The three boats were spotted and forced to surrender by HTMS Khamronsin on Monday. The Navy ship forced the vessels back to the port of the Songkhla-based Navy Area 2 at 9am on Tuesday. The Navy said it had informed the Vietnamese Embassy and would seek to take legal action against the fishing crew before deporting them. Navy Area 2 said that during the 2019 fiscal year, which started this month, four Vietnamese fishing boats had already been captured along with 14 crew members. In the previous fiscal year, Navy Area 2 captured 40 Vietnamese fishing boats and 216 crew members for illegally fishing in Thai territorial waters.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 30, 2018 10:30 UTC