ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses piracy prosecutions involving juvenile suspects in India, Malaysia, and the Seychelles. It describes that, like European nations, these piracy-prosecuting countries ought to develop specific legal and policy regimes toward the treatment of juvenile piracy suspects. The chapter discusses piracy prosecutions involving juvenile suspects in Malaysia. Malaysian authorities prosecuted several juvenile piracy suspects in connection with the hijacking of a chemical tanker, MV Bunga Laurel, in the Gulf of Aden. Although the captured piracy suspects included adults and three juveniles, Malaysian authorities decided to prosecute the entire group together, in a single criminal case. Non-European nations of India, Malaysia, and the Seychelles, have encountered the problem of child piracy. Like European nations, these countries have attempted to address the issue of child piracy through different forms of preferential treatment extended to juvenile suspects.
