Chinese company confirms crew members are held hostage

Finally the Chinese company of bulk carrier MV De Xin Hai confirmed Tuesday that 25 Chinese crew members were being held hostage by pirates in the Indian Ocean.

"All of the 25 crew were employed by our company, and we have notified their relatives about the incident," a spokesman for the vessel's owner, Qingdao Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd., based in China's eastern Shandong Province stated. Twenty-two of the crew were from Shandong and the other three were from Liaoning, Hebei and Jiangsu provinces. "We are closely working with the authorities to release the ship and crew," he said.

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