The News Straits Times newspaper quoted a Mawilla 1statement as saying that the boat was arrested on December 8 in Terengganuwaters, about 120 nautical miles from Pulau Perhentian.
The Malaysian authorities held that the fishermen violatedthe country’s Fisheries Act 1985. They towed the boat to Pulau Perhentianbefore handing over it to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.-VNA