KUALA LUMPUR: A spate of daring high-seas attacks off Southeast Asia is stoking fears that its vital shipping lanes could once again become a hotspot for piracy, unless regional powers act fast.

For centuries, pirates were the scourge of the Malacca Strait—the strategic channel between Indo–nesia, Malaysia and Singapore, through which a third of global trade now passes.

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