Kudat MMEA seizes Vietnamese fishing vessel with 20 crewmen for trespass


KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has seized a Vietnamese fishing vessel with 20 crew members for trespassing in Kudat waters on Thursday (April 15), a day after a similar arrest was made near Mantanani Island.

Kudat Maritime Zone director Commander Boon Chin Chau said the vessel was stopped about 34 nautical miles (63km) from Tanjung Simpang Mengayau in Kudat district.

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