GOVERMENT HOUSE HONG KONG.
WED 27 MAY 92 08:55
PG.12
26. Mr
the
Farlie referred to a recent report which suggested that
Indonesian law enforcement agencies had captured a gang
of pirates, and invited the Indonesian delegation to
response was "I have heard of this, I don't
the information, it is being handled DY the co-ordinating. body."
comment.
have
The
MI. Farlie requested the Indonesian government to advise IMB
of the outcome of this case. The Malaysian delegation
suggested that there had been no attacks since this recent
arrest, but the Japanese delegate said there had been 3
known attacks.
The Malaysian delegation gave details of
numbers for reporting pirate
radio channels and telephone
attacks.
27. Captain Brown
suggested
a reporting system was needed
in the area, whereby ships could communicate with a single
reporting office, whether government or civilian. He said
this would be supported by the large British shipping community.
MI. Ellen tabled a proposal by the IMB to establish an IMB reporting office in Kuala Lumpur to receive and collate reports Of pirate attacks on ships. It was suggested that police should board ships following a pirate
attack to interview the crew and obtain evidence. Captain
Brown pointed out that ships could not stop as this would
create commercial problems. It was acknowledged that this placed police investigators in a difficult position.
28. Captain Da Costa (IMO) said prevention of piracy attacks was
most important, and that there was a need to collate
information.
29. Mr. Ellen (IMB) suggested that Indonesia should know what
happened in
the case of the arrested pirates.
The
Indonesian delegate said that security matters did not come
under
his
department
which dealt with maritime
communications.
Mr. Barker (Jardine Pacific) said that did
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