Live sharks seized from fishing boat


MIRI: A fishing boat with two tonnes of fish and 315 live sharks was detained off Miri in northern Sarawak.

Five Vietnamese fishermen, aged between 19 and 62, were arrested in an enforcement operation carried out by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) at about 6pm on Wednesday.

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