Somali pirates could face South Korea charges
Seoul: Five suspected Somali pirates captured after a mission to rescue a hijacked ship have been brought to South Korea to face possible criminal charges, officials said on Sunday. The suspects, seized on January 21 during a South Korean navy raid on the Samho Jewelry, arrived in Seoul on a special flight before being sent to the southern port city of Busan, a Korea Coast Guard office spokesman said. “They are here, and the prosecutors’ office is reviewing the case with possible charges of maritime robbery and attempted murder as well as ship hijacking,” the spokesman said. The captain of the Samho Jewelry, the 15,500-tonne chemical freighter hijacked on January 15, is in a critical…
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