131 seized foreign boats used as artificial reef

Useful junk: MMEA officers sinking one of the four Vietnamese boats at Pulau Redang. — Bernama

KUALA NERUS: A total of 131 foreign fishing boats that were impounded by Malaysian authorities were disposed of as artificial reef in Terengganu waters in the past 10 years.

Terengganu Maritime director Maritime Captain Muhammad Sufi Mohd Ramli said this year, the agency would dispose of another 35 foreign fishing boats.