KUCHING: Crew members of a locally registered vessel were caught brazenly pumping subsidised diesel into the ship’s tanks from a jetty, within sight of officers at the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency’s (MMEA) Sarawak base in Muara Tebas here.
District operations MMEA director Shahref Steve Mac Queen Abdullah said the illegal activity took place near a cove less than a kilometre away from the base.
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