BANGKOK, Aug 24 – Thailand’s Foreign Minister announced that a Thai crewman who was kidnapped by pirates off the Nigerian coast early this month has been freed and will return to Thailand in a few days.

Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said the Thai embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, confirmed that the Thai crewman kidnapped by pirates who hijacked his ship off the Nigerian coast was released. He has received a medical checkup.

Read more: MCOT