VIETNAM Pirates' confess to hijack last Eight Indonesians apprehended Col Quyet the group of 13 Indo- week have confeksed said with pistols and Malaysian to hijacking a nesian pirates armed tanker, and said oil tanker, a Vietnamese machetes took the yesterday. control of while five Col Doan eight remained on the tanker Indonesia sar of Bao Quryet, political commis. used their boat to return to the Vietnam Coast Guard Region 4 in to possibly look for potential buyers of the southern province Kien Giang, said the gasoline. spotted Thursday and said they 19 to 61, initially The tanker was on while encountered an accident at sea it had been repainted black from blue Chu fishing when they on Tho The pirates abandoned tanker on on island off Vietnam's southern the island on coast Friday night and fled to Tho Chu a life raft. The tanker has sailed to a port But after questioning with the images in Malaysia. and information provided by Malaysian Col Quyet said the men were found they confessed that were with dozens of mobile phones and a responsible for hijacking the oil tanker ear- large amount dollars Malay lier this month of US and Ringgit. The tanker MT Orkim Harmonywas car- The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement rying 7.5 million litres of gasoline wo 21 Agency has said the hijackingwasbelieved million ringgit(89 million baht)on its way to be the work of a syndicate to Kuantan in Malaysia when communica selsfor their cargos offuel, and was the fifth tions were lost with it on June 11. such theft in waters off Malaysia this year,AP