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Tue, 12/15/2009 - 18:18
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RI, PHILIPPINES HOLD JOINT POLICE EXERCISE IN N SULAWESI
Manado, Dec 14 (ANTARA) - Indonesian and Philippine police held a joint exercise in facing transnational crime.
The Maritim Law Enforcement Exercise (Marlex) 2009 was centered in Bitung waters, North Sulawesi.
In a simulation Indonesian and Philippine patrol boats were holding the joint exercise in Marore waters.
In the exercise, the two sides exchanged information about the situation in the waters of the two countries.
Philippine patrol boats informed their Indonesian counterparts that an unidentified boat was carrying certain goods.
The boat strongly suspected to carry fire arms and four passengers some of them speaking Malay and others Tagalok, left Balut island and sailed toward Indonesian waters.
After the two patrol boats held the rendevous, they went back for patrol in their own waters.
When an Indonesian police patrol boat was operating in the border areas, from a distance of about one nautical mile it spotted a pumboat flying the Philippine colors entering Indonesian territorial waters.
The Indonesian police patrol boat contacted the pumboat ordering it to stop.
But the pumboat's skipper refused to follow the order, turned around, and sped to the Philippine territorial waters. Later the Indonesian patrol boat radioed Philippine patrol boat calling for help in going after the pumboat.
The pumboat was later intercepted, caught, and escorted to the boder region.
The pumboat was later escorted by the Indonesian police patrol boat to the nearest port for investigation.
Head of the operations and training cooperation bureau of the Indonesian Police Headquarters Brig Gen Boy Salamuddin said transnational crime cannot be handled and overcome by a single regional police, one institution or even one country.
The joint exercise was aimed at unifying and combining the perception of the respective police institutions and countries on potential threats against their respective national interest, he said.
He also said that both Indonesia and the Philippines have border waters with a high potential for transnational crime, like arms smuggling and terrorism.
Earlier, North Sulawesi police spokesman Adjunct Senior Commissioner Beny Bella said Marlex 2009 involved 80 police personnel from both countries.
The Indonesian police personnel comprised 22 men from the Police Headquarters, 15 from the North Sulawesi and East Kalimantan police, while Gorontalo and North Maluku police had sent four men each, and the Philippines sent 27 personnel.
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The Maritim Law Enforcement Exercise (Marlex) 2009 was centered in Bitung waters, North Sulawesi.
In a simulation Indonesian and Philippine patrol boats were holding the joint exercise in Marore waters.
In the exercise, the two sides exchanged information about the situation in the waters of the two countries.
Philippine patrol boats informed their Indonesian counterparts that an unidentified boat was carrying certain goods.
The boat strongly suspected to carry fire arms and four passengers some of them speaking Malay and others Tagalok, left Balut island and sailed toward Indonesian waters.
After the two patrol boats held the rendevous, they went back for patrol in their own waters.
When an Indonesian police patrol boat was operating in the border areas, from a distance of about one nautical mile it spotted a pumboat flying the Philippine colors entering Indonesian territorial waters.
The Indonesian police patrol boat contacted the pumboat ordering it to stop.
But the pumboat's skipper refused to follow the order, turned around, and sped to the Philippine territorial waters. Later the Indonesian patrol boat radioed Philippine patrol boat calling for help in going after the pumboat.
The pumboat was later intercepted, caught, and escorted to the boder region.
The pumboat was later escorted by the Indonesian police patrol boat to the nearest port for investigation.
Head of the operations and training cooperation bureau of the Indonesian Police Headquarters Brig Gen Boy Salamuddin said transnational crime cannot be handled and overcome by a single regional police, one institution or even one country.
The joint exercise was aimed at unifying and combining the perception of the respective police institutions and countries on potential threats against their respective national interest, he said.
He also said that both Indonesia and the Philippines have border waters with a high potential for transnational crime, like arms smuggling and terrorism.
Earlier, North Sulawesi police spokesman Adjunct Senior Commissioner Beny Bella said Marlex 2009 involved 80 police personnel from both countries.
The Indonesian police personnel comprised 22 men from the Police Headquarters, 15 from the North Sulawesi and East Kalimantan police, while Gorontalo and North Maluku police had sent four men each, and the Philippines sent 27 personnel.
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