Vietnamese fishermen most arrested for encroaching on M’sian waters, Dewan Rakyat told

KUALA LUMPUR: Vietnamese fishermen made up most of the arrests of foreign fishermen encroaching in Malaysian waters, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Tuesday (July 29).

Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said that from 2020 to last year, there were 515 arrests made of foreign fishermen illegally encroaching on Malaysian territory, of which 367 were Vietnamese anglers.