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Boat, crew arrested for illegal fishing

BINTULU: The local Marine Police detained a fishing vessel and arrested four crew members on Monday (Nov 8) on suspicion of violating the legal conditions of their licence. Sarawak Marine Police Region Five commander ACP Zulfikar Mohd Ghazali, who confirmed the case, said the SF1 trawler fishing vessel was spotted fishing about 9.8 nautical miles […]

Trawler, fishermen detained for illegal fishing

BINTULU: A fishing trawler and two crew members were detained by Marine Police for illegally fishing off Bintulu last Friday (July 16). Bintulu Marine police commanding officer ASP Ezuandi Bahadin said the two crews comprised a local and a foreign fisherman. “Investigations found that the local man was using the services of a foreign fisherman […]

MMEA detains two foreign vessels, crew members

MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) on Monday (June 28) detained two foreign fishing vessels along with 13 crew members, including two Vietnamese skippers, about 39 nautical miles off Sungai Miri. MMEA Miri director Capt (Maritime) Md Fauzi Othmab said the two vessels were stopped during a patrol around 1pm. One of the boats flew […]

Fire flight crew deployed to Miri airbase

KUCHING: The Malaysia Fire Department deployed a total of nine flight crew members and an AW189 engineering team to Sarawak to begin detachment work at the Miri airbase. Sarawak Fire Department director Khirudin Drahman @ Hussaini revealed that the crew boarded an Airbus A-400M aircraft belonging to the Royal Malaysia Air Force (RMAF) from Subang […]

No clearance pass!! Five crew members, tugboat held

TANJUNG MANIS: Failure to produce a port clearance pass resulted in the detention of five crew members and a tugboat pulling a barge loaded with pebbles, about 0.7 nautical miles northwest of Tanjung Jerijih on Thursday. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Tanjung Manis Maritime Zone director Commander Mohd Ariz Md Kassim said the arrest took […]

Detained for fishing in unauthorised zone

MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Miri Maritime Zone detained the crew of a Class C local fishing boat for fishing in an unauthorised zone. Miri Maritime director, Captain Md Fauzi Othman said they were detained at around 10.50am on Wednesday, about six nautical miles away from Kuala Niah by MMEA assets which were […]

Families of dead crew members receive contribution

MIRI: Penggerak Komuniti Negara (PKN) Miri on Wednesday handed over a contribution amounting to RM2,800 to families of two MV Dayang Topaz crew members who died when the vessel hit an offshore oil platform about 7.7 nautical miles off Miri on Tuesday morning. The simple presentation ceremony was graced today by PKN Miri secretary, Irlene […]

Dead crew members indentified

MIRI: Two dead crew members of the MV Dayang Topaz vessel have been identified, said Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah. “A post-mortem has been done, and both of them died from drowning,” Lim said when contacted by New Sarawak Tribune today. The victims were Thomas Liang, 39, from Kanowit and Aaron Michael A/L Michael […]

Crew to undergo screening

KUCHING: All surviving crew from Dayang Topaz, a vessel which hit an offshore oil platform in a maritime accident earlier today, will undergo Covid-19 screening. According to  State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, the move is a precautionary measure  to  prevent the spread of the virus in the state. “We are […]

Crew, fishing boat detained in Miri

MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) arrested four local crew members and detained a fishing boat without a registration number while en route to Sungai Miri on Tuesday (Oct 13). Miri Maritime Zone director Capt Md Fauzi Othman said the boat was spotted about 2.4 nautical miles from Miri around 1.10am. “Inspections were made […]