Top piracy hotspot: The Sibutu Passage between Malaysia and the Philippines, used by more than 13,000 ships a year, has emerged as Asia’s most dangerous waterway in the past six months as Islamic terror groups target seaborne trade, Alan Boyd writes. Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines have started joint patrols against pirates terrorizing shipping in the deepwater passage, but limited resources and legal obstacles are already rocking the boat. Bounties offered for cargo and crew abductions by splinter groups of the Philippine terrorist organization Abu Sayyaf, based on the southern Jolo and Basilan islands, have made armed gangs more brazen. READ THE STORY HERE
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