Published on November 29, 2005

The Navy yesterday seized four trawlers and arrested 22 Acehnese men on board for fishing in Thai waters off the coast of Satun.

Two naval patrol boats detected all four vessels 30 nautical miles southwest of Bootang Island. All 22 men have been charged with unauthorised fishing in Thai waters and unauthorised entry into Thailand. Marine police and naval officers were investigating whether their presence had anything to do with the violence in the deep South, said Satun Governor Manit Watthanasen.

The men were found fishing with rods in the exclusive economic zone, where only maritime cruising is allowed and fishing is prohibited.

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