Taking straight from Malaysia’s The Star:
PUTRAJAYA: Hopes are high that negotiations with Somalian pirates for the release of the Malaysian International Shipping Corporation (MISC) vessel MT Bunga Melati Dua and its crew members will be successful.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday that negotiations for the release of MT Bunga Melati Dua were still ongoing following successful talks for the release of MT Bunga Melati Lima.
Abdullah said: “All its crew members have been released and the vessel is now heading to Djibouti (East Africa). The crew members are all in good health.
“A medical team from the Defence Ministry comprising doctors, medical assistants and counsellors are providing assistance to the crew.”
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MT Bunga Melati Dua, with a crew of 29 Malaysian and 10 Filipinos was hijacked on Aug 19 in the Gulf of Aden where rampant maritime piracy is taking place.
One of the Filipino crew members was killed when he was hit by a stray bullet.
Ten days later, the MT Bunga Melati Lima, with 36 Malaysian and five Filipino crew members, was also hijacked while sailing from Yanbu, Saudi Arabia to Singapore.
Malaysia has sent two warships, the KD Lekiu and KD Inderapura, and an offshore patrol vessel, the KD Pahang, to escort MISC ships sailing in the risky waters following the two hijacking incidents.
The last paragraph is a bit strange. Didn’t Malaysia and Indonesia complain when the US proposed to escort marine vessels throught the Melaka Straits using armed vessels and personnel?
Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 