Wednesday, April 16, 2008

So sad .... but true!

Excerpts from the Nicolas Newman Book Review on Southeast Asian Piracy

Nationals from all nations in South East Asia are involved in piracy often exhibiting a high degree of operational cooperation. This is ironically in contrast to the lack of cooperation exhibited by the countries involved in tackling the crimes of piracy!In terms of the numbers arrested, citizens from Indonesia and the Philippines seem to be the main participants. Those in the Philippines tend to come from the southern provinces of this country, which has been for centuries, a haven for piracy in the region. In the days before steam, the monsoon season in Peninsula Malaysia was known as the ‘Pirate Season’, since the wind not only brought the rains but the pirates from the Philippines.

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