Indonesia not to negotiate with Somali pirates over crew hostage

A good news from AP on Indonesian crew hostage by Somali pirates:

All 11 Indonesian crew members on board a Malaysian tugboat hijacked by Somalian pirates in the Gulf of Aden this week are safe and have enough food for a month, Malaysia’s foreign minister said Friday.

The pirates got in touch with the tugboat’s owner, Masindra Shipping Pvt. Ltd., by satellite phone to say the vessel was being taken to Somalian waters from near Yemen where it was hijacked Tuesday, Foreign Minister Rais Yatim told reporters.

He said the pirates told a Masindra representative that “the payment of ransom would be discussed later.”

All crew members of Masindra 7 were reported to be safe and in good health, he said, adding that the information had been conveyed to the Indonesian ambassador in Kuala Lumpur.