Another report of seafarer mistreatment involving Japanese owners in Australia has emerged.
A 26-year-old Filipino sailor died from what has been described as a “sore throat” at sea, and his Japanese ship was forced to stop in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, two days ago so his crewmates could seek medical treatment after allegedly being denied medical treatment for two weeks.
The ship Beaufiks, owned by Nissen Kaiun, has now left Hay Point headed for Rotterdam.
, owned by Nissen Kaiun, has now left Hay Point headed for Rotterdam.Filipino seafarer Christian Borbon, 26, died onboard, after receiving medical treatment in China for a sore throat on December 19. His crewmates complained of similar symptoms but were allegedly denied medical attention by the Japanese owner when it arrived in Gladstone.
The International Transport Workers Federation Australia intervened and forced the captain to dock in Mackay so crewmembers could seek medical advice.
ITF Australia national co-ordinator Dean Summers, is now seeking a coronial enquiry into the seafarer’s death.
The tragic story follows on from an ongoing senate enquiry in Canberra into the suspicious deaths of three people on the Sage Sagittarius, a vessel owned by Japan’s Hachiuma Steamship that was dubbed the ‘death ship’ last year by local media.
