Vietnamese boat impounded for illegal fishing off Terengganu


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 01 Jun 2023

– Bernama

KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu branch of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has seized a Vietnamese fishing boat as well as fishing equipment and fish worth a total of RM1.5mil.

Terengganu MMEA director Maritime Captain Khairulanuar Abd Majid said the vessel was detained for illegal fishing at 116 nautical miles off the Kuala Terengganu estuary in an operation at 1.20pm on Tuesday (May 30).

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