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Tue, 09/09/2008 - 15:24
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M'SIAN GOVERNMENT NOT CONSIDERING MILITARY ACTION TO RESCUE HOSTAGES
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 9 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian government is not considering military action to rescue the crew members of the two MISC Bhd vessels held hostage by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, in the waters of Somalia and Yemen if the situation worsens.
Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said the goverment was
optimistic that it could find a solution to rescue them.
The hostages were currently safe, he said when asked by reporters whether
military action would be used to rescue the hostages.
The two ships with 65 Malaysian and nine Filipino crew members on board
were
hijacked on Aug 19 and 29.
Najib said he was getting daily reports on the situation but could not
reveal any details as yet.
"We cannot reveal the efforts that we are making to the public because in
this ICT (information communiction technology) era the pirates there will get to
know about them. They are also monitoring what we do here.
"We don't want to compromise the safety of the crew of the two MISC ships.
So, we will only announce our move when it is successful," he said.
On the 41 members of the Barisan Nasional (National Front) Backbenchers
Club (BNBBC) who left on an agricultural study tour to Taiwan Monday, Najib said
the trip was borne by the BNBBC and not the government.
Therefore, they could do whatever they liked as long as it was something
productive, he said, aAdding that there was nothing wrong with such a trip.
Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said the goverment was
optimistic that it could find a solution to rescue them.
The hostages were currently safe, he said when asked by reporters whether
military action would be used to rescue the hostages.
The two ships with 65 Malaysian and nine Filipino crew members on board
were
hijacked on Aug 19 and 29.
Najib said he was getting daily reports on the situation but could not
reveal any details as yet.
"We cannot reveal the efforts that we are making to the public because in
this ICT (information communiction technology) era the pirates there will get to
know about them. They are also monitoring what we do here.
"We don't want to compromise the safety of the crew of the two MISC ships.
So, we will only announce our move when it is successful," he said.
On the 41 members of the Barisan Nasional (National Front) Backbenchers
Club (BNBBC) who left on an agricultural study tour to Taiwan Monday, Najib said
the trip was borne by the BNBBC and not the government.
Therefore, they could do whatever they liked as long as it was something
productive, he said, aAdding that there was nothing wrong with such a trip.
