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19626
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 20:40
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RI NAVY ASKS S`PORE COUNTERPART TO HELP FIGHT SEA POLLUTION
Batam, Indonesia, Sept 15 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Navy has asked its Singaporean counterpart to take joint actions to clean up oil wastes in the Singapore Strait that often drift into western Indonesia waters, a spokesman said.
Commodore Sugeng Darmawan, commander of the Indonesian Navy's maritime security task force for western Indonesia, said here on Monday, the Singaporean side had welcomed the Indonesian call but no concrete followup steps had so far been agreed on.
"The problem is that we cannot detect a delinquent ship until after we find that wastes and black oil have been dropped into our waters. After all, not all ships coming from the Singapore Strait are going to dump oil wastes," he said.
Sugeng said ships sailing in the Singapore Strait had for a long time been committing criminal acts that damaged the environment in Indonesia's western waters.
"They did it at least from the middle of 2007 to July 2008. A number of cases have happened in which wastes were dumped into the waters of Bintang, Nongsa, Belakang Padang and Teo islands," he said.
He said the environmental crimes very much disadvantaged Indonesia's tourism in Batam and harmed the interest of local fishermen.
"We are doing our best to establish cooperation with Singapore to overcome the increasing incidence of waste dumping into our waters," he added.
Commodore Sugeng Darmawan, commander of the Indonesian Navy's maritime security task force for western Indonesia, said here on Monday, the Singaporean side had welcomed the Indonesian call but no concrete followup steps had so far been agreed on.
"The problem is that we cannot detect a delinquent ship until after we find that wastes and black oil have been dropped into our waters. After all, not all ships coming from the Singapore Strait are going to dump oil wastes," he said.
Sugeng said ships sailing in the Singapore Strait had for a long time been committing criminal acts that damaged the environment in Indonesia's western waters.
"They did it at least from the middle of 2007 to July 2008. A number of cases have happened in which wastes were dumped into the waters of Bintang, Nongsa, Belakang Padang and Teo islands," he said.
He said the environmental crimes very much disadvantaged Indonesia's tourism in Batam and harmed the interest of local fishermen.
"We are doing our best to establish cooperation with Singapore to overcome the increasing incidence of waste dumping into our waters," he added.
