Our Government Deals with Pirates

Lately, the Pirates of Somalia have been living somewhat of a legend by hijacking cargo and container ships and ransoming them for money. The one thats been headlining the news recently is of that Ukrainian ship carrying 32 Russian T-72 tanks. As of now, three warships from three different navies are in sight of the vessel. Action has yet to be taken.

On another issue closer to home, did you know that two Malaysian ships (palm oil tankers) were also hijacked? And that our government paid U$2million for their release? In hard cash somemore. WTF???

I used to buy Perajurit (Warrior)and Tempur (Combat) magazines back in Malaysia. These magazines would glorify the armed forces and special forces of Malaysia so much that I was often deluded into thinking, hmmm....maybe not everything under government is bad.

And they would show articles and photos of our PASKAL (Pasukan Khas Laut/Sea Special Forces) in constant training for maritime emergencies such as dealing with pirates who hijack ships. All that TRAINING. This should have been the opportunity for them to get some real combat experience! Why were they not deployed??? I mean yeah, the pirates would have killed the crew, but in the end PASKAL would have killed the pirates. RIGHT? It simply cant be the other way around. Instead we presented them with U$2million. It seems our buah tangan culture extends beyond our own borders.

Now the two ships have been freed, and are on their way to Djibouti under escort by two Malaysian warships. I bet these are loaded with more cash to offer any more pirates in their speedboats that they see along the way.

Once again, I am so disappointed with the Malaysian authorities. I have no doubt now that if Singaporean Armed Forces were to attack Malaysia, they would reach Kelantan faster than your Perodua Kancil can drive there.

(Image of one of the palm oil tankers)

If you want U$2million hijack a ship that says Malaysia