Modern-day slavery: Indonesia cracks down on brutal conditions on foreign fishing boats

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated January 25 2017 - 4:13pm, first published January 24 2017 - 7:00pm
Victims of human trafficking in the  fishing industry pictured waiting for their back pay in  Ambon, Indonesia.  Photo: International Organisation for Migration
Victims of human trafficking in the fishing industry pictured waiting for their back pay in Ambon, Indonesia. Photo: International Organisation for Migration
A victim of human trafficking from Myanmar who was rescued from a fishing boat pictured in Ambon in Indonesia. Photo:  International Organisation for Migration
A victim of human trafficking from Myanmar who was rescued from a fishing boat pictured in Ambon in Indonesia. Photo: International Organisation for Migration

Jakarta: It's hard to comprehend it happened in this century: human slaves trapped on fishing boats being whipped with poisonous stingray tails, having ice blocks thrown at them and being shot.

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