5 rob Japanese vessel of 2 million litres of diesel – Bernama
The Malaysian Insider – 1 hour 40 minutes ago
Five men, two of them armed with pistols and one with a parang, siphoned off two million litres of diesel from a Japanese vessel about 16 nautical miles from Pulau Ketam yesterday, marine police said.
It is learnt that in the 1am incident, the five also abducted three of the 18 crew members of the ship which was on its way from Singapore to Myanmar with five million litres of the fuel.
Port Klang Marine Police commanding officer DSP Norzaid Muhammad Said said the robbers siphoned off the fuel to two tankers, taking between seven and eight hours, after tying up the crew, including the captain.
Norzaid said the captain managed to free himself and informed the diesel supplier in Singapore of the robbery.
The supplier lodged a report at the Johor Baru police station which relayed the information to the marine police in Port Klang.
"We sent our personnel to the location and found the Japanese vessel at Pulau Angsa. The ship was brought to the North Port here for further investigation.” – Bernama, April 23, 2014.
