The South Korean Qinghai Force destroyer “Tryui” arrived in the waters near the Strait of Hormuz on the 5th local time to deal with the detention of the Korean chemical transport ship by Iran.
Yonhap reported on the 5th that South Korean government officials said on the same day that the Qinghai troops arrived in the sea area of the accident in the early morning of the 5th and began to carry out their tasks.
It is reported that the Korean transport ship Hankuk Chemi was detained by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran on the 4th while sailing in the Strait of Hormuz near the Oman side. There are 20 crew members, including five Korean crew members.
It is understood that Choi will work closely with Bahrain-based Joint Maritime Forces (CMF), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea and the Ministry of Marine Fisheries of Korea and other relevant departments to deal with the situation.
Previously, a South Korean Foreign Ministry official said that South Korea was confirming the safety of the crew and demanding that Iran release the detained ship as soon as possible.
South Korea’s Ministry of Defense said that after learning that the South Korean merchant ship had been detained, it immediately sent Qinghai troops to the sea near the Strait of Hormuz for treatment.
Choi Mi, a special force of the South Korean Navy, Ching Hai Force, participated in the rescue operation of Operation Dawn in the Gulf of Aden in January 2011 and successfully rescued 21 crew members of the Three Lakes Jewelry, which were hijacked by Somali pirates.
In April of the same year, she successfully rescued the attacked container ship near Gulf of Aden.
