Indonesia accused over oil tanker carrying 'stolen' Cambodian oil

Manager and owner claim ship's crew interrogated as part of coercion campaign

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This handout photo by Indonesia's navy shows the Bahamian-flagged Strovolos (right) berthed at a port in Riau. © AFP/Jiji

SHAUN TURTON, Contributing writer

PHNOM PENH -- Indonesia has been accused of violating the human rights of an oil tanker crew in an escalating international dispute over a $21 million cargo of crude that Cambodia says has been stolen.

The Bahamas-flagged tanker Strovolos, estimated to be carrying nearly 300,000 barrels of crude from Cambodia's ill-fated first oil venture, was seized by Indonesia's navy off the country's coast in July.

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