Malaysia receives two patrol vessels from Australia


Joint cooperation: Dutton (front) and Shahidan visiting one of the vessels after the handing-over ceremony in Port Klang.

PORT KLANG: Malaysia officially received two vessels from the Australian government that will be used to conduct security patrols in the Straits of Malacca.

The Bay-class vessels were handed over during a ceremony attended by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim and Australia’s Immigration and Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton at the National Hydrographic Centre here yesterday.

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