MMEA Intercepts fleeing tanker in Tanjung Tuan waters 22 May 2021 / 16:36 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
MELAKA: The Melaka and Negeri Sembilan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained a tanker fleeing from Johor MMEA detention, in the waters of the Straits of Melaka early this morning.
Its director, Captain (Maritime) Haris Fadzillah Abdullah, said that the MT JW Jewel tanker was detained at 2.30 am this morning, about 1.9 nautical miles from Tanjung Tuan beach.
“The MT JW Jewel tanker was previously detained by the Johor MMEA, for anchoring without permission in the waters of Tanjung Balau, before it was detected missing from the location where it was detained.
2:50 PM MYT KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 (Bernama): The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) is monitoring all boats passing through the country’s waters from Indonesia to prevent the entry of illegal immigrants including Rohingya refugees to Malaysia.
MMEA director-general, Maritime Admiral Datuk Mohd Zubil Mat Som, said the migrant smuggling syndicates were believed to have been using fishing boats, small boats and barter trade boats to bring illegal immigrants into this country.
He said among the tactics used by the syndicates from Indonesia and Malaysia was to divide the illegal immigrants into small boats at the border areas before they were brought ashore.
MMEA director-general Maritime Admiral Datuk Mohd Zubil Mat Som
(pic) said Friday (Jan 29) that the migrant smuggling syndicates were believed to have been using fishing boats, small boats and barter trade boats to bring illegal immigrants into Malaysia.
He said among the tactics used by the syndicates from Indonesia and Malaysia was to divide the illegal immigrants into small boats at the border areas before they were brought ashore. Rohingya refugees often make this country their final destination based on investigations into illegal immigrant smuggling cases in the northern part of the country early last year. We know they will continue their journey to Malaysia as their families are already here and they will find any way to enter this country, ” he told Bernama.
Thursday, 28 Jan 2021 10:24 PM MYT
The Malaysian 3rd Infantry Division headquarters, in a statement today, said that 13 men and four women, aged 24 to 48, were detained at around 2am in the Malaysian 7th Infantry Brigade’s ‘Op Benteng’ sector. Reuters
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KUALA LUMPUR Jan 28 A total of 17 Indonesians were arrested on suspicion of entering Malaysia illegally at Pantai Teluk Punggai, Kota Tinggi, Johor early today.
The Malaysian 3rd Infantry Division headquarters, in a statement today, said that 13 men and four women, aged 24 to 48, were detained at around 2am in the Malaysian 7th Infantry Brigade’s “Op Benteng” sector.
January 25, 2021
KUALA LUMPUR (BERNAMA) – Eighteen illegal Indonesian immigrants were detained at Teluk Ramunia, Kota Tinggi, Johor while attempting to enter the country illegally yesterday.
According to a statement from the Malaysian Third Infantry Division Headquarters in the Terendak Camp, Melaka, all of them were detained in three raids at 2.15am, 7am and 10.50am during
Op Benteng.
In the statement, the Quick Reaction Force team with the drone team of the Defence Staff Intelligence Division were deployed after the Malaysian Maritime Sea Surveillance System (Swasla) detected the movement of a suspicious boat heading towards the location.
“The immigrants, comprising five men and 13 women aged between 28 and 51, were believed to have just entered the country illegally.