<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR>Sep 20, 2009
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Trouble in S'pore high seas <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Jermyn Chow
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->THE waters in and around Singapore have become more dangerous for laden ships this year.
Piracy hit a five-year high in the South China Sea, with 10 reports of sea attacks reported there so far this year, surpassing the previous record of nine in 2005.
Sea robbers have also been active in the Straits of Malacca and Straits of Singapore. Pirates boarded ships on five occasions and made an attempted boarding once.
Read the full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Trouble in S'pore high seas <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Jermyn Chow
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->THE waters in and around Singapore have become more dangerous for laden ships this year.
Piracy hit a five-year high in the South China Sea, with 10 reports of sea attacks reported there so far this year, surpassing the previous record of nine in 2005.
Sea robbers have also been active in the Straits of Malacca and Straits of Singapore. Pirates boarded ships on five occasions and made an attempted boarding once.
Read the full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
