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TIL the trawler Lurongyu 2682 was the site of a mutiny in 2011 where crew members beat up their captain due to poor conditions and killed the cook who tried to intervene. In the ensuing month, trying to prevent a counter-mutiny, 16 of the 33 crew were killed and 6 jumped ship out of fear.

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