Budget 2023: MMEA hopes for new assets, more personnel

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) is hoping for the procurement of more assets and an increase in personnel under Budget 2023, to be tabled this Friday (Oct 7).

MMEA director-general Maritime Admiral Datuk Mohd Zubil Mat Som said the agency needed assets that were suitable and able to last a long time for more effective patrols and enforcement in the country’s territorial waters.