Medan, Dec. 5 -- Indonesia's Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry (KKP) has seized three Malaysian-flagged fishing boats for poaching fish in the waters of the Malacca Strait.

"The three vessels hailed from Malaysia and were found fishing in the waters of the Malacca Strait using prohibited trawls," KKP's Director General of Marine and Fisheries Resources Supervision Pung Nugroho Saksono said.

Moreover, the ships possessed no licensing documents applicable in Indonesia, he said in Medan, North Sumatra, on Thursday.

The KKP took immediate action against the three boats, which were detected by a radar, after receiving reports from locals, he said, adding that his side deployed the ship Hiu 16 to chase after the three vessels, and it man...