'Pirate ship' was civilian trawler
Updated on 26 November 2008
The pirate "mother ship" sunk last week by the Indian navy was actually a Thai fishing trawler seized hours earlier by pirates, it has emerged.
One Thai crew member died when the Indian frigate Tabar fired on the boat in the Gulf of Aden Noel Choong, who heads the International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting centre in Kuala Lumpur, said.
Fourteen others are missing while a Cambodian sailor was rescued four days later by passing fishermen, he said.
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