Pindad obeys rules, arms smuggling yet to be proven: Minister

Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono says state-arms manufacturer PT Pindad has complied with all rules and regulations amid speculation that Indonesian weapons may have been smuggled into the Philippines.

“What I know is that organizing contracts through Pindad is authorized according to  administrative and customs and excise documents,” he told reporters Monday at the State Palace.

“The only problem is that police are investigating why a vessel [carrying military weapons] moored at another location before arriving in Manila,” he said.

Juwono said the authorities had not yet established whether arms were being smuggled through Moro Island in the southern Philippines.