ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine military on Thursday announced the capture of a Vietnamese fishing boat poaching off Tawi-Tawi province in the South.
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| Military photos show the arrested Vietnamese poachers and their boat being guarded by Filipino Marines. |
Army Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, Jr., chief of the Western Mindanao Command, said the fishing vessel was manned by 7 crew members when patrolling security forces spotted the boat on Tuesday. “The Vietnamese vessel was caught while fishing illegally in the Philippine territory,” he said.
Vinluan
identified the skipper as Hunya Van Day and crew members Cao Van Mih, Lam Tang
Hung, Huyuh Tuan Anh, Huyuh Van Cuong, Nguyen Ngoc Hoa, and Vo Van Taun.
“They
were all subsequently brought to Turtle Island Municipal Police Station for
documentation,” he said, adding, the Vietnamese boat had no pertinent papers or
documents allowing them to fish in the Philippines.
Vinluan
said the boat is now impounded and all its crew are in the custody of the
police in the Tawi-Tawi capital town of Bongao.
“The
Philippine Navy and Philippine Marines intensify the conduct of maritime patrol
to thwart illegal fishing activities in the Philippine waters and protect the
intruders from becoming victims of abduction and other sea crimes,” Vinluan
said, referring to the spate of Abu Sayyaf ransom kidnappings in the area near
the Sabah border over the past years.
Just
recently, security forces killed 5 Abu Sayyaf terrorists and rescued four Indonesian
fishermen kidnapped off Sabah last year. (Mindanao Examiner)
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