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Two Vessels Detained, 41 Crew Members Including 37 Foreign Nationals Arrested

From Utusan Malaysia · () Malay

Translated from Malay and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Malaysia’s Perak Maritime Enforcement Agency detained two local fishing vessels off Pangkor Island.
  • Authorities arrested 41 crew members, including 37 foreign nationals, after a patrol by the maritime vessel NUSA.

LUMUT: Forty-one crew members, including 37 foreign nationals, were detained after Malaysia’s Perak Maritime Enforcement Agency stopped two local fishing vessels in separate locations off Pangkor Island on Friday.

Perak Maritime director Captain Mohamad Shukri Khotob said the arrests followed a patrol by the maritime vessel NUSA. The report ends while describing the operation.

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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.