2009/11/03
KUANTAN: Three foreign skippers -- two Vietnamese and a Thai -- were fined RM500,000 each for illegally fishing in Malaysian waters near here.
Magistrate Nordiana Abd Aziz also fined their 29 crew members RM50,000 each.
The foreigners, aged from 17 to 67, were arrested during Samudera Gagah operation by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency between 7am and 10am on Oct 24.
The skippers will spend six months in jail while the crew members five months, as they could not settle their fines.
(source:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/22tann/Article/index_html)
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skipper船长：
（noun）
1.the master or captain of a vessel, esp. of a small trading or fishing vessel.
2.a captain or leader, as of a team.
（verb (used with object)）
3.to act as skipper of.
crew全体人员、船员、队：
（noun）
1. a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together: the crew of a train; a wrecking crew.
2.Nautical.
a.the people who sail or operate a ship or boat.
b.the common sailors of a ship's company.
c.a particular gang of a ship's company.
3.the people who fly or operate an aircraft or spacecraft.
4.the team that rows a racing shell: varsity crew.
5.the sport of racing with racing shells: He went out for crew in his freshman year.
6.a company; crowd: He and his crew of friends filled the room.
7.any force or band of armed men.
（verb (used with object)）
8.to serve as a member of a crew on (a ship, aircraft, etc.).
9.to obtain or employ a crew for (a ship, aircraft, etc.).
（verb (used without object)）
10.to serve as a member of a crew.
arrest被捕：
（verb (used with object)）
1.to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
2.to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage: The loud noise arrested our attention.
3.to check the course of; stop; slow down: to arrest progress.
4.Medicine/Medical. to control or stop the active progress of (a disease): The new drug did not arrest the cancer.
（noun）
5.the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
6.any seizure or taking by force.
7.an act of stopping or the state of being stopped: the arrest of tooth decay.
8.Machinery. any device for stopping machinery; stop.
maritime海事：
（adjective）海上
1.connected with the sea in relation to navigation, shipping, etc.
2.of or pertaining to the sea: maritime resources.
3.bordering on the sea: maritime provinces.
4.living near or in the sea: maritime plants.
5.characteristic of a sailor; nautical: maritime clothing.
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