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212574
Thu, 10/13/2011 - 12:00
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M'SIAN STUDENTS ADVISED AGAINST REACTING TO PROVOCATION
JAKARTA, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- Malaysian students in Indonesia have been
advised not to react to provocation over a boundary issue involving the two
countries.
Education Malaysia (formerly Malaysian Students Department) in Indonesia,
which issued the advice, said it is aimed at preventing any aggravation of the
situation.
The education attaché at the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta, Ludinata Misnun,
has assured parents of students that Education Malaysia, in collaboration with
the embassy, was monitoring the safety and welfare of all Malaysian students.
He said Malaysian students in Indonesia have been reminded not to respond to
any provocation, and to leave home in groups and return before midnight.
"We have received complaints from medical students who are undergoing
training in hospitals that they were provoked by some doctors and nurses while
other students were tormented by their lecturers," he said.
The issue emanated over a claim that Malaysia has seized 1,000ha of land
belonging to Indonesia along the Malaysia-Indonesia border in West Kalimantan.
The Indonesian Parliament's defence and foreign affairs commission deputy
head Maj Gen (Rtd) T.B. Hasanuddin told the media on Saturday that Indonesia had
lost 1,490ha in Camar Bulan to Malaysia and that the country’s sea boundary in
Tanjung Datu waters had moved 800 metres in favour of Kuala Lumpur.
Several Indonesian Cabinet ministers have rejected the lawmaker's claim that
Malaysia had "illegally taken over" more than 1,000ha of Indonesian land in
northern Kalimantan.
In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman and his Indonesian
counterpart Dr Marty Natalegawa said after the 11th Joint Commission for
Bilateral Commission Cooperation Meeting on Tuesday that the border markers
at the Kalimantan border, removed either by mischievous individuals or natural
disasters, could easily be replaced by their joint survey teams.
However, agitated by media reports, some 650 supporters of the so-called
Batavia Rempug Forum Wednesday protested outside the Malaysian Embassy in
Jakarta, and stones, wood and bamboo thrown at the building shattered a glass
panel at the guard post.
The Indonesian police had to fire tear gas to quell the unruly demonstration
and several policemen were said to have been slightly injured by hard objects
hurled by the protestors.
-- BERNAMA
advised not to react to provocation over a boundary issue involving the two
countries.
Education Malaysia (formerly Malaysian Students Department) in Indonesia,
which issued the advice, said it is aimed at preventing any aggravation of the
situation.
The education attaché at the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta, Ludinata Misnun,
has assured parents of students that Education Malaysia, in collaboration with
the embassy, was monitoring the safety and welfare of all Malaysian students.
He said Malaysian students in Indonesia have been reminded not to respond to
any provocation, and to leave home in groups and return before midnight.
"We have received complaints from medical students who are undergoing
training in hospitals that they were provoked by some doctors and nurses while
other students were tormented by their lecturers," he said.
The issue emanated over a claim that Malaysia has seized 1,000ha of land
belonging to Indonesia along the Malaysia-Indonesia border in West Kalimantan.
The Indonesian Parliament's defence and foreign affairs commission deputy
head Maj Gen (Rtd) T.B. Hasanuddin told the media on Saturday that Indonesia had
lost 1,490ha in Camar Bulan to Malaysia and that the country’s sea boundary in
Tanjung Datu waters had moved 800 metres in favour of Kuala Lumpur.
Several Indonesian Cabinet ministers have rejected the lawmaker's claim that
Malaysia had "illegally taken over" more than 1,000ha of Indonesian land in
northern Kalimantan.
In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman and his Indonesian
counterpart Dr Marty Natalegawa said after the 11th Joint Commission for
Bilateral Commission Cooperation Meeting on Tuesday that the border markers
at the Kalimantan border, removed either by mischievous individuals or natural
disasters, could easily be replaced by their joint survey teams.
However, agitated by media reports, some 650 supporters of the so-called
Batavia Rempug Forum Wednesday protested outside the Malaysian Embassy in
Jakarta, and stones, wood and bamboo thrown at the building shattered a glass
panel at the guard post.
The Indonesian police had to fire tear gas to quell the unruly demonstration
and several policemen were said to have been slightly injured by hard objects
hurled by the protestors.
-- BERNAMA
