A commander in an enforcement agency is among five people detained by the police in connection with a robbery on a Vietnamese fishing boat in the waters off Rompin on Wednesday.

Rompin police chief DSP Azli Mohd Noor said the 30-year-old suspect, his two siblings, as well as a 56-year-old man and his 20-year-old son were detained in Nenasi, Pekan, on the same day.

The main suspect’s elder brother, 31, is a teacher while their 28-year-old younger brother is a junior general assistant at an oil palm-related agency.

"The five suspects, armed with a pistol, boarded the fishing boat and introduced themselves as enforcement personnel. The robbers left the boat taking with them RM10,000 cash and its one-tonne catch,” he said in a statement today.

Azli said the suspects had been remanded until Oct 30 to facilitate investigations under Section 395/397 of the Penal Code (which pertains to armed robbery).

– Bernama