{Malaysian authorities say ship carrying 900,000 litres of diesel has been hijacked and taken into Indonesian waters.}<\/p>\n
A Malaysian oil tanker carrying 900,000 litres of diesel has been hijacked and taken into Indonesian waters, according to authorities in Malaysia.<\/p>\n
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said in a statement on Wednesday that the ship, Vier Harmoni, had been located in the waters off Batam, Indonesia.<\/p>\n
The MMEA said they had yet to confirm the identity of the hijackers.<\/p>\n
The ship had sailed from the Tanjung Pelepas port, in Malaysia, on Monday.<\/p>\n
Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen, reporting from the Indonesian capital Jakarta, said it was unclear if the ship had been actually hijacked.<\/p>\n
“Sources have told Al Jazeera that the crew may have taken the tanker to Indonesia,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Normally a piracy attack, which happens quite often in the Malacca Strait, follows a different pattern: strangers or pirates will enter the tanker carrying knives and machetes and will siphon off the oil in the middle of the sea and leave the tanker behind.<\/p>\n
“It’s a different story as far as we can tell at this stage.”<\/p>\n
Vaessen said the tanker was near the Indonesian island of Batam.<\/p>\n
“But the Indonesian authorities are also confused about the situation and say they are in touch with the Malaysian maritime enforcement agency.”<\/p>\n
In June last year, pirates hijacked the Orkim Victory, a Malaysian tanker, and pumped the oil from it into another tanker before releasing it.<\/p>\n
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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