Police confirm Vietnamese fisherfolk shot by MMEA dies

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Kelantan police have confirmed that a Vietnamese fisherfolk died after being shot by a member of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). State police chief DCP Shafien Mamat said the incident happened at 11.40pm yesterday, about 81 nautical miles from the waters of Tok Bali, Pasir Puteh. "The preliminary police investigation found that MMEA members who were patrolling under Op Kuda had nabbed a Vietnamese fishing boat that was encroaching the country's waters. "When the boat was detained, there was a provocation, causing an MMEA member to fire a shot that hit the victim, who was in his 30s," he said at a press conference at the Kelantan police contingent headquarters in Kota Bharu today. Shafien said the MMEA member fired the shot while on duty and it was within the legal provision. He said the body of the fisherfolk had been brought in for an autopsy a…