Vietnamese vessel detained for encroaching Malaysian waters


The seized vessel that tried to use registration numbers of local boats.

LABUAN: The marine police here nabbed a Vietnamese vessel for trespassing and illegally fishing in Malaysian waters on Saturday (Aug 10).

The foreign fishing vessel was intercepted and inspected by four marine policemen who were carrying out an operation codenamed Op Gelora (Op Naga Timur) at about 11am, some 15 nautical miles from Tanjong Kubong here.

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