Border dispute: Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and his Malaysian counterpart Dato’ Sri Anifah Aman arrived at the Le Meridien Hotel on Monday for the 16th Indonesia-Malaysia joint commission meeting discussing, among others, border dispute (JP/Mustaqim A)Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and his Malaysian counterpart Dato’ Sri Anifah Aman arrived at the Le Meridien Hotel on Monday at 12:30 p.m. local time for the 16th Indonesia-Malaysia joint commission meeting.
The meeting highlights issues of sea border, the Aug. 13 arrests of Indonesian civil servants and Malaysian fishermen in Indonesian waters and Indonesian migrant workers, according to the hosting minister.
“We’ll discuss [among others] the Aug. 13 incident and try to fix it so, that any similar incidents will not repeat in the future,” Anifah told visiting and local reporters after escorting Marty into the hotel.
He said during the discussion, the Malaysian government would also raise the Malaysian Police’s report saying Indonesian Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry inspectors had extorted the seven Malaysian fishermen caught red-handed for illegally fishing in Indonesian waters if the latter wanted to be free.
Earlier in Jakarta , Marty said he did not acknowledge the alleged extortion. The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has also denied the charge.
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