The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) managed to capture two Malaysian-flagged Foreign Fishing Vessels (KIA) suspected of carrying out illegal fishing activities (illegal fishing) in the waters of the Malacca Strait, on Monday, May 26, 2025.
The Director General of Marine and Fishery Resources Supervision (PSDKP) of the KKP, Pung Nugroho Saksono (Ipunk), confirmed the arrests of the two Malaysian ships.
"It is true, the Shark 16 Supervisory Ship (KP) under the control of Belawan PSDKP Station has caught two illegal Malaysian-flagged fishing vessels," Ipunk said as quoted from his official statement, Thursday, May 29, 2025.
In addition, the two ships also used trawler fishing gear which was categorized as a fishing gear to be prohibited from operating in WPPNRI and of course very detrimental to Indonesia.
"We calculate the potential loss to the state from the economic aspect that can be saved amounting to Rp19.9 billion."
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"In addition, there is something interesting about this case, the entire crew of the Indonesian citizen ship (WNI), while the ship has the Malaysian flag," said Ipunk.
Ipunk assessed that the crew of the Indonesian citizen ship working in Malaysia did not follow procedures or were illegal with high salary motivation.
"The information from their crew members pays Rp1-2 million to cross from Tanjung Balai Asahan to Malaysia illegally," he said.
Then for salaries on Malaysian ships, the class of crew members is around Rp. 5 million per month and the captain is Rp. 10 million per month.
"The two ships were then processed by Fisheries Civil Servant Investigators (PPNS) of Belawan PSDKP Station," said Ipunk.
On the same occasion, the Director of Operations Control, Fleet Saiful Umam, explained the identity of the ship arrested named KM. SLFA 5210 (43.34 GT) with a cargo of about 300 kg of mixed fish and manned by four Indonesian citizens.
Another ship is named KM. SLFA 4584 (27.16 GT) with three Indonesian crew members and loaded with about 150 kg mixed fish.
Meanwhile, the Head of Belawan PSDKP Station, M. Syamsu Rokman, said that the two ships could be subject to the provisions of the Fisheries Law as amended last time by Law Number 6 of 2023 concerning Stipulation of Government Regulations in Lieu of Law Number 2 of 2022 concerning Job Creation into Law, with a maximum imprisonment of 8 years and a maximum fine of IDR 1.5 billion.
The arrests of the two Malaysian ships added to the line-up of Foreign Fishing Vessels (KIA) which were captured by the KKP monitoring ship fleet throughout 2025.
From January to May 2025, KKP managed to arrest 13 KIA, consisting of 5 KIA Philippines, 3 KIA Malaysia, 4 Vietnam, and 1 China.
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