8 nabbed for illegal fishing near Labuan oil rig


THE Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Labuan Zone arrested eight people, including four Filipinos for fishing near an oil rig, about 23.3 nautical miles northwest of Labuan, this morning.

In the 3.20am incident, the suspects, aged 18 to 53, were aboard two fishing boats and were caught encroaching into the oil rig area and fishing in the waters there.


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