News Forum - Indonesian navy seizes tanker and crew, says they stole oil

[Thaiger]

Indonesia’s navy announced today that it has seized a tanker and the tanker’s crew, the seamen were wanted on charges of stealing almost 300,00 barrels of crude oil out of Cambodia’s reserves. The ship was stopped on July 27 while it was off the coast of Sumatra, says the Indonesian navy. Days prior, Phnom Penh had issued a red notice through Interpol to seize the ship. The Indonesian navy says it questioned the crew at its base close to Singapore. The tanker had been sailing from Thailand bound for Indonesia’s Batam island when it shut off its identification system and […]

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[TJM]

That’s roughly 20 million USD.  For a crew of 20 sailors that’s 1 million USD each or more than 10 year of salary… poor excuse.

[Alavan]

Did they have a reffinery somewhere?
You can do nothing with crude without refining it.

[MrStretch]

8 hours ago, TJM said:

That’s roughly 20 million USD.  For a crew of 20 sailors that’s 1 million USD each or more than 10 year of salary… poor excuse.

 But also a year of operating profits for the owner of the ship.  At which point do you say 'enough is enough' when you haven't been paid for a year?

I sympathize with the ship's owners and crew, a year without being paid is bullshit.

[colinneil]

4 minutes ago, MrStretch said:

I sympathize with the ship's owners and crew, a year without being paid is bullshit.

Bit of a confusing comment, how can you sympathize with both the owners and crew?