MMEA seeks ship with UAV to nab illegal foreign boats


KUANTAN: A mothership with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is needed to increase the range of surveillance in the country’s wa­­ters, said the Malaysian Maritime En­­force­ment Agency (MMEA).

“With the UAV, we can take pictures of foreign fishing vessels using their illegal trawls which can be used as evidence in courts,” said MMEA di­­rec­­tor-general Mari­time Admiral Datuk Zulkifli Abu Bakar.

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