JAKARTA, Sept 5: Myanmarese crewmen threw seven Thai sailors into the sea during a mutiny aboard an Indonesian-operated fishing vessel, the navy said on Sunday.

Navy personnel who boarded the Chum Pol Naval-30 south of Ambon island in eastern Indonesia on early Sunday found seven Thai crewmen missing, said a navy spokesman, Guntur Wahyudi.

The 26 Myanmarese crew members were questioned by the navy and told them that they had thrown seven Thai sailors, including the captain, overboard during a mutiny, Wahyudi said according to the state Antara news agency. -AFP