The four remaining Thai crew of the fishing vessel held in captivity for nearly five years have been released. The men were taken hostage when the Taiwan-flagged vessel, the FV Prantalay 12 on the 18 April 2010.
Speaking to IHS Maritime from Manila, Philippines, Roy Paul, director at the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP) said: "We don't exactly know why they have been released - we have been working on this for the last five years to try to get all the different parties together.
"I read here that the pirate leader got fed up of paying for them, feeding them, which all costs money,
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