MMEA face off with Viet counterpart over encroaching fishing boat

PETALING JAYA: A Vietnamese fishing vessel was detained for encroaching into Malaysian waters despite attempts by a Vietnamese enforcement agency boat to stop local authorities from effecting the arrest.

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said that the boat from the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance made dangerous turnings near the MMEA vessel, KM Langkawi, which was responding to the encroachment by the fishing boat.