The court chairman judge Abdo al-Awadhi found the Somalis guilty of involving in hijacking boats by armed force in the territorial waters and passed a 10-year jail sentence on 16 Somalis and 5 years on the last one.
The Somali pirates were convicted of seizing a Yemeni fishing boat and kidnapping its crew in an unknown location, a matter that harm the economic status of Yemen and endanger the safety of maritime navigation in the territorial and international waters.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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