Chinese vessel with dead Kenyan seaman denied entry into Singapore
A Chinese-owned and Kenyan-flagged ship carrying the dead body of a Kenyan fishing worker has been denied entry into Singapore waters.
The crew member of the purse seiner Lu Qing Yuan Yu died last week under mysterious circumstances on the job in the high seas, said marine expert Andrew Mwangura.
“It has not yet established how the crew member died but we hope to get more details after postmoterm is done,” he said.
The vessel was reported at 1,853 nautical miles off Mauritius heading to Mombasa and it is expected to dock in three days’ time, he said.
The Lu Qing Yuan Yu 160 was one of six Kenyan-flagged and Chinese-owned and operated fishing vessels - using the same name but with different numbers, 155-160 - in the Indian Ocean. Crew members aboard the fleet include Chines...