Piracy in the South China Sea
New Straits Times
With piracy in the Straits of Malacca all but eradicated, attention should now be turned to the South China Sea.
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the five littoral nations around the sea have to work together to combat piracy.
“Piracy there is not conventional any more. Pirates feel that the countries don’t patrol the sea enough,” said Zahid, at a press conference after delivering the keynote address at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (Lima) International Maritime Conference 2009.
The conference, titled “The Changing Nature of Maritime Security: Challenges and the Application of Technology”, was attended by top navy men from 24 countries.
Zahid explained that pirates did not think twice about travelling more than 1,800km from their points of origin.
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