Tiong calls for swift solution to Sarawak fishermen's protest over satellite tracking units


SIBU: More than 200 members of the Sarawak Fishing Vessels Association have suspended operations for a week from Saturday (Jan 4) in protest of a recent policy imposed by the Fisheries Department.

It is learnt the move centres on the requirement for all Class C vessels to have mobile tracking units installed.

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