Chinese vessels were found to have encroached into Malaysian waters 23 times last year.<br /><br />This was revealed by Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein in a parliamentary reply to Larry Sng (Independent-Julau).<br /><br />“The Royal Malaysian Navy, via its surveillance, recorded 23 cases of encroachment by Chinese state assets in the Malaysian Maritime Zone last year.<br /><br />“The encroachment of the People's Republic of China, namely the China Coast Guard, was detected in the country's waters since 2013.”
