Team formed to fight SE Asian pirates
Hopes move will reduce incidents.
Rapid response team formed to fight SE Asian pirates
In response to the growing threat posed by robbers and pirates in the region the Malaysian and Indonesian navies have formed a joint rapid deployment team. The Malaysian side is based in Johor and includes a helicopter and the Indonesian side is based on Batam Island opposite Singapore.
The new joint force was formed four days ago and comes as calls grow to tackle the growing piracy scourge in the region that has made Southeast Asia the world’s hotspot for piracy over the past 18 months. This past weekend as many as six ships were attacked, leading one UK security firm, Dryad Maritime, to come out and urge authorities in the region to establish a permanenet presence on the Singapore Strait.
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Source: splash247.com
