Australian Maritime Issues 2007 - Royal Australian Navy

A Malaysian Perspective on International Maritime Counter-Terrorist Cooperation
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Kazumine Akimoto, ‘Re-routing options and consequences’ in A. Forbes (ed), The Strategic
Importance of Seaborne Trade and Shipping, Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs, No. 10,
Sea Power Centre – Australia, Canberra, 2003, pp. 121-122.
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Noor Adzman Baharuddin, ‘Pirates give up after stand-off’, New Straits Times, 15 June 2005.
On 13 June 2005, MV Nepline Delima, carrying palm oil from Port Klang to Mynmar, was
boarded by sea robbers off Langkawi Island, Malaysia. One of the ship’s crew was able to
escape using the robbers’ boat and alerted the marine police in Langkawi. They immediately
dispatched a patrol boat and after six hours negotiation, the 10 Indonesians surrendered.
Two crew members of the hijacked vessel were also detained for being suspected of aiding
the robbers by providing information on the vessel’s position.
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Richardson, ‘Marine-related terrorism’, p. 17. The attack on Cole was carried out using a
rubber dinghy packed with about 500 pounds of C4 explosive. The blast, which left a 40-foot
hole in the side of the destroyer, killed 17 USN sailors and wounded 40. It took more than
14 months and cost more than US$250 million to repair the ship.
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Richardson, ‘Marine-related terrorism’. The Limburg, a French-registered oil tanker carrying
crude oil, was attacked in a similar manner to the Cole in October 2002 off Yemen. The attack
set ablaze and crippled the ship. A sailor was drowned when the crew abandoned the ship
and about 90,000 barrels of oil spilled into the sea.
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Statement made by H.E. Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak, the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
as reported by the Associate Press on 5 June 2005.
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R. Halloran, ‘Navy launches vast maritime security plan’, The Washington Times, 10 May
2004.
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The call was made during the Conference on Regional Cooperation in Maritime Security,
Singapore, 2 March 2005.
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‘Malaysia rejects US help to guard Malacca Straits against terrorists’, Asia Pacific News,
4 April 2004.
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H.E. Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Malaysia,
at the Shangri-la Dialogue, ‘Fifth Plenary Session: Enhancing Maritime Security Cooperation
Singapore’, 5 June 2005.
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C.Z. Raymond, ‘Malacca Straits: A high-risk zone’, Commentaries, Institute of Defence and
Strategic Studies, Singapore, 4 August 2005.
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Malaysia and other coastal states are vested with sovereignty as provided in Article 2 of the
Convention.
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J.M. Van Dyke, ‘Military ships and planes operating in the exclusive economic zone of another
country’, Marine Policy, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2004.
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K. Hakapaa and E.J. Molenaar, ‘Innocent passage – past and present’, Marine Policy, Vol. 23,
No. 2, 1999.
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B.A. Hamzah, ‘No basis for US patrols’, New Straits Times, 31 July 2004.
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‘War on terror update’, Warships International Fleet Review, October 2004, accessed 16 June 2007.
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H.E. Dato’ Seri Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad, ‘Islam, terrorism and Malaysia’s response’,
4 February 2002, accessed 15 June 2007.
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‘Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore launch coordinated patrol of Malacca Strait’, The Jakarta
Post, 20 July 2004.