Malaysian navy chases out 12 foreign fishing boats

KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 — The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) successfully thwarted an attempt by 12 foreign fishing boats to intrude into Malaysian waters near Pulau Perak in Kedah, this evening.

The RMN, in a statement tonight, said that speedy channeling of information through the West Maritime Component Commander had mobilized the closest asset, namely KD Keris to the southeast of Pulau Perak, at 5 pm.

“KD Keris chased away five foreign fishing boats while the other seven were believed to have left the national waters after realizing the presence of the national maritime defense asset,” said the statement.

In addition, the B200T (RMF 339) aircraft belonging to the Royal Malaysian Air Force had detected the presence of 12 foreign fishing boats about 71 and 57 nautical miles southeast of Pulau Perak.

NMT as reported by Bernama