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One tanker attacked in S-E Asia every 2 weeks: piracy watchdog

Published Tue, Apr 21, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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Kuala Lumpur

PIRATES attack one small coastal oil tanker every two weeks in the waters off South-east Asia, which remained the world's piracy hotspot in the first quarter of 2015, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said on Tuesday.

South-east Asia saw 38 pirate attacks during January-March or 70 per cent of the global total of 54, according to the latest quarterly report by the bureau's Kuala Lumpur-based Piracy Reporting Centre.

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