GEORGE TOWN: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) foiled an attempt to smuggle 60 migrants believed to be ethnic Rohingya and Myanmar in Operation Redback XVII 2022 in collaboration with the Australian Border Force (ABF) in the waters off Penang here on Sept 1.
MMEA deputy director-general (Operations) Rear Admiral (Maritime) Hamid Mohd Amin said his team expelled them from about 3.0 nautical miles (nm) west of the Sungai Pinang in the operation that began on Aug 26 till Friday (Sept 9).
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