Ship captain held for dumping coal


MELAKA: A cargo ship’s Indonesian skipper and engineer have been detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) for allegedly polluting the sea.

Housing, Local Government and Environment Committee chairman Datuk Tey Kok Kiew said the captain, 41, and the engineer, 37, were arrested on board the vessel at 1pm yesterday to facilitate investigations under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952.

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