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The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has formed a group to probe the pirate attack on a tanker carrying 3.8 million litres of diesel owned by a Thai company in waters off Kuantan, Malaysia on June 23.

Patrol vessel Echigo of the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) will be sent to Vietnam and the Philippines to take part in joint anti-piracy drills.

Vietnamese authorities are working hard to verify information related to a pirate attack on a Vietnamese vessel in the Philippines’ waters that killed one, thus applying measures to protect Vietnamese citizens.

Eight Filipino fishermen were killed when five suspected pirates attacked a fishing boat in southern Philippine waters, officials said on January 10.

The Singapore Navy in collaboration with the Indonesian and Malaysian authorities disrupted a sea robbery on the Singapore Strait tugboat on September 1.