Singapore Coast Guard performs two-hour security sweep of tanker after illegal boarding


Inspector Muhammad Rasidi Suriade (left) and Sergeant Muhammad Zukhairie Khairudin of the Police Coast Guard. - ST/ANN

SINGAPORE: When Inspector Muhammad Rasidi Suriade of the Police Coast Guard (PCG) got a call on Feb 28 about a Singapore-registered chemical tanker being boarded illegally by unknown suspects, he rushed to the scene.

He and his colleagues were on a PCG boat patrolling Singapore waters just five minutes away. The PCG boarded the tanker after it entered Singapore territorial waters.

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