Tag Archives: Boats

Simply labelling them as undesirable outsiders, and towing their boats back to international waters, as they try and approach the coasts of Indonesia, Malaysia, or Thailand, in an action that Human Rights Watch has recently called ‘playing human ping-pong’, is in this way not going to do away with t …

800 rescued from sinking boats in Indonesia – They had entered M'sian waters, but security authorities turned them away http://owl.li/2YHcRk 800 rescued from sinking boats in Indonesiaowl.liThey had entered M'sian waters, but security authorities turned them away Malaysiakini’s …

KOTA BAHARU, Dec 26 (Bernama) — Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin flew into flood-ravaged Kelantan today and ordered the deployment of more helicopters, boats and land vehicles to reach and help the affected people. Describing the floods as worse than anticipated, he said the air, …

TUMPAT, June 16 (Bernama) — Marine police have detained seven foreign fishermen’s boats for encroaching and fishing in Malaysian waters so far this year, with seizures worth RM1.5 million. Pangkalan Kubor Region 3 Marine Police commanding officer ACP Mohd Nawi Mohd Yunus said all the boa …

SIBU, May 30 (Bernama) — Some 14,800 passengers were recorded travelling by express boats plying the Rajang River yesterday alone. State police commissioner, Datuk Wira Muhammad Sabtu Osman said they were those returning to their longhouses and homes in various places in the Kapit, Sibu, Sarik …

KUCHING, May 20 (Bernama) — Express boats from areas with lesser passengers will be deployed to Sibu and Kapit towns in Sarawak’s central region during this Gawai Dayak festive period to acccomodate the expected increase in the number of passengers. Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB) Controller, …