The anchored product tanker Ji Xiang was reported to have been boarded by a group of 10 pirates at 2240 hrs, 2.5 nm northwest of Teluk Ramunia.
However, the pirates took flight when a Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency vessel approached.
“A maritime patrol boat gave chase but lost them in the waters off a neighbouring country,” Tanjung Sedili Maritime enforcement chief Captain Amran Daud, was quoted as saying by Malaysian news agency Bernama.
One seafarer was shot in the neck and has been hospitalised. The International Maritime Bureau described the seafarer’s injuries as minor.
The pirates left behind two pistols and machete when they fled the scene.
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