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Ministry sets up submersible cable task force
The Communications and Information Ministry will establish a task force consisting of agencies and institutions with maritime jurisdictions following a submarine cable theft in Mapur waters off Bintan, Riau Islands
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he Communications and Information Ministry will establish a task force consisting of agencies and institutions with maritime jurisdictions following a submarine cable theft in Mapur waters off Bintan, Riau Islands.
Previously, PT Indosat filed a report that it had lost 31.7 kilometers of its submarine cable linking Indonesia with Singapore. The Rp 10 billion cable serves voice, data and Internet services.
The IV/Tanjungpinang Main Naval Base commander, Commodore Agus Heryana, told The Jakarta Post on Friday that his unit already had knowledge of the planned task force that would monitor locations prone to theft.
Agus said he was in the dark on when Indonesia would start its task force duties. 'We're still awaiting directives from our superiors,' he said.
Meanwhile, the Riau Islands Police chief Brig. Gen. Endjang Sudrajat said he had yet to learn of the plan to tackle submarine cable theft.
Based on PT Indosat's report, the police managed to arrest seven people allegedly involved in the 418-ton submarine cable theft.
