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An unfair action and not integrity is never a lawful action. Do not continue to brag up here anymore.
let them concentrate on such things instead on broader problems: the indo currency rupiah is in free fall, the economy shinks in the before last and last quarter, technically slipping into recession, export/import collapsing, so the consumption, government spending and investment. the only thing they hang on is their inflated GDP figure. and bragging as leader.

I read the new administration wants to implement more restrictions on economy.
 
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:coffee: to all Indonesian member, let's pour more news on this Topic :D
 
let it concentrate on such things instead on broader problems: the indo currency rupiah is in free fall, the economy shinks in the before last and last quarter, technically slipping into recession, export/import collapsing, so the consumption, government spending and investment. the only thing they hang on is their inflated GDP figure. and bragging as leader.

I read the new administration wants to implement more restrictions on economy.
Sinking this ilegal fishing boat is our concern, the economical value in fisheries that these ilegal fishing boat stole from us is our broad concern, don't be bitter because we dont want to be dragged by vietnamese or any nation againts china in scs, we only act that benevit indonesia not other nation, oh yeah worry about yourself, we wiill mind our own business, thank you.
 
Indonesia arrests two tankers
Titus Zheng
08 May 2015
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Two tankers were arrested by the Indonesian Marine Police for illegal fuel oil bunkering. Photo: PA

Two tankers were arrested by the Indonesian Marine Police for illegal fuel oil bunkering off Batam and Palembang, Indonesia.

Urban Success, with IMO number 8617615, was apprehended by the Indonesian Marine Police for alleged smuggling of diesel fuel from Palembang into the outer port limit in east Singapore while underway in the Singapore Strait off Batam, Indonesia, at 21.00 local time on 25 April.

The tanker with eight crew members was intercepted with the assistance of a helicopter, then escorted and anchored off Sekupang, Batam for investigation.

Later, the investigation revealed that Urban Success carried nearly 700,000 litres of fuel oil without legal documents and port clearance. The Indonesian Marine Police has tracked the alleged smuggling for a few months through surveillance and the monitoring of vessel movement.

Meanwhile, Virgo, with IMO number 8835750, was also detained by the Indonesian Marine Police for illegal fuel oil bunkering in waters off Tanjung Kampe near Palembang, Indonesia, at 14.00 local time on 30 April. The tanker was suspected of being the supplier to Urban Success. Initial inspection showed approximately 697,000 litres of fuel oil had been transferred to Urban Success from Virgo.

The Indonesian Marine Police escorted Virgo to Sekupang, Batam, at 07.30 local time on 2 May for further investigation. Three sets of ship documents were found on board, showing that the vessel was renamed and repainted immediately after every fuel oil transferring operation. The operators of Virgo had fled before the arrest, but the authorities seized three crew members in connection with the illegal bunkering incident.

Indonesia arrests two tankers - IHS Maritime 360
 
Bribery a matter of course for illegal Thai fishing ships in Indonesia
Aseanty Pahlevi
May 06, 2015


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On May 1, five illegal foreign fishing vessels from Thailand were apprehended by the Indonesian Navy. Photo: Aseanty Pahlevi

A convoy of blue Thai fishing boats slowly entered the mouth of the Kapuas River near Pontianak, the capital of Indonesia's West Kalimantan province, escorted by an Indonesian warship. The boats were directed to moor at the local Navy base, about 62 nautical miles from the site of their capture. The crew were transferred to the warship. There they sat on the deck.

A naval personnel pointed to a fisherman in a rumpled blue shirt. His name was Sam Phong, 28. He could speak a bit of Indonesian, though not fluently. Still, his words shed a bit of light on why he had so diligently been fishing illegally in Indonesian waters.

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Sam Phong, one of the Thai fishermen arrested by the Indonesian Navy last week, sits on the deck of an Indonesian warship in West Kalimantan. Photo: Aseanty Pahlevi

Phong said his employer had guaranteed safe passage for his crew. The golden ticket? "If the authorities show up, just give them some money," he explained.

Phong and 61 other fishermen made up the five Thai vessels' crew. The ships were dragging banned trawl nets along the ocean floor in search of Indonesian fish.

According to Phong, the vessels were small and agile so as to avoid the navy and Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry patrols.

"There are a lot of fish here," he said. "I've already been here a year. With each catch, our fiber casks are always full. Each cask measures 200 liters, and each ship carries 40 or 50 of them."

After reaching capacity, the five ships head toward Malaysia, where a buyer is waiting. When the transaction is completed, the crew are paid. Then they return to Indonesia and do it again.

The boats carry three flags: Thai, Indonesian and Malaysian. They decide which to hoist based on whose territory they are in.

Phong said he wasn't familiar with Indonesian fishing regulations. It was the captain who determined where to sail and lower the net. "I just work," Phong said.

Informed that trawl fishing can destroy certain types of fish and damage marine ecosystems, he shrugged it off. "There are many fish in the sea," he replied. "Its limitless."

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The crew of five illegal foreign fishing vessels are transferred to an Indonesian warship.

Produced in English by Philip Jacobson.

Citations:
  • Aseanty Pahlevi. "Mengapa Nelayan Thailand Senang Mencuri Ikan di Perairan Indonesia? Ini Pengakuannya" Mongabay-Indonesia. 6 May 2015.

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Bribery is sooo yesterday. Today, it won't save the poacher from getting their boats blown up to pieces.
 
Indonesian Police To Name Suspects İn Forced Labor Case


Most suspects from joint Malaysian Thai fishing firm accused of forcing fishermen to work on remote island.
Indonesia's national police have announced that they will name around 20 suspects in a case involving the alleged forced labor of fishermen on a remote island, according to local media Saturday.

Adj. SR. Comr. Arie Dharmanto, the detective division's human trafficking unit chief, told The Jakarta Post that the majority of suspects were from a joint Malaysian-Thai fishing firm -- PT Pusaka Benjina Resources – and that "more people could be involved."

"There are indications of human trafficking carried out by parties from three countries -- Myanmar, Thailand, and Indonesia," Tempo.co "ed him as saying.

Last month, Indonesia moved 319 foreign fishermen – mostly from Myanmar and Cambodia – from Benjina village on eastern Aru island, where many claimed they had been enslaved to catch seafood for international markets.

According to the results of a government investigation, more than 1,450 crewmembers – the majority of them foreigners -- were not paid despite being forced to work extensive hours. Data from Maluku provincial police revealed that around 20-30 workers died in the Benjina each year.

Some fishermen have testified that they were beaten, forced to work almost nonstop without clean water or proper food, paid little or nothing and prevented from going home.

Arie also told the Post that 54 alleged victims and 10 witnesses told authorities that around 312 people had been held in isolation chambers.

"According to the evidence that we have gathered, 'problematic' crew members were locked up in the isolation chambers for one week to six months with a limited supply of food and poor sanitation," he said.

Hermanwir Martino, the fishing firm's site manager, has denied that slavery took place on the island.

Referring to a grave of 77 fishermen allegedly from Thailand, he said last month that they had died from various causes and "not because of forced work or slavery," Metro TV reported.

Arie explained that fishermen from Cambodia and Myanmar were offered jobs in Thailand, but upon arrival in the country, given false documents.

"With documents as a citizen of Thailand, they were sent to Indonesia," Detik.com "ed him as saying.

Indonesia's Capital Investment Coordination Board has revoked the firm's business license on the recommendation of Minister of Marine and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti for offences including illegal fishing, counterfeiting of documents and forced labor, Tribunnews.com reported.

Since becoming Indonesian president last October, Joko Widodo has embarked on a campaign against such illegal fishing with authorities seizing unlicensed vessels and sometimes threatening to sink them.

That campaign intensified in March, when hundreds of foreigners – including Thais - were discovered by authorities dumped on faraway Indonesian islands.

The International Organization for Migration has said that there could be as many as 4,000 foreign men, many trafficked or enslaved, who are stranded on islands surrounding Benjina following a fishing moratorium called by the Indonesian Fisheries Ministry to crack down on poaching.

In late April, Thailand and Indonesia agreed on the sidelines of an Asia-Africa meeting to set up a joint task force to tackle illegal fishing – a practice for which the European Union has issued a stern warning to Bangkok.

Details were not publicly revealed, but Thai government spokesman Yongyuth Malayarp told the Bangkok Post that a memorandum of understanding should soon be signed.

Over 250 Thais have since been repatriated under a joint agreement between the two countries.

Indonesia has some of the world's richest fishing grounds, and the government estimates billions of dollars in seafood are stolen from its waters by foreign crews every year.

Indonesian Police To Name Suspects İn Forced Labor Case
 
Vietnam supa powa wannabe talking, meh, a country who still facing mud talking big
 
5 Thais, 2 Indonesians arrested, accused of human trafficking in seafood slavery case
Published May 12, 2015
Associated Press
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FILE - In this April 3, 2015 file photo, rescued Burmese fishermen raise their hands as they are asked who among them wants to go home at the compound of Pusaka Benjina Resources fishing company in Benjina, Aru Islands, Indonesia. Two Indonesians and five Thais were arrested on charges of human trafficking connected with slavery in the seafood industry, Indonesian police said Tuesday, May 12. They were the first suspects taken into custody since the case was revealed by The Associated Press in a report two months ago. The arrests were made Monday and late Friday in the remote island village of Benjina, said Lt. Col. Arie Dharmanto, National Police anti-trafficking unit chief. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File) (The Associated Press)

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Lt. Col. Arie Dharmanto, Indonesia's National Police anti-trafficking unit chief, says two Indonesians and five Thai nationals have been arrested and accused of human trafficking connected with slavery in the seafood industry.

Dharmanto said Tuesday that the arrests were made Monday and Friday in the remote island village of Benjina. Five Thai boat captains and two Indonesian employees at Pusaska Benjina Resources, one of the largest fishing firms in eastern Indonesia, were taken into custody.

The arrests come after The Associated Press earlier this year reported on slave-caught seafood shipped from Benjina to Thailand where it can be exported and enter the supply chains of some of America's biggest food retailers.

If prosecuted, the men face jail sentences of up to 15 years and fines as high as $46,000.

5 Thais, 2 Indonesians arrested, accused of human trafficking in seafood slavery case | Fox News
 
National scene: Susi refuses
to resign

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Fri, May 15 2015, 6:13 AM
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Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti claimed that she had been offered Rp 5 trillion (US$383 million) to step down from her post.

Susi claimed that the individual who offered her the payment could be involved in illegal fishing activities.

“It’s illegal fishing. Do you think companies are not owned by people?” Susi told reporters at the State Palace on Wednesday as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Later through her verified Twitter account @susipudjiastuti, Susi said that she would not resign from her position.

“For a number of businesspeople, being a minister is not honorable. It is just another government position,” she said via Twitter on Thursday.

Susi has sparked controversy through her policies, especially the extension of a moratorium on permit issuances for foreign fishing trawlers and the banning of unsustainable fishing instruments such as cantrang (trawl), which has been blamed for damage to coral reefs and the seabed ecosystem.

A public opinion poll conducted by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) in January revealed that 61 percent of the respondents considered Susi one of the best-performing ministers.

See more at: National scene: Susi refuses to resign | The Jakarta Post
 
Jokowi orders sinking of 30 foreign boats

Indonesia intends to immediately destroy 30 foreign fishing vessels caught fishing illegally in its waters.

"Soon, we will sink around 30 vessels," President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said before a group of singers and song writers at the Presidential Palace on Monday.

more : Jokowi orders sinking of 30 foreign boats | The Jakarta Post
 
Indonesia sinking 40 more illegal fishing boats tomorrow

While many of the ministers in President Joko Widodo’s cabinet are in danger of being shuffled out due to bad performance reviews by the public, one minister the people definitely approve of is Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti. Susi’s popularity is attributable to many things, but the number one reason would have to her hardline approach to illegal foreign fishing boats, which she has dramatically handled by sinking many of the offending vessels.

So obviously, more boats are going to get sunk. In fact, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, working together with the Navy, is planning to sink 40 more illegal fishing boats tomorrow, which just happens to also be National Awakening Day.

"The plan for May 20 is that the ministry will sink 18 ships and the Navy will sink 22 ships," said Asep Burhanuddin, the Director General of Marine Resources and Fisheries, as quoted by BeritaSatu.

more : ​Indonesia sinking 40 more illegal fishing boats tomorrow | Coconuts Jakarta
 
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti claimed that she had been offered Rp 5 trillion (US$383 million) to step down from her post.

Susi claimed that the individual who offered her the payment could be involved in illegal fishing activities.

This is true reason why others can go to your sea to fishing there.
 

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