The Struggles of National Defense Territory

INTERNATIONAL  |    BATAM  - Friday, August 20th,2021  about 15:00  in the afternoon

One unit Vietnamese ship drowned while being chased by fisheries supervisory officers from the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP).

Allegedly, the fishing vessel in Natuna Sea it experienced a hot engine until it caught fire and eventually sank. "In the pursuit, one ship due to overheating then caused heat in the engine, smoke appeared and burned and then sank," said Director General of PSDKP, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Admiral Adin Nurawaluddin, in Batam, Riau Islands, Friday (20/8).

His party immediately rescued the entire crew and brought them to Batam for further investigation. The entire crew of the ship that burned and sank is now relatively in good condition. The attempt to capture the ship occurred on August 17, 2021, just before the seconds of the Proclamation.

Rear Admiral TNI Adin said that at that time, based on monitoring using satellite radar and other equipment, his party identified two foreign vessels that carried out fishing theft in WPP 711 North Natuna, which was located far from the Vietnamese continental shelf. Three fishing surveillance vessels, Shark 11, Leopard Shark 02 and Orca 3 gave chase, inspected and captured two Vietnamese vessels KG 1843 TS and KG 1938 TS, before one of them experienced a hot engine, caught fire and sank.

"One ship caught fire and one escort ship to Batam for further legal process," he said.

In one ship that was successfully escorted to Batam, they found 1 ton of fish which they took from Indonesian waters. While the ship that sank was allegedly a ship that accommodated the catch. In addition to ship evidence, as many as 22 crew members of the two ships were also secured in Batam, Riau Islands.