Raya ops to keep our waters safe from foreign threats
KUCHING: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Sarawak will conduct Op Khas Pagar Laut throughout the Hari Raya festival beginning next week. MMEA Sarawak director Maritime First Admiral Zin Azman Md Yunus said the trend of criminal activities in the country’s waters had the tendency to increase, especially during festival seasons. Hence, the reason for […]
Week-long search for missing man proves futile
SEBUYAU: The search and rescue (SAR) operation for Francis Awi who fell into the waters of Pulau Burong on April 18, has been called off after no new leads surfaced in the week-long operation. Thirty-nine-year-old Francis, a crew member of a fishing boat, was reported to have fallen into the waters of Pulau Burong around […]
No new leads on missing duo as search continues
SEBUYAU: Search and rescue (SAR) operations for two missing men ― Francis Awi and Isa Uja ― have still not yielded any new leads as the search enters its seventh day and fourth day respectively tomorrow. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Sarawak director First Admiral (Maritime) Zin Azman Md Yunus said the search for Francis […]
Rescuers still searching for two missing men
SEBUYAU: Search and rescue (SAR) operations for two missing men ― Francis Awi and Isa Uja ― continue, with the search radius now widened and involving assets from various agencies. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Sarawak director First Admiral (Maritime) Zin Azman Md Yunus said the search for Francis in Pulau Burong waters entered Day […]
Bintulu MMEA to execute special ops during festive season
BINTULU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) here will carry out the Ops Khas Pagar Laut from April 19 to May 17. Bintulu MMEA director Capt (M) Mohd Khairol Anuar Saad said the special operation was aimed at curbing and combating cross-border criminal activities. “We always strive to improve security in the country’s waters to […]
SAR for crewman enters day two
SEBUYAU: A search and rescue (SAR) operation to locate a member of the boat crew, who was reported to have fallen into the waters of Pulau Burong on Monday (Apr 18), entered its second day yesterday. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Sarawak director First Admiral (Maritime) Zin Azman Md Yunus in a statement, said the […]
MMEA steps up pressure on encroaching Vietnamese boats
BINTULU: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) personnel have so far this year seized RM2 million worth of catches, diesel and equipment belonging to Vietnamese fishing boats as of April 17 after thy were found encroaching into the country’s waters. In a statement on Sunday Maritime Commander Bintulu Zone Commander Effendy Mohamed Fadil said that on April […]
MMEA books three Vietnamese boats with fake registration
BINTULU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained three Vietnamese fishing boats with 32 crew including three captains at a distance of about 193 nautical miles north of Bintulu Port, around 1.30am, last Thursday. MMEA Bintulu Zone deputy director (operation) Commander Effendy Mohamed Fadil said the three boats were suspected of using fake registration numbers. […]
Tanker and crew hauled up by MMEA
MIRI: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) officers here have seized a tanker for anchoring off the coast of Miri without any permission. Miri MMEA director Captain Maritime Mohd Shafie Paing said eight crew on board the vessel, comprising a local skipper and seven Myanmar nationals aged between 22 and 53 years-old, were also detained southwest […]
Unlicensed tugboat, crew detained
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Miri Zone has detained a tugboat with eight crews on-board, for operating without licence, some 18 nautical miles off Miri. Five of the crews are Indonesians, two are Indians and the other – a local. Miri MMEA director Mohd Shafie Paing said the tugboat was detained around 2.30pm […]
