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National scene: Foreign aircraft caught in RI airspace
The Indonesian Air Force has so far this year intercepted nine foreign aircraft illegally flying over Ambalat-Karang Unarang airspace in East Kalimantan
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he Indonesian Air Force has so far this year intercepted nine foreign aircraft illegally flying over Ambalat-Karang Unarang airspace in East Kalimantan.
Tarakan Air Force Base commander Lt. Col. Tiopan Hutapea said on Sunday that the military jets, helicopters and drones were from Malaysia and had entered Indonesian territory without proper documentation.
'Right after we detected them on our radar, we asked them their identities and told them to fly out of Indonesian airspace,' he said, adding that all the aircraft had complied.
Last year some 14 trespassing airplanes were detected by the Tarakan air base, according to Tiopan.
Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu, who was visiting the border area of Seimanggis on Sunday, said that border violation issues were now under the remit of the Foreign Ministry. 'The Foreign Ministry has coordinated with relevant parties. We hope [the violations] won't occur again in the future,' Ryamizard said.
