Sunday April 13, 2008
Zero-piracy in Straits of Malacca
By ELIZABETH LOOI
KUALA LUMPUR: The Eye in The Sky surveillance programme resulted in "zero piracy" in the Straits of Malacca last year, said Deputy Air Force Chief Datuk Seri Bashir Abu Bakar.
He said the programme that started in 2005 and which involved Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, had been effective in wiping out piracy.
"Even in Sabah and Sarawak, piracy is under control," he said while visiting a vintage car exhibition at the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) museum here on Sunday.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who is also the Defence Minister, had recently said that Thailand had shown an interest in joining the surveillance programme.
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