MT ''Orkim Harmony'' is a Malaysia registered

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2015 hijacking

On 11 June 2015, the ship was reportedly missing in the water of Tanjung Sedili, Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia after being hijacked by eight Indonesian pirates armed with pistols and parangs. During the hijack, a crew of 22 was on board the tanker including 16 Malaysians, five Indonesians and one Myanmar national. The tanker was loaded with 6,000 metric tonnes of petrol worth around 21 million

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(US$5.6 million). The tanker was later recovered on 17 June with the help of

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and all the hostages been rescued by

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, Royal Malaysian Air Force and Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency on 19 June. Eight pirates who hijacked the tanker were then captured by Vietnam Border Guard and

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after they were found intruding the Vietnamese border in their bid to escape.

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