Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arrmanatha Nasir confirmed that the Indonesian government paid no ransom to free four Indonesian nationals held as hostages by Somali pirates.
“Our stance is clear that the government won’t pay [ransoms] to pirates,” Armanatha said at his office in Jakarta on Monday, October 24, 2016. Arrmanatha revealed that the hostage rescue efforts involved several countries whose citizens were kidnapped. In addition, the rescue efforts involved international organizations, non-profit organizations, and United Nations’ representatives.
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