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New Straits Times
17-05-2025
- New Straits Times
MMEA officers to face the music for flouting D-G's standing order in vessel release
KUCHING:The Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) has recommended the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) disciplinary authority take action against its Sarawak -based officers who released a detained vessel without complying with the MMEA director- general's standing order. The Putrajaya-based EAIC, in a statement late yesterday, said it opened an investigation after receiving a complaint that the Sarawak MMEA had released the vessel detained in Bintulu waters without adhering to protocols. It said its investigation found that there was non-compliance related to arrest procedures as stated in the MMEA director-general's standing order by the Sarawak MMEA in relation to vessels suspected of committing an offense in the Bintulu Zone waters. The statement did not give details of the incident in question or the name of the vessel that was released. From news reports, the most recent interdiction by the MMEA in Bintulu waters occurred on May 4. During routine patrols under Op Permai and Op Tiris, MMEA detained a tugboat operated by two Indian nationals, aged 20 and 28, near Sungai Kemena estuary. The vessel was allegedly operating without a valid skipper, a violation of Section 22(2A) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1953. Prior to this, on April 24, MMEA intercepted a Class C fishing vessel off the Penipah coast. The boat was found fishing illegally within 12 nautical miles from shore, in breach of its licence conditions. The skipper and six crew members, aged between 28 and 54, were detained. The case is being investigated under Section 8(b) of the Fisheries Act 1985, which provides for a fine up to RM20,000 or imprisonment for a term of up to two years or both, upon conviction.
Borneo Post
04-05-2025
- Borneo Post
Tanker, crew nabbed for breaching Merchant Shipping Ordinance
The detained crewmen. – MMEA photo MIRI (May 4): A tanker vessel and its crew were detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) on Saturday for failing to report the change of captain. MMEA Miri director Captain (M) Mohd Khairol Anuar Saad said the vessel was stopped for inspection around 10.10am during Op Permai 01/2019 and Op Tiris 3.0 operations. 'The crew comprised three Malaysians and an Indian national aged between 24 and 76. 'Checks found they had failed to report a change of captain to the port authority, thereby violating the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952,' he said in a statement yesterday. Mohd Khairol said the vessel and crew were then escorted to the Miri Vessel Detention Centre for further action. MMEA, he stressed, will continue to conduct patrols and surveillance to prevent any form of maritime crime and legal violations in Malaysian waters. For any information, complaints or emergencies at sea, the public may contact the MMEA Miri operations centre on 085-649111, Sarawak MMEA on 082-432544 or 082-432016, or the 999 emergency hotline. crime detained foreign crew Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
