A South Korean warship is rushing to the area where Somali pirates hijacked a South Korean oil tanker with 24 crew members aboard. The 300,000-tonne Samho Dream was seized on Sunday while it was on its way from Iraq to the US state of Louisiana with a crew of five South Koreans and 19 Filipinos. A Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman said a South Korean destroyer, which was in the Gulf of Aden on anti-piracy operations, has been ordered to move to waters off Somalia. He said the destroyer is sailing in a hurry to catch up with the hijacked ship. But the spokesman declined to say whether the 4,500-ton destroyer with about 300 soldiers on board has been ordered to intercept the hijacked ship. According to foriegn ministry, Somali pirates have given no word yet but the South Korean government will not engage in any negotiations with them. It said instead the ship's owner, based in the southern port city of Busan, will be in charge of any negotiations.