Not slipping through the net: MMEA personnel surveying the cloned fishing vessel manned by undocumented Vietnamese nationals in waters off Pulau Balambangan, Kudat.
KOTA KINABALU: Foreign fishermen are resorting to “cloning” local fishing vessels to conceal their illegal presence in Malaysian waters.
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) found out about this after checking a fishing vessel manned by 14 undocumented Vietnamese nationals in waters off Pulau Balambangan in Kudat on July 24.
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