The ‘plunder’ plot thickens

IF not for our concerned fishermen and a diver, who alerted the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency into action, notorious China-registered grab dredger MV Chuan Hong 68, would in all likelihood continue looting World War 2 shipwrecks HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales, which sank in Malaysian waters in 1941 days after Japan attacked Pearl Harbour. They may not know this, but they have just saved Malaysia’s heritage from being plundered further by foreigners, with the help of greedy Malaysians. More importantly, the fishermen and the diver have helped put a stop to the desecration of the graves of 842 British sailors who lost their lives in WW2. We can’t fault the British for calling…