KUALA LUMPUR: An oil tanker has become the second such vessel to be hijacked in Malaysian waters in four weeks, said the International Maritime Bureau, adding that it marked rising piracy in the region.
A Panamanian-flagged vessel was on Thursday boarded by 10 armed pirates, who emptied it of the oil it was carrying into another ship before disembarking.
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