Two vessels detained over oil spill in Labuan waters

LABUAN: The Environment Department (DOE) here has detained two vessels in connection with an oil spill near Labuan Shipyard Engineering (LSE) jetty and in Patau-Patau 1 waters.

Labuan disaster management committee chairman Rithuan Ismail said the detention of the vessels was carried out in accordance with Section 38 (1)(C) of the Environmental Quality Act 1974.