Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Maldives Boat Crisis Update, November 8, 2006

The boat is said to be sailing north.

In Suvadiv Channel, there is no mobile phone reception. The Coast is said to have waited till mobiles were out of rangeto harrass the people on the boat, using among other things the vessel donated by the Government of India. This stopped when mobile access was restored.

When the boat neared Thaa Atoll, it was being harrassed again. The Coast Guard circled the boat creating huge waves and the boat was struggling. The last report was that Coast Guard was trying to board the boat.

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The old masthead

The old masthead