The closed-door meeting was the 27th of the Malacca Strait Patrol Joint Coordinating Committee and was held at the Royal Phuket City Hotel.
The meeting comes amid a surge in incidents of piracy in Southeast Asian in areas such as the Malacca Strait and nearby waters.
A small coastal tanker is hijacked by pirates in Southeast Asia every two weeks on average, a report from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB).
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