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Somali pirates release Malaysian ship

Somali pirates have released a Malaysian tugboat and its 11 Indonesian crew members after a ransom was paid.

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.”

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