Pirates off the east coast of Sumatra? A few hundred miles south of Singapore in one of the narrowest and busiest shipping lanes in the world, patrolled by the navies of at least four countries?
Are you sure?
I’ve never heard of pirates operating to any large degree in that area.
Well, I know that the region in general has a real problem with piracy and that includes even some large merchant vessels being assaulted so I presume they operate in the Java Sea also.
But since you mention it now I have myself another littlle research project to do.
A few days ago coincidentally I was reading some about the Battle of the Java Sea and it was commented on about the stripping of gear from the Houston and the Perth.
Not pirates as in yo ho ho Jolly Roger, but accident site plunderers.
Sure. They are out there looking for wallets and coin purses.
//sarc