Japan, M’sia join forces in oil spill response

Warm welcome: MMEA Coordination Division deputy director First Admiral Nurul Hizam Zakaria (right) greeting Suzuki at Port Klang. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Japan has taken quick action on a request by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe for a joint collaboration between the two countries in oil spill response, especially in the South China Sea.

This was manifested in a five-day workshop held in Port Klang last week between the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) that saw the concurrent deployment for the first time of a JCG patrol vessel and airplane in Malaysian waters.