PETALING JAYA: The Selangor Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained a tanker off Kuala Sungai Besar after its captain failed to produce anchoring authorisation papers. Selangor MMEA director Captain Abdul Muhaimin Muhammad Salleh said the vessel was stopped at around 12.30am on Wednesday (Feb 4), 18.9 nautical miles (35km) south-west of Kuala Sungai Besar. However, the captain failed to produce anchorage authorization documents," he said in a statement on Thursday (Feb 5). Both the captain and the ship's chief engineer have been brought to the state headquarters for further investigations, he added. In an unrelated incident on the same day, a small boat was detained after a man failed to produce a valid fishing licence.

Source: The Star February 05, 2026 03:16 UTC