Taiwanese ship attacked by pirates in Malacca Strait<\/p>\n
Agence France-Presse
\nTaipei<\/p>\n
The captain of a Taiwan fisheries cargo ship was wounded after
\nhis vessel was attacked by pirate boats in the Malacca Strait,
\nofficials said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The 3,000-tonne Dong Yih based in Taiwan's southern Kaohsiung
\ncity, was attacked by two pirate vessels while it was sailing for
\nSingapore on Saturday, an official from Taiwan's National Rescue
\nCommand Center told AFP.<\/p>\n
\"The two pirate ships were disguised as oil rig tug boats...
\nthat was why the captain did not pay attention to them when they
\nshowed up,\" an official from the center quoted the captain as
\nsaying.<\/p>\n
The captain, identified as Lo Ying-hsiung, said his ship had
\nto speed away following the submachine gun attack which lasted
\nfor some two hours.<\/p>\n
The captain was hit in the knee by a bullet and some of the
\nship's steering equipment was damaged.<\/p>\n
The rest of the crew, including nine Taiwanese and 24
\nPhilippine, Chinese and Vietnamese sailors, escaped unscathed.<\/p>\n
\"The foreign ministry has sought assistance from the Singapore
\ngovernment,\" a foreign ministry official said, adding that the
\nTaiwan vessel \"is expected to arrive in Singapore by the night of
\ntomorrow.\"<\/p>\n
The Malacca Strait, a narrow waterway slicing Indonesia's
\nsprawling Sumatra island from mainland Southeast Asia, is one of
\nthe busiest shipping lanes in the world, funneling 50,000 vessels
\na year between the biggest economies of the West and the East.<\/p>",
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