Terengganu MMEA detains fishing boat employing foreign crew without documents


KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained a local fishing vessel that employed crew without valid documents at a position about 23 nautical miles off the Kuala Terengganu estuary on Wednesday (April 30).

Its director Maritime Captain Hamiludin Che Awang said an inspection of the vessel by personnel on daily patrolling duty, revealed that four male crew, including the skipper were Myanmar nationals aged between 38 and 48, and did not possess valid documents.

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