1.   Hong Kong and Chinese marine police recently carried out their first joint anti-illegal exercise.

2.   The U.S. Coast Guard and the marine police responded within minutes, but too late to help.

3.   To counter this edge in speed, the marine police here have started placing officers on land at locations where the most frequent complaints are generated.

4.   A combined team of army scuba divers, marine police and immigration officials were working to recover bodies from the area, Akinbamiloyo said.

5.   All were taken to a transit camp in the area, said marine police Superintendent Jemaat Omar.

6.   An empty Maltese flag tanker burning off the western coast of Cyprus on Friday has been abandoned by its crew, the marine police said.

7.   An air force helicopter believed to be carrying seven people crashed Wednesday near Penang Island shortly after picking up an injured seaman, a Marine police spokesman said.

8.   But Maj. Gen. Suchin Visetrojana, the marine police commander, said the accident should never have occurred given knowledge about the route and conditions by the ferry operators.

9.   By noon yesterday, the firemen, with the assistance of the marine police, managed to control the oil spill from spreading to the sea.

10.   Chiew had asked about the state of piracy in Malaysian waters and what measures were being taken by the marine police.