A tug boat probably hijacked in the Straits of Singapore and its nine crew members have been rescued by Indonesian authorities, AFP reports.
The boat towing a barge laden with heavy machinery and piling materials, which an Indonesian aircraft and three warships found in the same area a day later, was located on Saturday off Indonesia.
Heading from peninsular Malaysia to Borneo island, the last contact made by the tug and barge was recorded on December 27 off southern Malaysia near the Straits of Singapore prior to being hijacked.
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World Maritime News Staff, January 2, 2012;