A total of 131 foreign fishing boats that were impounded by Malaysian authorities were disposed of as artificial reef in Terengganu waters in the past 10 years
Kelantan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency’s (MMEA) Ops Kuda Laut has uncovered that Vietnamese fishermen started to recruit teenagers to work on their vessels when carrying out illegal fishing in Malaysia’s territorial waters.
PASIR PUTEH, Oct 1 Kelantan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency’s (MMEA) Ops Kuda Laut has uncovered that Vietnamese fishermen started to recruit teenagers to work on their vessels when carrying out illegal fishing in Malaysia’s territorial waters. Its deputy director, Maritime Commander.
KUALA TERENGGANU: Three Vietnamese enforcement vessels had tried to prevent the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) from detaining three fishing boats that had encroached into Malaysian waters.
MMEA Terengganu director Kapt Muhammad Suffi Ramli said the teams from the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance and Vietnam Coast Guard had encroached into Malaysian waters last Thursday to prevent KM Gemia from detaining the three fishing boats on suspicion of trespassing and stealing sea produce.
“At 119 to 120 nautical miles northeast of Kuala Terengganu, three of these enforcement vessels surrounded the KM Gemia detention boat and asked that the three fishing boats be released.