MMEA officers were on a routine border patrol shortly after midnight when they spotted the vessel and gave chase, said home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.KUALA LUMPUR: A maritime enforcement officer was killed when his patrol boat was forced against a concrete structure during a chase involving undocumented migrants off Perlis early today, home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said.
He said the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) boat was on a routine border patrol shortly after midnight when officers spotted the vessel.
"During the pursuit, our enforcement boat was forced against a concrete structure, and the officers were injured," he said during his winding-up speech in the Dewan Rakyat.
