Tanker, trawler detained for illegally anchoring, trawling off Johor waters


KOTA TINGGI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained a tanker and a trawler for illegally anchoring in eastern Johor waters and trawling off Tanjung Sedili Kechil and Tanjung Sedili Besar here.

Johor MMEA director First Admiral Nurul Hizam Zakaria said that the first arrest involved a Sierra Leone-registered tanker at about 1.40pm on Wednesday (June 30) around 16.8 nautical miles northeast of Tanjung Sedili Kechil.

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