Jakarta (AFP) - Indonesia seized two illegal Vietnamese fishing boats and their crew on Wednesday, an official said, marking Jakarta's latest bid to boot foreign vessels from its waters.
The boats were spotted sailing side-by-side near Indonesia's Natuna islands, on the fringes of the South China Sea, when an Indonesian patrol boat ordered them to slow down, officials said.
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