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The mutiny and mass murder on Lurongyu 2682 (Chinese: 鲁荣渔2682号), a Chinese squid-jigging trawler, took place in the South Pacific Ocean between June and July 2011. A group of crewmen from the ship, led by Liu Guiduo, seized control of the ship from their captain. Of the 33 men on board, 16 were killed and 6 jumped overboard (and are presumed dead).^[1] The captain cooperated with the hijackers in the later stage of the mutiny when they convinced him to sail and illegally emigrate to Japan.

Eleven crew members returned to China. In 2013, these crew members were convicted of murder, with five receiving death sentences, including the captain.^[2] An interview with the first of the convicted crew to be released went viral, and the events have been adapted into a radio drama and a visual novel.