Pirate busters set sights on Sabah’s east coast for terror groups


PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s pirate busters are now setting their sights on the east coast of Sabah and its notorious kidnap-for-ransom terror groups.

Created as a solution to piracy that plagued our country’s waters over a decade ago, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has all but wiped out piracy in the past few years.

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