Pirates free two abducted Indonesian sailors

Pirates have freed two Indonesian sailors abducted earlier this month
in the Malacca Strait after an undisclosed ransom was paid, an
international maritime watchdog said Monday.

"Ransom was paid. The victims are now being interviewed by Indonesian
authorities," Noel Choong, the head of the International Maritime
Bureau's reporting centre in Kuala Lumpur, told AFP.

He did not say who paid or how much was handed over to free the ship's
master and engineer, adding that they were being interviewed in
Indonesia following their release on Friday.