MMEA seizes two fishing boats, detains nine foreign crew over illegal fishing

KLANG: Two fishing vessels were seized while their nine Indonesian crewmen were detained for illegally fishing in Malaysian waters.

Selangor Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director maritime captain V. Siva Kumar said the incident occurred some 22 nautical miles off Sungai Besar at about 1.15pm on Tuesday (June 14).