ALOR SETAR: Pirates fired their M-16 rifles in the air as a warning to the crew of a RM1.5mil fishing vessel before hijacking it late Saturday.
Northern Region Maritime enforcement chief First Admiral Tan Kok Kwee said the pirates took away the handphones of the five crew members and forced them to board the boat the pirates had arrived in.
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