Published on: Tuesday, March 16, 2021
By: Cynthia D Baga
Kota Kinabalu: Eight Vietnamese fishermen were fined a total of RM1.7 million for illegal fishing.
Sessions Court Judge Elsie Primus meted out the sentence to the Vietnamese who pleaded guilty separately to the charge against them, on Monday.
Skipper Le Van Cuong, 53, was fined RM1million in default five months’ jail while the crews Huynh Van Ut, 42, Vo Ninh Chanh, 29, Nguyen Van Thien, 22, Tran Van Ly, 30, Phan Tan Loc, 40, Tran Van Trung, 37, and Le Van Ty, 26, were ordered to pay a fine of RM100,000 or four months’ jail each.
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The court ordered the vessel without registration and all its equipment forfeited to the Government of Malaysia.
By: Jo Ann Mool
Credit: Pixabay.com.
Kota Kinabalu: Eleven Vietnamese fishermen were charged at the Sessions Court here Wednesday with entering the country’s waters without permissions and illegal fishing.
The eight comprising Le Van Cuong, Huynh Van Ut, Vo Ninh Chanh, Nguyen Van Thien, Tran Van Ly, Phan Tan Loc, Tran Van Trung, Le Van Ty, aged between 22 and 53, appeared before Judge Elsie Primus via video conferencing.
The eight through Vietnamese interpreter pleaded guilty to illegal sea cucumber fishing at 7.30am on Sept 5, 2020 onboard of a foreign fishing boat which has no registration number at Kudat waters.
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