SINGAPORE - The Maritime Security Task Force plans to restructure to deal with piracy at sea, including beefing up its assets, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said on Monday .
The task force of the Singapore Navy was set up in 2009 and works with law enforcement and maritime agencies to guard Singapore's waters, including conducting daily patrols as well as boarding and escort operations in the Singapore Strait. In a separate written reply to Non-Constituency MP Dennis Tan, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan explained that the Singapore Strait does not only include Singapore territorial waters, so the fight against piracy and armed robbery there requires"strong collaboration among all regional partners"."As none of these incidents occurred within Singapore territorial waters, no investigations were required of our agency.
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