Local fishing vessel detained for encroachment
BINTULU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) here detained a local fishing vessel suspected to be carrying out fishing activities less than the permitted distance as specified in their licence book yesterday. MMEA Bintulu Zone director Captain Mohd Khairol Anuar Saad said the vessel was detained around 6.30am, some 6.3 nautical miles off Kuala Tatau. […]
Intrusion of foreign vessels off Sarawak: No let-up in ops against encroachers
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will continue to implement Ops Naga, which is an integrated operation by various agencies to curb encroachment of foreign fishing vessels and prevent loss of the country’s marine resources, especially in Sarawak and Sabah waters. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ismail Mohamed Said told the Dewan Rakyat that since the operation was […]
Vietnamese fishing boat and crew detained for encroachment
MIRI: Fifteen crew members of a Vietnamese fishing vessel were detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) for encroaching on Malaysian waters. Miri Maritime director Capt (Maritime) Md Fauzi Othman said the arrests were made following complaints from the local fishing community on the intrusion of Vietnamese fishermen in several locations. “Miri Maritime conducted […]
Sarawakians hope no more future Chinese encroachment into national airspace
KUCHING: The majority of Sarawakians would like to see China promise no more repeats of military encroachment into Malaysia’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the future and that the positive and close relationship with China can be continued, said Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew. “Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) is very concerned with the issue of 16 Chinese military aircraft encroaching into Malaysian EEZ on Monday (May 31), where they flew just 60 nautical miles off the coast of Sarawak. “The majority of Sarawakians are shocked because this had never happened before,” said the SUPP secretary-general in a statement today (June 2). He said this was a very serious threat to national security that must be addressed carefully and diplomatically between the two countries. “We must remain calm and not be influenced by false news that may lead to destroying good relations between the two countries,” he stressed. He noted that Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein was seeking an explanation from the Ambassador of China to Malaysia regarding the airspace encroachment. “It is our hope that the two countries can deal with the encroachment issue amicable and swiftly,” he said. Ting pointed out that Malaysia had always been in good terms with China ever since Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein paid an official visit to China in 1974. “At that time, we were the first Asean country to establish full diplomatic relations with China,” he said. He added that since then, Malaysia had continued to have a good and close relationship – whether in trade or security in the region – with China. “(This is) an important relationship that we want to continue to maintain for the interest of both countries,” he said.
Two foreign fishing boats detained
BINTULU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Bintulu Zone on Thursday detained two foreign fishing boats along with its 25 crew members about 87 nautical miles northwest of Kuala Kemena. Acting director of MMEA Bintulu Zone Commander Maritime Effendy Mohamed Fadil said the arrests were made by the patrolling asset at the area, known to […]
Logs worth over RM627K seized
KUCHING: Sarawak Forest Department confiscated 4,825.6 cubic metres of logs of various sizes and species worth RM627,328 in its enforcement operations since April 13. Its director Datuk Hamden Mohammad said the operations which involved air monitoring, land and water enforcement, were able to detect and break down a series of illegal encroachments and loggings in […]
