Pirates Flourish on Asian Seas
Seizure of Indonesian Freighter Illustrates Growing Anarchy
By Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Washington Post Foreign Service
ABOARD THE MV INABUKWA -- Bound, blindfolded and stripped down
to his underwear, Hasbullah Zain trembled on the narrow wooden
board.
"Jump," growled one of his captors, poking a gun barrel
into Zain's back. "Jump into the water."
Four hours earlier, Zain had been skippering the Inabukwa,
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