Here's my article on the Enrica Lexie / St. Antony case in context with the murder of two Indian seafarers - and as the shipping brass descends into Cochin, in full form to celebrate the inauguration of the Cochin MMD office, the question needing an answer is this - is this a Purulia Armsdrop kind of case?
And here's a copy of my recent letter to the office of the DGS . . .:-
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Do let me know what you think, and can anybody understand the position of the poor souls on board, the Indians - what happens to them when they finally disembark and all this nonsense of "diplomatic immunity" for the ship when the Port State Control has full authority, gets over?
I mean, our PSC struts around like monkeys otherwise, where are they now in this case, can't even go on board for an inspection, stop the ship on any of a few dozen deficiencies, as usual, and make their little petty haftaas?
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Letter to DGS:-
Good morning and hope you and your colleagues have a pleasant visit to Cochin.
Here is the latest article by me on what is now increasingly being referred to as "Purulia 2".
I think DG Shipping should have played a far more pro-active role in this episode, especially when the initiative was with them. Now the whole mess of the DGS is being opened like a can of worms and I feel sorry, though vindicated.
Good luck, and I hope you preside over a major clean-up and shake-up at DGS.
Veeresh Malik
New Delhi
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