Malaysians detain foreign fishermen

Malaysians detain foreign fishermen

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's fisheries department has detained a Vietnamese trawler and its crew of 12 for fishing in Malaysian waters off the northeast state of Terengganu, the official Bernama news agency said on Thursday.

It quoted state fisheries director Abdul Rahman Mohamad as saying the arrest on Wednesday was the first this year involving Vietnamese fishermen.

He said they were being detained at a police station and would be charged with encroaching on Malaysia's exclusive economic zone.