Wednesday #sgroundup: Pirates kidnap three on Singapore tanker off Malaysia

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Pirates kidnap three on Singapore tanker off Malaysia
 File photo of a Royal Malaysian Marine Police patrol boat taking part in an anti-piracy demonstration exercise …
Armed pirates boarded a Singapore-managed oil tanker in the Strait of Malacca, kidnapping three Indonesian crew and stealing some of the vessel's shipment of diesel fuel, the International Maritime Bureau said Wednesday.

The attack occurred early Tuesday off Malaysia's west coast, said Noel Choong, head of IMB's Kuala Lumpur-based piracy reporting centre. The diesel oil tanker was believed to be en route to Myanmar.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/pirates-kidnap-three-japanese-tanker-off-malaysia-report-011005231.html
 
COE falls across most categories in second April bidding
 The latest open bidding exercise for the Certificate of Entitlement (COE) ended with mix results on Wednesday.  …
Premiums for the Certificate of Entitlement (COE) decreased across most categories in the latest bidding for April.
 
Purchasers of small cars, those with 1,600cc and below, are required to pay S$71,335 as compared to S$77,400 in the earlier bidding.
 
Premiums for big cars, those above 1,600cc, have also gone down to S$75,010 from S$84,504 earlier.
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More powerful sonar likely next step in jet search
 
Australia's prime minister said Wednesday that failure to find any clue in the most likely crash site of the lost Malaysia Airlines jet would not spell the end of the search, as officials planned soon to bring in more powerful sonar equipment that can delve deeper beneath the Indian Ocean.

The search co-ordination center said Wednesday a robotic submarine, the US Navy's Bluefin 21, had scanned more than 80 per cent of the 310 sq km seabed search zone off the Australian west coast, creating a three-dimensional sonar map of the ocean floor. Nothing of interest had been found.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/more-powerful-sonar-likely-next-step-jet-search-090437573.html
 
Material on Australian shore examined in jet hunt
 Crew aboard the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield move the U.S. Navy's Bluefin-21 autonomous underwater …
Unidentified material that has washed ashore in southwestern Australia is being examined for any link to the lost Malaysian plane, authorities said Wednesday.

Police secured the material, which washed ashore 10km east of Augusta in Western Australia, the search co-ordination center said in a statement, without describing the material found.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/material-australian-shore-examined-jet-hunt-095423103.html
 
Mother of late prison inmate withdraws appeal for further inquest into son's death
Coroner's found a huge bruise on Dinesh's cheek. (Photo courtesy of Dinesh's sister)
The mother of an inmate who died in prison on 27 September 2010 due to position asphyxia has withdrawn her appeal to continue with the inquest into her son's death, according to a joint statement released by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Madam Selvi d/o Narayanasamy on Wednesday, bringing the case to a close.

The government had "from the outset" admitted responsibility over the death, caused by the negligence of a Deputy Superintendent of Prison Lim Kwo Yin, and will be providing Madam Selvi with compensation over the death of her son, Dinesh Raman s/o Chinnaiah, who was 21 years old at the time.

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