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Mon, 11/24/2008 - 10:06
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TWELVE ALLEGED MALAYSIAN POACHERS ARRESTED

Pekanbaru, Nov 24 (ANTARA) - Twelve alleged Malaysian poachers have been arrested by the Indonesian Directorate General of Marine Resources of The Ministry of Marine and Fisheries (DKP) for allegedly entering the Indonesian waters, captain of the patrol boat arresting them said.

The 12 alleged Malaysians were two skippers and 10 crew members of two fishing boats flying Malaysian flags when they arrested in the Indonesian waters in the Malacca Strait, Martin Irnias, Captain of the Directorate General's patrol boat which arrested them said here on Sunday.
Captain of DKP's patrol boat "Pengawas HIU 2110" Martin Irnias said here on Sunday the fishing vessels were arrested at coordinate 39 northern latitude and 370 degrees eastern longitude.
He said that the two ships had no license to enter the Indonesian waters. The two ships were SLSA 4830 with skipper Singkang and PKFB 1168 with skipper Steng.
Each of the vessels had five crew members. "They are new detained," Irnias said.

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