Johor MMEA detains sailboat, French skipper for illegal entry


MERSING: The Johor Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency has detained a foreign sailboat for illegally entering the waters off Sungai Mersing.

Mersing MMEA director Commander Maritime Khairul Nizam Misran said the sailboat’s skipper was detained at around 12.45pm on Thursday (May 26), 1.6 nautical miles (2.96km) east of Sungai Mersing estuary.

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