MMEA seizes fishing boat in restricted zone


LUMUT: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained a local fishing boat together with its skipper and crew members after being found fishing in a prohibited zone, 2.9 nautical miles from Pulau Terong here.

Acting Perak MMEA director Shahrizan Raman said the Class B tug boat was detected by the Penggalang 13 to have left from Kuala Sepetang, Taiping, on Monday morning.

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