JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) successfully foiled an attempt by pirates to hijack a vessel carrying 700 tonnes of marine fuel oil off Tanjung Siang here.
Its southern region operation director First Admiral Ibrahim Mohamed said that the agency found the MT Sun Birdie ship at 15 nautical miles off eastern Tanjung Siang here at around 9.45pm on Thursday, some nine hours after the vessel was reported missing.
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