Somali pirates have released a Malaysian tugboat and its 11 Indonesian crew members after a ransom was paid,ending an eight-month ordeal,a Kenya-based maritime watchdog group said today. The Malaysian tugboat TB Masindra 7 with its attached Indonesian barge ADM1 is free, the non-governmental organisation Ecoterra International said in a statement. The all-Indonesian crew of 11 seafarers is said to be all right,given the circumstances after the presently second longest sea-jacking case, it said,adding that the vessel was released after a ransom was paid."
