South China Morning Post
18 August 2020
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- South China Sea Clash Raises Vietnam-Malaysia Tensions After Fisherman Shot Dead
South China Sea Clash Raises Vietnam-Malaysia Tensions After Fisherman Shot Dead
Malaysia and Vietnam must urgently work towards ridding their waters of illegal fishing, analysts said on Tuesday, as Hanoi pressed Kuala Lumpur for answers after a Vietnamese fisherman was shot dead by Malaysian maritime officials over the weekend. Dr Collin Koh, a Research Fellow at the RSIS in Singapore, said that “Vietnam does need to keep a tighter rein on its fishing community”. “There had been earlier warning signs leading up to this latest, most serious incident,” he said. “Just last September there was a stand-off between Malaysian and Vietnamese fishing patrols off Terengganu. One should also recall that [Hanoi] is still trying to get the European Union to remove its yellow card for illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing for precisely such reasons.”
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Last updated on 19/08/2020
