An Giang, Oct. 30 -- The People's Court of An Giang province on October 30 held a mobile first-instance trial at Tac Cau fishing port in Binh An commune for two criminal cases on charges of "organising illegal exit from the country."

According to the indictment, from April 27 to May 15, 2025, Le Duy Tinh, born in 1981, residing in Rach Gia ward, An Giang province, captain of fishing vessel CM-99064-TS, took his boat and eight crew members beyond Vietnam's maritime boundary into Malaysian waters to conduct illegal fishing. On their return, the vessel was detected and seized by Fisheries Surveillance Ship No. 216. GPS data from the vessel confirmed its operations within Malaysia's territorial waters, consistent with the defendant's confess...