THE Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained an Indonesian fishing vessel with six crew members on board for conducting illegal fishing activities in Malaysian waters on Wednesday.

Penang MMEA director Abd Razak Mohamed said the vessel was detained 48 nautical miles southwest of Pulau Kendi at noon that day.

“An inspection found the vessel had no registration number and was operated by six Indonesian crew members aged 18 to 51.

“All of them did not have valid identification documents and travel passes to enter the country’s waters,” he said in a statement today.

He said the men were detained under the Fisheries Act 1985 and Immigration Act 1959/63. – Bernama, June 2, 2023.