TASK DEFINITION: In this task, given a sentence in the Malay language, and your task is to convert it into the English language.
PROBLEM: Senator Ellison membalas bahawa kapal tersebut pertama kali dilihat pada 8 Mac "tidak melakukan apa-apa menyalahi undang-undang", dan mengkritik kenyataan Pembangkang yang kapal itu hanyut selama tujuh belas hari, menyatakan bahawa "tidak dinyatakan bahawa ia hanyut berterusan 17 hari."

SOLUTION: Senator Ellison responded that at the vessel's first sighting on March 8 "it was not doing anything illegal", and criticised the Opposition's claim that the ship was drifting for seventeen days, saying that "it was not stated as having drifted for the whole of the 17 days".

PROBLEM: Persekitaran kawasan tersebut telah disekat, dan seluruh universiti pada masa ini dikunci.

SOLUTION: The surrounding area has since been cordoned off, and the entire university is currently under lockdown.

PROBLEM: "Sebab itu dia mampu memberi pengenalpastian yang sangat positif."

SOLUTION:
"Because of that he was able to give a very positive identification."