TAIPEI: Taiwan’s coastguard raided a fishing vessel thousands of kilometres offshore, arresting nine Indonesian crew suspected of murdering their Taiwanese captain and chief engineer, officials said.
Armed with rifles and handguns, 10 Taiwanese coastguards conducted the raid early Saturday when the fishing boat was sailing nearly 8,300km from the island’s southernmost tip.
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