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20 seamen abandoned at sea aboard vietnamese Sea Home Shine
Twenty seamen on a cargo vessel have been abandoned at sea for over a month without food or water. The crew on board Vietnamese flagged MV Sea Home Shine, are stranded off Kota Kinabalu port after their ship owner, Giahar Shipping severed all communications with them. To make matters worse, the crewmen have not been paid their wages for six months. Ship master Captain Tin Maung Maung said the crew had been facing food shortage since their arrival into Kota Kinabalu port. “We have to fish for food and use our savings to survive,” he said in an interview with The Star. Capt Tin said the crew aged between 19 and 58 and comprising 13 Vietnamese, four Myanmars, two Nepalese and an Indian, were worried they would be stranded for years without any word from the ship owners. “The last time the owners contacted us was when we discharged the cargo of maize at the port in May. “After that, there has been no word from them, even the local shipping agent, Chong Fui Shipping has not been able to contact them,” he said.
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