MT Orkim Harmony hijacking
2015 hijacking of Malaysian tanker in South China Sea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On 11 June 2015, eight Indonesian pirates hijacked the MT Orkim Harmony, a Malaysian tanker, in the South China Sea. The crew and the tanker were freed and recovered on 19 June near the southwest of Phú Quốc in Vietnam with the joint efforts of Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Malaysian Air Force, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, Royal Australian Air Force, Vietnam Border Guard, Vietnam Coast Guard, Indonesian Navy and Royal Thai Navy.[1][2][5][6][13]
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Part of Piracy in the Strait of Malacca and Piracy in Indonesia | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Other aid/standby forces: | Indonesian pirates[7][8] | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Abdul Aziz Jaafar Ahmad Puzi Adam Steff Peter Knox Doãn Bảo Quyết Nguyễn Quang Đạm Ngô Ngọc Thu | Ruslan[9] | ||||||
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1,500 strong team, 16 ships and four aircraft |
1 tanker 8 pirates[10] 1 lifeboat | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
none | 8 captured[3][11] | ||||||
1 hostage injured[12] | |||||||
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