Two Malaysian fishermen feared drown when their fishing boat collided with the Indonesian marine police’s patrol boat on Friday. The incident occurred within the Indonesia borders near Tanjung Datu in Sematan near here at about 8pm. The victims were with four other fishermen when their fishing boat had entered the Indonesian waters and grazed by the patrol boat. It is learnt that the weather was dark, which might be the reason on why the fishing boat ended up in the Indonesia waters. Sources said the officers on the patrol boat managed to rescue four of the six fishermen while two others, aged 35 and 45, were still missing. Sources also said the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) had deployed its assets to look for the missing fishermen. The Sarawak MMEA commander First Admiral Ismaili Bujang Pit is scheduled for a press conference over the incident at 2.30pm today
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