GEORGE TOWN: Maritime enforcers stopped a fishing trawler passing the Penang channel and arrested seven people on it for various offences.
The captain was not registered in the licence book and the trawler was transporting passengers who were not given life jackets to wear, said Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Maritime 2 District deputy operations director Commander Azman Samsudin.
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