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Serious Indon Navy Denies They're Running A Kidnapping And Extortion Racket Off Singapore's Waters! Collect S$400k Ransom Per Ship Woh!

JohnTan

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SINGAPORE (REUTERS) - More than a dozen shipowners have made payments of about US$300,000 (S$406,000) apiece to release vessels detained by the Indonesian navy, which said they were anchored illegally in Indonesian waters near Singapore, according to sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

The dozen sources include shipowners, crew and maritime security people all involved in the detentions and payments, which they say were either made in cash to naval officers or via bank transfer to intermediaries who told them they represented the Indonesian navy.

Reuters was not able to independently confirm that payments were made to naval officers or establish who the final recipients of the payments were.

The detentions and payments were first reported by Lloyd's List Intelligence, an industry website.

Rear-Admiral Arsyad Abdullah, the Indonesian naval fleet commander for the region, said in a written response to Reuters' questions that no payments were made to the navy and also that it did not employ any intermediaries in legal cases.

"It is not true that the Indonesian navy received or asked for payment to release the ships," Rear-Adm Arsyad said.

He said there had been an increasing number of detentions of ships in the past three months for anchoring without permission in Indonesian waters, deviating from the sailing route or stopping mid-course for an unreasonable amount of time.

All the detentions were in accordance with Indonesian law, he added.

The Singapore Strait, one of the busiest waterways in the world, is crowded with vessels waiting for days or weeks to dock at Singapore, a regional shipping hub where the Covid-19 pandemic has led to long delays.

Ships have for years anchored in waters to the east of the Strait while they wait to port, believing they are in international waters and therefore not responsible for any port fees, two maritime analysts and two shipowners said.

The Indonesian navy said this area comes within its territorial waters and it intends to crack down harder on vessels anchoring there without a licence.

A spokesman for the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, a government agency, declined to comment.

Cramped detention

Around 30 ships, including tankers, bulk carriers and a pipeline layer, have been detained by the Indonesian navy in the past three months and the majority have since been released after making payments of US$250,000 to US$300,000, according to two shipowners and two maritime security sources involved.

Making these payments is cheaper than potentially losing out on revenue from ships carrying valuable cargo, like oil or grain, if they are tied up for months while a case is heard in Indonesian court, two shipowners said.

Two crew members of detained ships said armed navy sailors approached their vessels on warships, boarded them and escorted the ships to naval bases on Batam or Bintan, Indonesian islands south of Singapore, across the Strait.

The ship captains and often crew members were detained in cramped, sweltering rooms, sometimes for weeks, until shipowners organised cash to be delivered or a bank transfer was made to an intermediary of the navy, two detained crew members said.

Rear-Adm Arsyad, the Indonesian naval officer, said ship crew members were not detained.

"During the legal process, all crew of the ships were on board their ships, except for questioning at the naval base. After the questioning, they were sent back to the ships," he said.

Mr Stephen Askins, a London-based maritime lawyer who has advised owners whose vessels have been detained in Indonesia, said the navy was entitled to protect its waters but if a ship was detained, then some form of prosecution should follow.

"In a situation where the Indonesian navy seems to be detaining vessels with an intention to extort money it is difficult to see how such a detention could be lawful," Mr Askins told Reuters in an e-mail. He declined to give details about his clients.

Marine Lieutenant-Colonel La Ode Muhamad Holib, an Indonesian navy spokesman, told Reuters in a written response to questions that some vessels detained in the past three months had been released without charge due to insufficient evidence.

Five ship captains were being prosecuted and two others had been given short prison sentences and fined 100 million rupiah (S$9,500) and 25 million rupiah, respectively, Lt-Col Holib said, declining to elaborate further on the specific cases.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/s...eld-by-indonesian-navy-near-singapore-sources
 

syed putra

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There are no international waters off sinkie. The captain should know that. Because they are cheapskate dowan yo lay port dues, they snchor for free either in malaysisn or indonesisn waters.
Some even clean their tanks in neighbouring water dumping the sludge there before going to sinkie to load refined oil.
These ships deserved to Be detained
 

JohnTan

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There are no international waters off sinkie. The captain should know that. Because they are cheapskate dowan yo lay port dues, they snchor for free either in malaysisn or indonesisn waters.
Some even clean their tanks in neighbouring water dumping the sludge there before going to sinkie to load refined oil.
These ships deserved to Be detained

Our navy needs to patrol our Singapore waters more aggressively to deter the moslem pirates from raiding merchant ships.
 

syed putra

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Our navy needs to patrol our Singapore waters more aggressively to deter the moslem pirates from raiding merchant ships.
The real pirates are all in sinkie. But only the indon crews are captured. Some have become passionate in Christianity. The top pirates I mean.
 

eatshitndie

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budget shortfall for the indon navy during 2 years of wuhan whore virus. legalized piracy is a viable alternative to make up for the shortfall. indon boleh!
 

vamjok

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lol have been happening all the while. heard about this when i was in my sec sch from those in shipping industry
 

glockman

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Since the 1980s, it is a well known fact that the pirates originating from Indonesia are their navy. Whilst on my boat around the eastern anchorage area, we've encountered them a few times. Each time, we were lucky to get away unharmed.
 

zeddy

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This has been going on for years lah. This Indons would board your vessels armed with machine guns to intimidate you. Ship captains would nego with the officers and relay back the price to their shored based bosses. Sometimes ship captains would give cash not amounting to few thousands to the Indons. Nego very important to get discounted price. Ship captains would always have a certain amount of cash inside his cabin room. That money is given by the ship owners to be used for any emergency cases while at sea.
 

zeddy

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And sometimes these Indons would purposely do a check on the rooms of the crew even if you think you're in Sinkie waters. You can't argue with them. Even if you radio the PCG also no use. Takes time for the PCG to come. Some cases whereby the Indon authorities would request the ship crew handover their mobile phones as a substitute for cash. Sometimes it's better if you have Indonesian crew in your vessels. Let these Indon crew nego with their own countrymen. PCG also sometimes boh chup lah. Back then it was quite normal to have motored sampans from Indonesia entering Singapore waters illegally to sell Marlboros to the anchored vessels at the Eastern Anchorage. During the haze period when visibility is poor, these motor sampans zoomed in and out of Singapore waters on an hourly basis peddling cigarettes to the crew.
 

Leckmichamarsch

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There are no international waters off sinkie. The captain should know that. Because they are cheapskate dowan yo lay port dues, they snchor for free either in malaysisn or indonesisn waters.
Some even clean their tanks in neighbouring water dumping the sludge there before going to sinkie to load refined oil.
These ships deserved to Be detained
in cahoot w camelfucking PSA
 

JohnTan

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Since the 1980s, it is a well known fact that the pirates originating from Indonesia are their navy. Whilst on my boat around the eastern anchorage area, we've encountered them a few times. Each time, we were lucky to get away unharmed.

Thanks to the PAP, Singapore's navy is upright and doesn't engage in piracy. The moslem indon pirates/navy follow a different moral code due to different culture and religion from us.
 

Byebye Penis

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Thanks to the PAP, Singapore's navy is upright and doesn't engage in piracy. The moslem indon pirates/navy follow a different moral code due to different culture and religion from us.

Singapore does it differently. Bunkering companies in Singapore hires thugs to board the ship.

If the ships are buying fuels from Singapore, Singapore will either supply less than required. Or worse, when the shipowners hire Singapore bunkering companies to do audit on fuel levels in the ship, these thugs will threaten the ship captains and steal fuels from the ships, in exchange for compliance in the fuel audits.
 
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