KOTA KINABALU: Seven crew members of a Malaysian-registered tugboat were rescued by Vietnamese fishermen who found them in a raft in the waters of Amboyna in the Brunei Exclusive Economic Zone about 220 nautical miles northwest of Miri.
Their tugboat was reportedly tugging a barge that was transporting cargo belonging to Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) and Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) when pirates attacked them some time after April 16.
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