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114920
Sun, 04/04/2010 - 00:34
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MALACCA STRAIT SECURITY SITUATION NOW UNDER CONTROL :MINISTER
Kupang, E Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, April 3 (ANTARA) - Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the security situation in the Makacca Strait was now under relatively good control following the recent warning from Singapore about a terrorist threat.
"Things in the strait are now under relatively good control and safe," he said during a working visit to East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) here on Saturday.
He said the militaries of he three littoral countries along the strait, namely Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, were continuously coordinating with each other to secure the 500-mile-long international waterway.
"Moreover, the three countries already have a format for coordinated patrols in the strait, and the radars that have been installed along the strait are all functioning," he said.
Security in the strait had been stepped up during the past two months, following indications of a terror threat to tankers and cargo ships passing through the waterway.
He said he had ordered the Navy's Western Fleet and regional military commands in Indonesia's western regions to increase alertness and to coordinate with the militaries and authorities of Malaysia and Singapore.
The indications of a terror threat were perceived at a time when police were conducting raids on and making arrests of terror suspects in Aceh which eventually led culminated in the elimination of long wanted terror leader Dulmatin in Tangerang.
The Malacca Strait was believed to have been used as a logistics supply channel by the terror suspects in Aceh.
"Things in the strait are now under relatively good control and safe," he said during a working visit to East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) here on Saturday.
He said the militaries of he three littoral countries along the strait, namely Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, were continuously coordinating with each other to secure the 500-mile-long international waterway.
"Moreover, the three countries already have a format for coordinated patrols in the strait, and the radars that have been installed along the strait are all functioning," he said.
Security in the strait had been stepped up during the past two months, following indications of a terror threat to tankers and cargo ships passing through the waterway.
He said he had ordered the Navy's Western Fleet and regional military commands in Indonesia's western regions to increase alertness and to coordinate with the militaries and authorities of Malaysia and Singapore.
The indications of a terror threat were perceived at a time when police were conducting raids on and making arrests of terror suspects in Aceh which eventually led culminated in the elimination of long wanted terror leader Dulmatin in Tangerang.
The Malacca Strait was believed to have been used as a logistics supply channel by the terror suspects in Aceh.
