No.
Date of
rescue
Position when rescued
Number
of persons
rescued
Page
2
Name/flag of rescuing vessel
Present position of the rescued
Other information
7.
18 November .
1975
South China
Sea
8
"Daiei Maru No. 5",
Japanese vessel
80
26 April
1976
South China
Sea
16
"MS Norbeth", Norwegian vessel
9.
7 May 1976
Off the coast
24
of Kaliman- tan (Borneo)
"Smit Lloyd Lol", a tugboat, flag not reported
10.
28 May 1976
South China
19
Sea
"M. V. Cree", British-flagged small tanker
(1) Allowed to disembark at
Kobe, Japan and kept as il- legal entrants without be- ing detained
Allowed to disembark at ́ Yokosuka, Japan, and given
"permission for landing due to shipwreck"
Group reportedly brought to Singapore on 12 May 1976 and taken into custody by immi- gration officials
Allowed to disembark at Hongkong
The vessel had called at Bangkok on its way to Ja- pan (18.11.75). The ship's captain asked RO Bangkok to arrange the disembarka- tion of the group. RO Bang- kok informed him that it was almost impossible in the circumstances but a- greed to interview the persons on board
Report appeared in "Bang- kok Post", Bangkok, dated 12 May 1976. RO Kualalum-- pur has been requested to check the report
The ship had previously called at Singapore but the group was not allowed to disembark and the ship was not allowed to sail before providing the ship with additional safety equipment
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