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China Urges Indonesia to Jointly Settle Detained Fishermen Case

2016-03-22 08:42:49       source:Global Times

March 22, 2016

 

"China's foreign ministry said Monday the Chinese fishing boat and coast guard vessel were not operating in Indonesian waters and called on Indonesia to jointly handle the incident involving eight detained Chinese fishermen.

The incident happened Saturday as Indonesian surveillance vessels tried to detain the trawler suspected of operating illegally near Indonesian islands in the South China Sea. After stopping the boat and removing the eight crew members, the Indonesians were towing the vessel to shore when the Chinese coast guard appeared and helped released the Chinese trawler, AFP reported."

 

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