The police said that the reports are untrue as the incident had taken place on Singapore waters. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – Malaysian media reports which had claimed that the Singapore Police Coast Guard had entered Malaysian waters during an exchange with a Malaysian fisherman on Aug 14 are untrue, said the Singapore Police Force on Sunday.
News articles by Malaysian media, Sinar Harian and Berita Harian , had alleged that a coast guard boat had entered Malaysian waters and headed towards a fishing net laid by a Malaysian fishing vessel. The police said that the reports are untrue as the incident had taken place in Singapore waters. They said that on Monday at 6.55am, coast guard officers on patrol spotted a Malaysian fishing vessel in Singapore waters off Tuas. The officers then told a fisherman on board the vessel to leave the area.
After the exchange, a fishing net became entangled in the propeller of the coast guard boat while it was reversing in an attempt to avoid entering Malaysian waters. The net was damaged in the process of being untangled from the propeller.a previous incident in October 2022,According to the police, the fisherman had then falsely claimed that he was in Malaysian waters when he was not. The police had also released a similar clarification regarding that incident.
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