Pirates attempt to board two tankers near Singapore

Reuters India, 14 Sep 2009
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Pirates attempted to board two tankers in a busy shipping lane off southern Malaysia on Monday, a regional government security agency said.
Five men tried to board Panama-registered tanker Pacific Harmony early on Monday near the southern Malaysian port of Tanjung Ayam, just to the east of Singapore, according to the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP). The men fled on hearing the ship's alarm system.
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