MMEA detains Viet boat, 25 crew members
Published on: Monday, August 17, 2020
By: Stefyanie Myla Micheal
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The 25 Vietnamese crew members being detained on a vessel that was found encroaching Sabah waters.
Kota Kinabalu: The state Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) intercepted a Vietnam-registered fishing vessel that encroached Sabah waters and detained its 25 crew members at 29 nautical miles northwest of Mantanani Island at 4.45pm.Sabah and Labuan MMEA Director First Admiral (Maritime) Mohd Rosli Abdullah said a maritime patrol boat detained the vessel along with its 25 undocumented Vietnamese crew members aged between 18 and 50 during “Operation Naga Timur” and “Operation Sejahtera”.
He said the foreign fishing boat did not have neither documents or permission from the Director of Fisheries Malaysia to carry out fishing activities in Malaysian waters.
“Upon inspection, the team found four tonnes of various fishes kept on the vessel.
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