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03 Feb 07 21:37
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Japan, Malaysia and Thailand stage maiden piracy drill
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Vipin Wilson
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Bangkok, Feb 4: Coast guard officials from Japan, Malaysia and Thailand on Friday staged their first joint exercise to fight piracy in the Malacca Strait, one of the world's busiest waterways and key to Asian trade.
The three-hour drill in calm waters between Thailand's island of Phuket and Malaysia's Langkawi island began with "pirates" hijacking a Japanese supertanker and kidnapping some of its crew. Malaysia's police commandos later stormed the tanker before arresting the "kidnappers"....
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