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The Sessions Court here today sentenced eight Indonesian men to jail for between 15 and 18 years each and whipping for robbing a ship, MT Orkim Harmony, in waters off Tanjung Sedili in June last year.

They were extradited from Hanoi, Vietnam and flown to the Senai International Airport early today.

The oil tanker, carrying about 5,879 metric tonnes of Ron 95 petrol was heading from Melaka to Kuantan.

Eight Indonesians suspected of being involved in robbing the tanker MT Orkim Harmony in June last year are expected to be extradited and tried in Malaysia this year.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said, at present, the government was awaiting decision of its appeal for the case in Vietnam.

A Vietnamese court agreed to hand over to Malaysia eight Indonesians who were arrested last year on suspicion of hijacking a Malaysian-flagged oil tanker.

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) will meet with the Indonesian authority on Sept 17 to discuss the custody of the alleged mastermind behind the MT Orkim Harmony hijacking case.

MMEA senior officers were in Hanoi last week to assist the extradition requirements of all suspects who are now being held in Vietnam.

Datuk Ahmad Puzi Ab Kahar said five of them had used a tugboat to approach the tanker, while the other eight went up the vessel.

"I cannot say anything...so grateful to Allah," said Zabarudin Zakaria, 49, father of MT Orkim Harmony crew member, Amirul Azim Zabarudin, 21.

MMEA begins extradition process of the eight suspected hijackerks of MT Orkim Harmony from Vietnam.

"Thank God, we have been freed. I am happy to have survived the ordeal," said Muhammad Aiman Shafiz Marzuki, 19, one of the crew members of Malaysian-registered MT Orkim Harmony.

Oil tanker MT Orkim Harmony arrived safely at the Kuantan Port in Tanjung Gelang about 7am on June 20, 2015.

An Indonesian crew of the tanker MT Orkim Harmony was shot because he tried to fight a pirate on June 11, said Indonesian Deputy Ambassador to Malaysia, Hermono.

Royal Malaysian Navy chief Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar said the small boat used by hijackers of MT Orkim Harmony to escape was difficult to detect by the navy vessels.

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