RMN expels boat carrying 25 illegals from Malaysian waters

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 -- The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) expelled a boat carryimg 25 illegal immigrants from Indonesia out of the country’s waters, four nautical miles southeast of Pulau Angsa, early this morning.

In a statement, it said the junk boat was detected about 1 am as a result of cooperation between RMN,  Marine Police and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, Sector 5.

The RMN vessel accompanied and expelled the boat from Malaysian waters at 6.53 am.

“The RMN is always boosting ‘Op Benteng’ through cooperation involving various agencies under the National Task Force (NTF) to protect the country’s maritime borders against encroachment by illegals and in curbing the spread of COVID-19,” it said.

-- BERNAMA