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Held by Somali Pirates for 4.5 years

Shen Jui-chang was held hostage by pirates and ate scorpions and snakes to survive

Taiwanese boat engineer, Shen Jui-chang was freed last month after spending nearly five years as a hostage. When the fishing boat he was working on was captured by Somali pirates the whole crew was taken to Somalia. Despite living in desperate conditions and eating snakes and scorpions to survive, Shen Jui-chang refused to abandon his fellow hostages when he was given the chance to be freed.

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