Crew refuses to sail over wage row

THE crew of an Indonesian cargo ship is refusing to leave a port in Malaysia until they are paid back wages

claimed to amount to $300,000. All the 22 crew members of the Maznah are Indonesians. Capt Silas Zola

Makalew says they have not been paid since May. The ship was arrested in June following a court order

obtained by a Singapore-based bunker supplier who claimed he had not been paid $100,000. The ship,

which is anchored off Tawau port, had arrived to pick up a timber consignment for China. The Kota

Kinabalu High Court lifted the order last month when the owner paid for the bunkers. The owner and

operator is believed to be Bosowa Lloyd in Makassar, Indonesia. Company officials could not be reached for

comment. The Malaysian Trades Union Congress has been negotiating with both parties. The owner has

offered to pay a month’s salary, but the crew is insisting on being paid the full amount, union official Bala

Subramaniam told Fairplay today.

 

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