Somali pirates to be remanded, says IGP
Published: Jan 31, 2011 8:16 AM | Updated: Jan 31, 2011 8:17 AM
The police has taken over investigation into the case of the seven Somali pirates who were detained by the Malaysian armed forces (ATM) while attempting to rob a Malaysian ship in the Gulf of Aden on Jan 20.
The police has taken over investigation into the case of the seven Somali pirates who were detained by the Malaysian armed forces (ATM) while attempting to rob a Malaysian ship in the Gulf of Aden on Jan 20.
Inspector-general of police Ismail Omar said police would open the investigation papers on the case and would question all the detainees and the ATM members involved.
"This is a normal procedure in any investigations. We will record their statements to facilitate our investigation," he told reporters after opening the Kuala Lumpur police contingent media centre today.
Ismail said the police would apply for a remand order from a magistrate today to detain the pirates to facilitate the investigation.
The seven Somali pirates arrived at Port Klang's liquid bulk terminal at 9.15am today and were taken to Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang for a medical check-up.
They are now detained at the Bukit Jalil detention centre.
In the incident, Malaysian naval commandos rescued the ship, MT Bunga Laurel with 23 crew onboard, from the Somali pirates who were armed with AK-47 assault rifles and pistols about 333 nautical miles (555km) east of Oman.
The rescue mission, codenamed 'Operasi Fajar', was carried out together with the Royal Malaysian Navy's auxiliary ship, Bunga Mas 5.
The commandos overpowered the pirates after a gun battle that left three of the pirates injured.
Earlier in his speech, Ismail hoped that all state police contingents would have their own media centres to forge closer cooperation between the police and the media.
He said that among the states which had set up media centres were Perak, Penang, Pahang, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, while Kedah was in the process of doing so.
- Bernama
Inspector-general of police Ismail Omar said police would open the investigation papers on the case and would question all the detainees and the ATM members involved.
"This is a normal procedure in any investigations. We will record their statements to facilitate our investigation," he told reporters after opening the Kuala Lumpur police contingent media centre today.
Ismail said the police would apply for a remand order from a magistrate today to detain the pirates to facilitate the investigation.
The seven Somali pirates arrived at Port Klang's liquid bulk terminal at 9.15am today and were taken to Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang for a medical check-up.
They are now detained at the Bukit Jalil detention centre.
In the incident, Malaysian naval commandos rescued the ship, MT Bunga Laurel with 23 crew onboard, from the Somali pirates who were armed with AK-47 assault rifles and pistols about 333 nautical miles (555km) east of Oman.
The rescue mission, codenamed 'Operasi Fajar', was carried out together with the Royal Malaysian Navy's auxiliary ship, Bunga Mas 5.
The commandos overpowered the pirates after a gun battle that left three of the pirates injured.
Earlier in his speech, Ismail hoped that all state police contingents would have their own media centres to forge closer cooperation between the police and the media.
He said that among the states which had set up media centres were Perak, Penang, Pahang, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, while Kedah was in the process of doing so.
- Bernama
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