Malaysia’s navy chief has denied a report that three Chinese navy ships patrolled an area claimed by the Southeast Asian country, saying the Chinese exercise took place hundreds of miles to the north in international waters. Chinese state news agency Xinhua, as well as the People’s Liberation Army daily, reported that an amphibious landing…
Muntok (ANTARA News) – The navy base at Bangka Belitung plans to place some of its warships in the sea off Muntok, regency of West Bangka, to help maintain sea security in that area. “The Muntok waters are easily a place for criminal offense such as piracy, smuggling and illegal fishing,” the navy base…
Muntok (ANTARA News) – The navy base at Bangka Belitung plans to place some of its warships in the sea off Muntok, regency of West Bangka, to help maintain sea security in that area. “The Muntok waters are easily a place for criminal offense such as piracy, smuggling and illegal fishing,” the navy base…
Jakarta. An Indonesian court Tuesday jailed a people-smuggler for seven years after he arranged an asylum boat voyage to Australia which ended when the vessel sank with the loss of some 90 lives. Javaid Mahmood, a 54-year-old Pakistani who organized the voyage which was supposed to take asylum-seekers from Indonesia to Australia in June…