This was from a trip report on Undercurrent...March 2009...and at the Long Beach Scuba show I asked a sales rep for Tawali....he said something about added security...and really did not want to talk about it!...the robbery was a bit more serious than this post from what Ben Davidson (undercurrent editor) said.
"Due to stormy weather, we anchored
at Tawali one night. In the morning,
I wanted to go ashore, but was
told no. Eight robbers had invaded the
resort the day before at 7 a.m., hitting
the safe and guests’ rooms. It was
an inside job; one of the perpetrators
was captured, some of the money recovered.
What would have happened if we
had docked one night earlier?"