Prabowo Subianto hadn’t even lived a day of his presidential honeymoon period when China started harassing a state-owned ship. What’s it all about?
When Chinese boats encroached on waters off Indonesia’s North Natuna Islands early in Joko Widodo’s presidency, he hauled his ministers there for a cabinet meeting aboard a warship, leaving a written note for the crew: “Defend Indonesia.“
Eight years after the ruling and Indonesia’s warship cabinet meeting, Widodo’s successor, Prabowo Subianto, is already dealing with Chinese provocation on the South China Sea. He has been in the job for just one week. The Chinese were tailing a ship from Indonesia’s state-owned energy company PT Pertamina as it conducted seismic surveys of the sea bed, according to Bakamla, Indonesia’s maritime security agency. This edge of the South China Sea is rich in resources, and China does not acknowledge Indonesia’s claim.
Chinese vessels, fishing or otherwise, go into the Indonesian exclusive economic zone occasionally, but it is difficult to know how often because Widodo, having made his point very publicly in 2016, seemed to prefer a more low-key approach as time went on.Advertisement
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