KOTA BARU: Kelantan police today (April 11) denied that its Pengkalan Kubor marine boat had rammed into a Thai boat during a short chase along the Takbai river on Monday (April 8), as viralled recently.
State police chief Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun said police carried out its the investigation into the incident and found that it happened due to a technical problem.
"It is true that our marine boat had chased the Thai vessel when it skipper refused to stop after encroaching into our territorial waters.
"During the chase, the boat stopped suddenly causing it to turn and this caused our marine boat to accidentally hit the Thai boat.
"A man from the vessel had jumped off the boat to avoid from being arrested by the Malaysian officers and was later rescued by other Thai boat operators," he said.
Zaki said the incident happened about 2pm on Monday.
Following the incident, Zaki said he has held a meeting with his Thai counterpart to explain the matter.
The meeting was held on Tuesday at the Tumpat district police station.
"In the meeting, l explained to them about the incident and they understood the situation and promised to explain it to the local community there in Takbai," he added.
A 30-second video clip on the incident was posted on the Rantau Panjang Post Facebook page and was seen by two million viewers.
