INDONESIA – PIRACY
February 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE INDONESIAN navy has dispatched three warships to the Malacca Straits following the release of International Chamber of Commerce's Annual Piracy Report, which found they are still the most dangerous waters for commercial shipping in the world, the global business group claims. It has highlighted a statement made one week later by navy spokesman First Admiral Franky Kayhatu that three warships have been deployed "to contain pirate attacks on cargo vessels passing through the Malacca Straits." The report found that of the 335 cases of piracy in ...
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