Police arrest man over sailor’s death

Foul play suspected: Policemen retrieving Hasan’s body from the boat at the navy port in Batam, Riau province. — AFP

RIAU Islands police have arrested a supervisor of a Chinese fishing vessel in connection with the death of an Indonesian crew member.

Riau Islands police general crimes director Sr Comr Arie Darmanto said the supervisor, a 50-year-old Chinese national named Song Chuan Yun, was suspected of physically abusing Hasan Apriadi, who was found dead aboard the Chinese fishing vessel Lu Huang Yuan Yu 117 last week.