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189971
Tue, 06/21/2011 - 06:59
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2,508 VIOLATIONS OF M'SIAN AIR SPACE BY S'PORE JETS SINCE 2008, PARLIAMENT TOLD
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) - There have been 2,508 violations of
Malaysian air space by Singapore military jets since 2008, Defence Minister
Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Monday.
He told the House of Representatives that Malaysia had lodged diplomatic
protests against the violations.
Ahmad Zahid said that every suspicious movement of a Singapore military
aircraft was monitored with the equipment of the Malaysian armed forces and
Civil Aviation Department.
"This year alone, up to May, 19 aircraft movements (violations) were
detected on an average of four a month," he said in a written answer to a
question from Khairy Jamaluddin, a member of parliament.
He said there were 985 violations of Malaysian air space by Singapore jets
in 2008, 1,286 in 2009, and 218 in 2010.
Malaysian air space by Singapore military jets since 2008, Defence Minister
Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Monday.
He told the House of Representatives that Malaysia had lodged diplomatic
protests against the violations.
Ahmad Zahid said that every suspicious movement of a Singapore military
aircraft was monitored with the equipment of the Malaysian armed forces and
Civil Aviation Department.
"This year alone, up to May, 19 aircraft movements (violations) were
detected on an average of four a month," he said in a written answer to a
question from Khairy Jamaluddin, a member of parliament.
He said there were 985 violations of Malaysian air space by Singapore jets
in 2008, 1,286 in 2009, and 218 in 2010.
