Rescued from Somali pirates, six Sri Lankan fishermen stranded in the Seychelles -by Melani Manel Perera
The owner of the Lorenzo Putha-4 Francis Milroy Perera is concerned about their fate. The pirates attacked on 27 January, but the Seychelles Coast Guard thwarted their action. The Sri Lankan government has failed so far to repatriate them. The skipper’s mother appealed to AsiaNews.
Colombo (AsiaNews) – A Sri Lankan ship, the Lorenzo Putha-4, and its six-man crew are “still anchored in Port Victoria” after a rescue operation by the Seychelles Coast Guard following an attack by Somali pirates.
Since then, there have been no developments, but the ship’s owner, Francis Milroy Perera, hopes Sri Lankan authorities can get more involved in solving the issue; otherwise, it risks being indefinitely protracted.
“The legal procedures initiated by our government to bring them (the crew) back to the country are very slow,” Perera told AsiaNews. “I have nowhere else to go and plead; I have gone to every possible place” to plead their cause and hasten their return.
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