My name is Ian Urbina. I am the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, a journalism organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States, and I'm working on a magazine story about labor issues and other crimes at sea on board vessels of the Chinese fishing fleet. We are reaching out to request a reply from the captain of the Marlin, which we mention in the story, to our statement below.

Several sources, including individuals in Montevideo who interacted Daniel Aritonang before his death in 2021, along with data collected on ship movements, show the following:

1. On March 2, 2021, Danie…