REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PEKANBARU -- Two Malaysian fishing boats were seized by the marine police on Tuesday for fishing illegally in the waters of Bengkalis district in Sumatra's Riau province.
Director of the Marine Police Directorate of the Riau Police Command Senior Commissioner Denny Pudjianto SIK told Antara here that the two boats were caught at around 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday.
"The police were on patrol when they saw the two boats fishing in the waters of Bengkalis," he said.
Pudjianto added that the vessels suspected to have been poaching fish were identified by the numbers JHF 7039 B and JHF 6489 B, led by Abdul Rahim bin Muhammad Bakri (37) and Tan Yong Hua (54), respectively.
Besides detaining the two boats, the police held four Malaysian crew members of the vessels, as well. They are Bakar Bin Yakup (40), M. Safari Bin Buntal (40), Yeong Song (52), and Rusli Bin Kamis (47).
"The skippers and crew members are all from Parit Jawa, Muar, Malaysia," he noted.
On searching the boats, they discovered fish believed to have been their catch.
The two boats and their crew have been taken to Bengkalis, Riau, for further investigation.
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