Three Vietnamese crew members have been arrested by the Busan Coast Guard after assaulting a fellow crew member and attempting to break into the captain’s cabin with fire axes and hammers aboard a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship docked at Gamcheon Port.
The coast guard said on 17 November that the three men were detained on charges including aggravated assault, intimidation, coercion, and property damage. The incident began on 9 November when the 2,998-ton cargo vessel, carrying 15 Vietnamese crew members, was anchored at the port.
According to the authorities, the three suspects, reported to be a deckmaster, a helmsman, and a crew leader, had been drinking and singing loudly in the ship’s mess hall shortly after midnight.
When another crew member asked them to keep the noise down, they allegedly struck him on the face and head using a chair and their fists, and also threatened him with a weapon.
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