MERSING: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has stopped illegal trawling by a local fishing vessel operating suspiciously in a restricted zone southeast of Pulau Tinggi.
Mersing Maritime Zone personnel detained the vessel about 4.5 nautical miles off the island following a tip-off during a patrol under Ops Jaksa and Ops Tiris 3.0 early Tuesday (July 15) morning.
