Taipei, May 29 (AFP) The captain of a hijacked Taiwanese fishing boat was killed in crossfire between the US Navy and Somali pirates, the Taiwanese government said, voicing concern about the incident.
The 80-tonne Jih-chun Tsai 68 with captain Wu Lai-yu and 10 Indonesian crew was hijacked in March 2010 while sailing in waters off Somalia.
Wu was killed earlier this month in crossfire between the pirates and the USS Stephen W Groves when the pirates used the fishing boat to launch attacks, Taiwan's foreign ministry said in a statement late yesterday.
The fishing vessel was sunk and three pirates killed, it said.
"We've expressed concerns to the United States," foreign ministry spokesman Steve Shia said today.
"We've also asked the American Institute in Taiwan to come up with an investigation report about the incident," he said, referring to the de facto US embassy in Taipei.