Vietnamese cargo ship rescued in Malaysia
A Vietnamese merchant ship was saved from robbery or kidnapping recently thanks to the Malaysian Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom), according to the country’s Bernama News Agency.
Esscom promptly saved Vietnamese ship from attack (Photo: The Phil Star)
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – A Vietnamese merchant ship was saved from
robbery or kidnapping recently thanks to the Malaysian Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom), according to the
country’s Bernama News Agency.
Esscom Commander Wan Abdul Bari Wan
Abdul Khalid on March 7 said emergency signals were sent by vessel MV PHU AN
268 of Vietnam when it was passing through waters off the Boan Islands of the
Philippines.
According to the commander, the ship’s
captain reported that he spotted a strange boat with six people on board following
his vessel, then he increased speed and changed course toward Malaysian waters.
After being informed, Essom sent a Viper
patrol ship and a KD Sri Tiga high-speed boat to Malaysian waters bordering the
Philippines, where they found MV PHU AN 268 and safely escorted it to Sandakan
in Sabah State.-VNA