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CORRECTION: In response to earlier reports that a Chinese-flagged commercial ship was hijacked by Somali pirates off Yemeni coast, the China Maritime Search and Rescue Center (MSA) said Sunday that the ship has never been hijacked, and is now sailing safely with escort of the Chinese anti-piracy navy fleet.

Both the "Tien Hau" ship, which was registered in Hong Kong, China, and its 22-member crew, are safe, a MSA official confirmed to Xinhua over the phone. The center contacted the ship to make sure it was safe, he added.
(XINHUA)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-02/06/c_13720635.htm


SANAA — Somali pirates hijacked a Chinese commercial ship off Yemen’s western port of Al Hudaydah, Yemen’s interior ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

‘Somali pirates attacked a commercial Chinese ship named ‘Tien Hau’ while it was 11 nautical miles off Al Tair island in Al Hudaydah province,’ said the ministry.

The pirates ‘managed to capture the ship’ and steered it towards the Somali coast, it quoted Al Hudaydah coastguards as saying.

An investigation has been launched into the fate of the ship and its crew, the ministry added without elaborating further.
(KhaleejTimes)
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2011/February/international_February186.xml&section=international

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