Shen Jui-chang (沈瑞章), who survived four-and-a-half years of captivity at the hands of Somali pirates, on Wednesday praised the captain of the Naham 3 fishing boat, who was killed when the vessel was hijacked in the Indian Ocean, as "the bravest of men, who sacrificed himself for the sake of the crew."
(Full text of the story is now in CNA English news archive. To view the full story, you will need to be a subscribed member of the CNA archive. To subscribe, please read here.)
Latest
-
Sports
Taiwan sprinter bags men's 60m silver at Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
02/07/2026 01:00 PM -
Society
Cold surge prompts low-temperature alerts across northern Taiwan
02/07/2026 12:32 PM -
Society
Taiwan headline news
02/07/2026 11:17 AM -
Society
Cold front to hit Taiwan Saturday, with chance of snowfall
02/06/2026 09:34 PM -
Politics
'Taiwanese' office name a tactical mistake but not wrong: Lithuanian lawmaker
02/06/2026 08:30 PM