Pirates raid oil tanker in Malacca Straits

Armed pirates have raided an oil tanker sailing in the Malacca Straits and abducted three crew members, officials in Malaysia say.

The pirates also pilfered a large amount of diesel from the tanker, which reports say was travelling from Singapore to Myanmar.

Three Indonesian crew members were seized, officials said.

The Malacca Straits, which run between Malaysia and Indonesia, are a key shipping route in the region.

The raid happened early on Tuesday, Noel Choong, head of the International Maritime Bureau's (IMB) piracy reporting centre based in Kuala Lumpur, was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27114548


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Arm the ships when in international waters.

Malaysia have serious security problems, in Sabah kidnapped Chinese tourist, Plane lost no action taken after radar shown missing plane, fighter jets should be send immediately to check hijacked or accident but no action were taken only after few hours later,

Oil tanker was taken in Malaysia water which a huge security breach on nation security, snatching handbag and robbing happen on daily even . Due to poor leadership only concern about corruption and strong ego.

Arm the ships when in international waters.

Agreed and armed deterrence does work...

http://www.funker530.com/somali-pirates-mess-with-the-wrong-ship/

Arm the ships when in international waters.

Agreed and armed deterrence does work...

http://www.funker530.com/somali-pirates-mess-with-the-wrong-ship/

Exactly. What part of, hostile actions abort or end as soon as a gun arrives, do wimpy liberals find so difficult to comprehend? Police will tell you they respond after the fact and offer no preventative protection against crime. God bless them for the work they do but chasing down a perp that has committed a crime and engaging him in a firefight is not protection for the victims who lay bleeding and dying.

This incident underscores the U.S. government's expanded relations with Indonesia since the Bush administration. The lax security in the Straits is a primary reason. Thailand's juvenile political bickering and their stance on human trafficking is another reason the U.S. is seeking a strategic democratic partner in SE Asia.

Arm the ships when in international waters.

Agreed and armed deterrence does work...

http://www.funker530.com/somali-pirates-mess-with-the-wrong-ship/

If thats what they call a single warning shot.....hate to see them when they get serious.

Arm the ships when in international waters.

It it were only that simple. The ships are not always in international waters, they're often in a port in a foreign country that does not allow armed vessels. There's also the problem with seamen who are not trained for weapons use, nor want to be.

Arm the ships when in international waters.

Agreed and armed deterrence does work...

http://www.funker530.com/somali-pirates-mess-with-the-wrong-ship/

Exactly. What part of, hostile actions abort or end as soon as a gun arrives, do wimpy liberals find so difficult to comprehend? Police will tell you they respond after the fact and offer no preventative protection against crime. God bless them for the work they do but chasing down a perp that has committed a crime and engaging him in a firefight is not protection for the victims who lay bleeding and dying.

Since you use a broad sweeping generality: Thanks manly macho conservative.

Love the irony of a gun arriving and "hostile" actions aborting. However, I do agree that "appropriately" armed threat or action when it is "actually" needed can be a good thing. Problem is guns are too often "inappropriately" used by when they are not actually needed, by idiots who injury or kill an innocent person(s).

Arm the ships when in international waters.

Agreed and armed deterrence does work...

http://www.funker530.com/somali-pirates-mess-with-the-wrong-ship/

Positively decent folk compared with the Russians....

pathetic that they do it year in and year out despite all the warships in the area .

there are some ex SAS guys on board some ships out of taiwan .