TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Ambassador to S'pore denies coming to Tj. Pinang to send diplomatic notes
Change Size
MV Selin captain Shoo Chiau Huat (second left) talks to his lawyer with the assistance of an interpreter. Shoo is standing trial for immigration violation charges. (JP/Fadli)
I
ndonesian Ambassador to Singapore I Gede Ngurah Swajaya denied visiting the head of Law and Human Rights Ministry’s regional office in Tanjung Pinang, Ohan Suryana, to give a diplomatic note from the Singaporean government on the arrest of captain Shoo Chiau Huat of the Singaporean vessel MV Selin.
Swajaya responded to Ohan’s statement on Oct. 4, which said that the ambassador came to Tanjung Pinang to send the diplomatic note.
Read also: Singaporean sea captain stands trial for alleged immigration violation
Swajaya said on Tuesday he did not come to Tanjung Pinang to give a diplomatic note about Shoo.
“I didn’t discuss the diplomatic note, but I was asking about the latest update in the legal status and process related to [Shoo], who had been detained in the immigration office’s detention center,” Swajaya said.
The Indonesian Embassy in Singapore, through the office of Social and Cultural Information, confirmed the existence of the diplomatic note from the Singaporean government relating to Shoo’s case, but the office said the ambassador never went to Tanjung Pinang to give the note.
The office reiterated the statement to The Jakarta Post on Oct. 6.
The embassy said there was communication between Indonesia and Singapore regarding updates related to the case held at Tanjung Pinang District Court.
“Diplomatic notes are a common [form of] official communication in diplomacy,” Swajaya said. (evi)
