MMEA: Oil tanker carrying RM1.57mil worth of diesel hijacked, now in waters off Batam


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PETALING JAYA: A tanker carrying RM1.57mil worth of diesel, earlier reported missing near the Kuantan port, is believed to have been hijacked.

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency  (MMEA) director-general Datuk Ahmad Puzi Ab Kahar confirmed that MT Vier Harmoni was currently “somewhere in Batam waters.”

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Crime , Hijack , Oil tanker , Batam , Malaysia

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