ALOR GAJAH: Two officers from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) were injured when their patrol vessel was rammed by a speedboat that is suspected of carrying undocumented migrants.
Melaka and Negri Sembi lan MMEA director, Maritime Captain Salehuddin Zakaria, said the high-speed chase occurred at about 8pm on Tuesday near the maritime boundary of Negri Sembilan.
The injured MMEA officers are aged 36 and 34.
Salehuddin said the incident occurred after the Lumut Sea Surveillance System detected a suspicious boat as it was heading towards Tanjung Rhu, off the Sepang coast in Selangor.
“An MMEA patrol boat that was conducting Op Patkor Optima was summoned to intercept the vessel. Upon realising the presence of enforcement assets, the speedboat, fitted with three high- powered engines, acted aggressively during the pursuit and rammed into the left side of the patrol boat, causing severe damage,” he said in a statement yesterday.
“The collision left one officer with facial injuries to the nose, while the other sustained injuries to the leg and hand,” he said.
