MMEA: Influx of foreigners a security threat

Hard at work: Workers sorting the catch at the Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia in Penang. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The influx of foreigners taking over from locals as fishermen is a national security threat, says the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).

Its Maritime Criminal Investigation Division director First Admiral (M) Ahmad Faridi Ferdaus said his men had arrested several foreign fishermen for their involvement in criminal activities over the past few years.