SIBU, Feb. 3 -- The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained a C4 local fishing boat for allegedly fishing beyond the permitted zone.

MMEA Bintulu director Capt Mohd Iszuadi Mohamad Hasan said the boat was intercepted approximately 15 nautical miles west of Tanjung Payung in Bintulu waters at 7.20am on Thursday (February 1).

"Following the search and inspection; four crew members, including a foreign skipper - aged between 27 and 54, were detained for failing to present valid identification documents," said Iszuadi in a statement.

"This was the second arrest in Sarawak this month, involving a local fishing boat for violating the licence conditions of catching fish outside the fishing zone permitted.

The case, he said,...