast of Hawaii, said a spokesman
for the U.S. Coast Guard, which is assisting the Japanese Coast
Guard.

Details of the stabbing were not disclosed and the names of
the victim and suspect were not immediately released.

Japan is exercising its right to criminal jurisdiction over
the case under the United Nations Convention of the Law of the
Sea, said Chief Petty Officer Tyler Johnson. --AP

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