The China Post
Date: October 26, 2016
By: CNA
GUANGZHOU — A Taiwanese sailor released after being held captive by Somali pirates
Shen Jui-chang speaks to reporters upon arrival in Guangzhou, Tuesday, Oct. 25. Shen, the chief engineer of the Omani-flagged fishing vessel Naham 3, which was abducted four years ago by Somali pirates, said that he wanted to buy a small fishing trawler upon his return to Taiwan. (CNA)
for nearly five years was reunited with his wife and daughter in Guangzhou on Tuesday.
Shen Jui-chang, the chief engineer of the Omani-flagged fishing vessel Naham 3 that was taken over by Somali pirates in March 2012, arrived in Guangzhou at 5 a.m. while his wife and daughter arrived in Hong Kong on Monday night before heading toward Guangzhou.
In a telephone hookup with Tsai Cheng-yuan, a former legislator who helped raise funds to pay for the ransom, Shen said he wept uncontrollably when he saw his wife for the first time after five years.
He said he felt he had let down his wife and daughter but felt that was the fate arranged by the heavens.
Shen said he had the chance to be released earlier and was tempted to take the opportunity with pirates pointing AK-47 rifles at them every day. [FULL STORY]
