GEORGE TOWN: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained a local fishing boat for allegedly hiring foreign citizens as crewmembers on Friday (June 25).
State MMEA director Capt Abd Razak Mohamed said the boat was stopped about 4.0 nautical miles west of Kuala Muda here during an operation code-named Ops Benteng Laut and Ops Pertiwi at about 11.45am.
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