[Gefreiter]

"...pointing to the complication of overlapping borders in the strait...besides political issues that would arise."

Cuz you know, it would be just terrible to cooperate in order to subdue piracy.

[donmeaker]

If I am going there, I would go in armed to the teeth, in convoy, and invite the japanese government to sail as part of our convoy. There is still a right of "innocent passage", and a right of self defense.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me!

[Mase]

"It shouldn't be. It cannot happen," Marine Police Force Commander Abdul Rahman Ahmad said,"
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Maybe they are part of the problem and have an economic interest in maintaining things the way they are.

[Young Werther]

Sounds like a job for The Ghost Who Walks!

I am reporting this to Kit Walker at the Skull Cave for immediate action.

[Publius6961]

I am ignorant here of maritime history, custom and law.
My impression is that the strait of Malacca has been used by international sea commerce since the age of exploration.

Are the straits Malaysian territory? If yes, when did it become so?