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Home›Green Marine›Pirates demand ransom for kidnapped Thai captain, crew
Green Marine

June 2, 2005 · about 21 years ago

Pirates demand ransom for kidnapped Thai captain, crew

Pirates have kidnapped a Thai captain and crewman from a tanker in the busy Malacca Strait. The head of the Piracy Reporting Centre of the London-based International Maritime Bureau, Noel Choong, says the pirates have already demanded a ransom. Mr Choong says the band of between five and eight pirat

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Pirates have kidnapped a Thai captain and crewman from a tanker in the busy Malacca Strait.

The head of the Piracy Reporting Centre of the London-based International Maritime Bureau, Noel Choong, says the pirates have already demanded a ransom.

Mr Choong says the band of between five and eight pirates approached on a fast boat and fired warning shots to stop the Thai-flagged vessel as it sailed off Pangkor island, on Malaysia’s west coast.

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