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Friday, 01 January 2010 |
The Star
 The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency has foiled an attempt by a Singapore-registered vessel to smuggle out RM100,000 worth of river sand at Tanjung Piai here.
The agency’s southern enforcement director, Abdul Razak Johan, said they received information regarding the vessel through their operations centre and managed to detain the boat on Wednesday.
“Four of our officials spotted the vessel, Cathay 15 which was hauling a pontoon filled with sand.
“We found that they did not possess the proper permit for exporting sand,” he said.
Investigations revealed that the vessel and the pontoon had left Pulau Carey on Saturday and was scheduled to arrive in Tuas, yesterday.
“We also found that the permit held by the vessel was for exporting cement and not sand. We have detained all eight Indonesian crew aboard the vessel,” he said.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/1/1/nation/5400203&sec=nation
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Wanted by Interpol
By K.C. Vijayan
PROMINENT businessman Sukamto Sia, a Singaporean of Indonesian descent, is wanted by the Indonesian police in connection with forgery and counterfeiting.
He is on Interpol's Red Notice alert, which requires its 184-member police force to keep a lookout for the man, with a view to arresting and extraditing him.
It was placed in October last year, but both the police and Indonesian Embassy here said they had received no request to arrest Mr Sia, who has his office in Ngee Ann City in Orchard Road.