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ReCAAP ISC Weekly Report 3-9 Nov 2020
Fecha de la noticias: 16/11/2020 • Publicada: 16/11/2020
OVERVIEW
During 3-9 Nov 20, six CAT 41 incidents (where the perpetrators
are not armed and the crew not harmed) were reported to the ReCAAP ISC. Of the
six incidents, three incidents occurred on board ships while they were underway
in the Singapore Strait (SS), two incidents occurred in Vietnam and one
incident in Indonesia. The location of the six incidents is shown in the map
below; and detailed description of the incidents tabulated in the attachment.
With the three incidents reported in SS, a total of 31 incidents have been
reported in the area since January 2020.
The ReCAAP ISC is concerned with the continued increase of
incidents in the Singapore Strait, and has issued an Incident Alert (IA
07/2020) on 9 Nov to advise ships to exercise utmost vigilance, adopt extra
precautionary measures and report all incidents to the nearest coastal States;
and urge the littoral States to increase patrols, enforcement and strengthen
coordination among them and share information on the latest situation in order
to make arrests of the perpetrators
INCIDENTS OUTSIDE ASIA
During 3-9 Nov 20, two incidents outside Asia were reported to the ReCAAP ISC by
ReCAAP Focal Point (Singapore). The incidents occurred on 4 Nov on board a bulk
carrier while berthed at Satana, Brazil; and on 7 Nov on board a tanker while underway
south of Cotonou, Benin. The detailed description of the incidents is tabulated in the
attachment.
SITUATION OF ABDUCTION OF CREW IN THE SULU-CELEBES SEAS AND
WATERS OFF EASTERN SABAH
On 3 Nov 20, the Joint Task Force (JTF) of Sulu has successfully thwarted a kidnap-forransom plan by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). The JTF has been monitoring the activities
of the ASG members who planned to execute a kidnap-for-ransom plan in an undisclosed
province in northern Mindanao. At about 0215 hrs on 3 Nov, the JTF located the ASG’s
boat near Sulare Island in Parang, Sulu; fired upon the boat and neutralised seven ASG
members on board.
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