Thailand asked to probe fatal shooting on Vietnamese fishing boats
Vietnam on 17 September demanded Thailand to promptly investigate and handle Thai individuals involving in the fatal shooting of a Vietnamese fisherman at sea last week.
Foreign ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh said the ministry has sent a diplomatic note to the Thai embassy in Hanoi to express “deep concern” over the shooting, Binh said a news conference in Hanoi. According to Vietnamese authorities, several Vietnamese boats were fishing illegally in Thailand’s sea on 11 September when a Thai speedboat gave chase and shot at them.
Ngo Van Sinh, the 38 year old captain of one of the boats, was shot in the head and died immediately. Two other fishermen were injured.
