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 Lu Rong Yuan Yu 978, which we mention in the story, to our statements below.

Our reporting, including interviews with individuals in Montevideo and a review of original documents pertaining to the below medical case, has shown the following:

1. Rafly Maulana Sadad,…