Di luar pantai barat daya Malaysia, segerombolan lanun dilaporkan telah merampas sebuah kapal minyak yang kedua dalam sebulan ini. Serangan berlaku 7 batu dari Pulau Kukup di Selat Melaka - pusat laluan perdagangan minyak dan pengangkutan di Asia.
Bersenjatakan senjata api dan pisau, kumpulan 10 orang lanun telah memaksa krew memindahkan minyak ke dalam kapal mereka. Tiada laporan kemalangan jiwa berlaku.
Selat Melaka merupakan laluan singkat antara Timur Tengah dan Asia dengan 15.2 juta tong minyak diangkut melalui perairan ini pada tahun 2011 menurut The Bangkok Post sambil menyebut 206 kegiatan lanun dilaporkan pada tahun ini.
Oktober lalu, lanun merampas sebuah kapal dagang di perairan Malaysia berhampiran Pulau Aur, di mana setelah merampas kargo, kapal tersebut ditinggalkan.
Biro Maritim Antarabangsa melaporkan bahawa rompakan bersenjata meningkat di rantau ini terutamanya di dalam wilayah Indonesia. - The Diplomat
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Off the western coast of Malaysia, theft on a much larger scale has reportedly occurred, with pirates apparently hijacking their second oil tanker in a month. The attack took place about seven miles from Malaysia’s Pulau Kukup in the Strait of Malacca – the epicenter of oil trading and transportation in Asia.
Armed with guns and knives, the group of 10 pirates forced the tanker’s crew to transfer oil to a separate vessel. There have been no reported casualties.
“[The Strait of Malacca] is the shortest sea route between the Middle East and Asia with about 15.2 million barrels of oil a day transported along the waterway in 2011,” said The Bangkok Post, adding that there have been 206 reported cases of piracy globally this year.
In October of last year, pirates hijacked a different transportation ship near Malaysia’s Pulau Aur. After stealing its cargo, the boat was abandoned at sea.
The International Maritime Bureau reported that armed robbery attacks are increasing in the region, especially around Indonesia. - The Diplomat
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