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Illegal trawlers - seize 'em and sink 'em, proposes minister

PARLIAMENT | Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Salahuddin Ayub has proposed that foreign vessels caught fishing illegally in Malaysian waters be sunk after they are confiscated.

"I agree and propose that these vessels be sunk to become artificial reefs for our own interest," he told Dewan Rakyat today during the question-and-answer session today...

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