JOHOR BARU: Maritime authorities here have detained three Vietnamese fishing vessels and a total of 23 crew members in two separate incidents for encroaching into Malaysian waters off Mersing.
In the first incident, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained two vessels together with 19 crewmen aged 18 to 52 some 10 nautical miles north-east of Pulau Pemanggil at around 2am on Sunday (April 25) morning.
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