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Fri, 03/25/2011 - 04:45
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Malaysian Navy Denies Violence Claim By Indonesian Fisherman
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) -- The Royal Malaysian Navy has strongly denied Indonesian media reports that the crew of a naval ship had used violence against the republic's fishermen last week.
Deputy chief of navy Mohammed Nordin Ali described the reports carried by Tribun Medan on March 17 and Medan Bisnis on March 22 were inaccurate and outrageous.
He denied that the fishermen were handcuffed as the naval ship was not supplied with handcuffs.
"Tribune Medan Malaysia claimed that the crew of a war ship numbered 14, which referred to KD Kinabalu, searched the fishing boat in Indonesian waters on March 16, 45 nautical miles from Belawan.
"They accused our naval crew of violence, seized their catch, clothing and a Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment, and threw the ice stored in the fish stowage into the sea," he told Bernama here Thursday.
He said Medan Bisnis reported that the Indonesian KM AGUS1 boat claimed that a 'big body and grey' ship with crew members in white uniform seized 400kg of tuna on March 19 about 40 nautical miles in the Melaka Straits.
"The claim was not true as Malaysian naval ship crew do not wear white uniform at sea, thus the claim on seizure of 400kg of fish is not relevant," he said.
He said following the newspaper reports, KD Kinabalu was ordered to return to the naval base for investigations into the allegations.
"An examination carried out on KD Kinabalu as soon as it docked on March 18 by the naval provost did not find the seizure -- a GPS equipment, clothing and fish catch as alleged.
"The Indonesian fishing boat was intercepted on Malaysian waters from midnight (March 16) to 1am on March 17. The navy could not confirm that the boat inspected was Sri Muara GT3 as it had no registration number," he said.
Mohammed Nordin said the KD Kinabalu commanding officer admitted that he ordered for the ice stored in the fish stowage to be thrown into the sea to force the boat to leave Malaysian waters and return to Medan.
"Even before the incident, KD Kinabalu had inspected 23 Indonesian fishing boats in the waters where this particular boat was pulled up but no complaints of abuse were reported," he said.
He said in one incident on Feb 14, the Malaysian navy assisted an Indonesian fishing boat which drifted into the Malaysian waters by providing food and water to the fishermen.
-- BERNAMA
Deputy chief of navy Mohammed Nordin Ali described the reports carried by Tribun Medan on March 17 and Medan Bisnis on March 22 were inaccurate and outrageous.
He denied that the fishermen were handcuffed as the naval ship was not supplied with handcuffs.
"Tribune Medan Malaysia claimed that the crew of a war ship numbered 14, which referred to KD Kinabalu, searched the fishing boat in Indonesian waters on March 16, 45 nautical miles from Belawan.
"They accused our naval crew of violence, seized their catch, clothing and a Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment, and threw the ice stored in the fish stowage into the sea," he told Bernama here Thursday.
He said Medan Bisnis reported that the Indonesian KM AGUS1 boat claimed that a 'big body and grey' ship with crew members in white uniform seized 400kg of tuna on March 19 about 40 nautical miles in the Melaka Straits.
"The claim was not true as Malaysian naval ship crew do not wear white uniform at sea, thus the claim on seizure of 400kg of fish is not relevant," he said.
He said following the newspaper reports, KD Kinabalu was ordered to return to the naval base for investigations into the allegations.
"An examination carried out on KD Kinabalu as soon as it docked on March 18 by the naval provost did not find the seizure -- a GPS equipment, clothing and fish catch as alleged.
"The Indonesian fishing boat was intercepted on Malaysian waters from midnight (March 16) to 1am on March 17. The navy could not confirm that the boat inspected was Sri Muara GT3 as it had no registration number," he said.
Mohammed Nordin said the KD Kinabalu commanding officer admitted that he ordered for the ice stored in the fish stowage to be thrown into the sea to force the boat to leave Malaysian waters and return to Medan.
"Even before the incident, KD Kinabalu had inspected 23 Indonesian fishing boats in the waters where this particular boat was pulled up but no complaints of abuse were reported," he said.
He said in one incident on Feb 14, the Malaysian navy assisted an Indonesian fishing boat which drifted into the Malaysian waters by providing food and water to the fishermen.
-- BERNAMA
