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Govt to take stern measures against foreign vessels trespassing in Indonesian waters

The Indonesian Transportation Minister Ignatius Jonan said Friday that his ministry would take stern measures against foreign vessels operating illegally on Indonesian waters and in its border areas

Fadli (The Jakarta Post)
Batam
Fri, March 13, 2015 Published on Mar. 13, 2015 Published on 2015-03-13T12:22:50+07:00

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he Indonesian Transportation Minister Ignatius Jonan said Friday that his ministry would take stern measures against foreign vessels operating illegally on Indonesian waters and in its border areas.

Jonan made the statement in Batam with regard to the detention of four Singaporean ships over the last several days for entering Indonesian territorial waters without any proper documents.

"All (foreign) vessels operating illegally on Indonesian waters will be put under arrest. The detained vessels will not be bombed or sunken, but be processed in court," Jonan said on the sidelines of his visit onto two Singaporean vessels '€“ the DM 55 and Sea Sparrow I -- which were arrested by officers of the sea directorate general on Tuesday.

According to the minister, for the capture of the two vessels his ministry simply applied existing international regulations.

He also reiterated that his ministry will uphold the regulations in the border areas in routine operations. "There will be no special operation as the regulation is already there; we just apply it," he said.

Jonan also promised to thoroughly investigate and take strict actions against any officers in his ministry who are involved in the illegal operation of foreign vessels in Indonesia supplying any necessities to foreign ships anchored in the area. (hhr)

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