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JOHOR BARU: Maritime authorities here have detained three Vietnamese fishing vessels and a total of 23 crew members in two separate incidents for encroaching into Malaysian waters off Mersing. In the first incident, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained two vessels together with 19 crewmen aged 18 to 52 some 10 nautical miles north-east of Pulau Pemanggil at around 2am on Sunday (April 25) morning. Mersing maritime zone director maritime commander Khairul Nizam Misran said the two vessels were spotted during a joint operation with the marine police and Fisheries Department. “The crew and two captains were detained for failing to show any identification documents, ” he said here on Monday (April 26). ....
Boatman plying between Sabah s mainland Menumbok and Labuan spotted water bubble at sea that triggered speculations that undersea water pipeline had burst. KOTA KINABALU: Water authorities in Labuan have not detected any leak along the water pipeline from mainland Sabah following a viral video showing water bubbling at sea. Labuan Water Supply has denied that its undersea water pipeline from mainland Beaufort was the source of the water bubbling at sea between Labuan and Menumbok. The Labuan water authority said that as of 5pm Thursday (April 22), there was no abnormal water pressure on the pipelines from the water treatment plant at Lawa Gadong in Beaufort (mainland) to the island. ....
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MERSING: Two fishing vessels with 800kg of fresh catch were detained by the Johor Fisheries Department for illegal fishing. Department director Noraishah Hashim said the vessels were spotted by its patrol unit at 9.3 nautical miles off Pulau Aur, near here, at around 9pm on Tuesday (April 13). “The crews were found to have violated their fishing licence by fishing out of their permitted zone. “We arrested seven crewmen, including three foreigners from both vessels, and also seized their fishing equipment and an array of fresh catch such as ikan selar kuning, ikan gelama, mackerel, squid and stingray, ” she said. She added that the case is being investigated under Section 8(b) of the Fisheries Act 1985, which carries a compound and revocation of licence, upon conviction. ....