6/19/01 - Selayang, carrying 3,500 tons of gasoline, was seized by pirates off the coast of Borneo in the Straits of Malacca after sailing the previous evening from the Shell Oil refinery at Port Dickson, Malaysia. The ship, using a false name was recovered at sea by patrol boats of the Indonesian Navy on June 28. All 14 crewmen were released in good condition and the tanker towed into a safe Indonesian port. Ten alleged pirates, all Indonesians, were arrested. According to the Bermana news agency, they have been identified as Warto, Franky, Yopy, Yulio, Erikson, Jhonny, Nadir La Hasa, Aldi, Alip, and Yuliawan. Unconfirmed rumors indicate the tanker was tracked by the International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Centre in Kuala Lumpur through a satellite tracking device hidden on board.

On June 23, notorious Thai pirate, Roj of the One Hundred Corpses (a.k.a.Viroj Buasuwan), so named because of downsizing (outplacing) hijacked crews by forcing them to jump overboard, was arrested after the crew of a trawler swam safely ashore and alerted Thai police.

On June 25, the Indonesian coastal tanker Tirta Niaga IV, carrying palm oil from Malaysia, was seized by pirates off Sumatra when the ship anchored in Indonesian waters with engine trouble. The pirates robbed the crew, then kidnapped the ship's captain and left the tanker. They have reportedly demanded one billion Indonesian rupiah (about $87,000) for the captain's release. The tanker's crew was able to restart the engine and sail to Malaysian waters.