Pirates who boarded and robbed a Thai oil tanker in Malaysian waters made off with 2,000 tonnes of bunker oil and five tonnes of diesel oil before laying a bomb on the vessel
Theekhathat Charoensuk, the captain of the Thai tanker Lapin, sought help from another ship after navigating the tanker into Thai waters yesterday.
His boat, which was transporting a large quantity of oil from Singapore, was robbed in the Strait of Malacca on Friday around 8 pm.
Navy and marine police were contacted to help the ill-fated vessel, after its communication system started malfunctioning
According to authorities, Mr Theekhathat said six to eight pirates, believed to be Indonesian, stopped the Lapin and forced the crew to surrender. Three of the pirates were armed with guns, while the others carried swords