RI crewman killed on fishing boat

Fri, 25 Jul 2003 | 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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