PETALING JAYA: The Selangor Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained a tanker off Kuala Sungai Besar after its captain failed to produce anchoring authorisation papers.
Selangor MMEA director Captain Abdul Muhaimin Muhammad Salleh said the vessel was stopped at around 12.30am on Wednesday (Feb 4), 18.9 nautical miles (35km) south-west of Kuala Sungai Besar.
"The vessel was operated by a Chinese national captain with 21 crew members comprising 11 Chinese nationals, eight Myanmar nationals and two Bangladeshis aged between 24 and 52.
"All crew members possessed valid identification documents. However, the captain failed to produce anchorage authorization documents," he said in a statement on Thursday (Feb 5).
Both the captain and the ship's chief engineer have been brought to the state headquarters for further investigations, he added.
In an unrelated incident on the same day, a small boat was detained after a man failed to produce a valid fishing licence.
"A fibreglass boat without a registration number was detained at 5.10p.m around 1.55 nautical miles (2.87km) west of Kapar after it was detected in suspicious circumstances.
"Inspection found that the boat was operated by a 45-year-old local man who failed to produce any licence or authorisation documents to conduct fishing activities," Capt Muhaimin said.
