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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) successfully intercepted the Chinese survey vessel, Xiang Yang Hong 03, which was proven to have turned off the Automatic Identification System (AIS) when crossing the waters of the Sunda Strait on Wednesday (13/1/2021) night.
"The Indonesian Bakamla successfully intercepted the Chinese survey ship (Xiang Yang Hong 03) in the Sunda Strait on Wednesday (13/1/2021)," said Head of Public Relations and Protocol of Indonesian Bakamla Colonel Bakamla Wisnu Pramandita in a written statement on Thursday (14/1/2021). ).
The AIS itself is an automatic ship tracking system that provides information about the condition of the ship. Good position, time, direction and speed for the sake of shipping safety. Also read: Facts about Chinese ships refusing to leave Natuna, believing not to enter ZEEI, Bakamla intervening with Wisnu explained, the Chinese ship's interception began when the Bakamla Command and Control Center (Puskodal) detected Xiang Yang Hong 03 was sailing in the Sunda Strait. At that time, the ship was detected moving at 10.9 knots and was heading to the southwest. Based on the monitoring, the ship had shut down AIS three times while crossing the Indonesian Archipelago Sea Channel I (ALKI-I). The three of them crossed the North Natuna Sea, South Natuna Sea, and Karimata Strait.
Receiving this information, Bakamla's Marine Operations Director, First Admiral Bakamla Suwito, who was leading the Bakamla SAR team, evacuated the Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 plane crash in the Thousand Islands directly coordinated with the joint SAR commander. Also read: Chinese ships re-enter the Natuna Sea, refusing to leave even though Bakamla has expelled him He then ordered the commander of the KNIP 321 Island, Lt. Col. Bakamla Anto Hartanto to immediately leave for the Sunda Strait to approach the ship. At around 09.30 WIB, KN Nipah Island 321 immediately left for the Sunda Strait. The ship then arrived at the location at around 13.40 WIB and detected the Chinese survey vessel at a distance of 40 Nm with a speed of 9 knots and the direction of the bow to the south.
KN Nipah Island then increased the speed to 20 knots to approach the ship. "At around 20.00 WIB, the Xiang Yang Hong 03 ship was detected at a distance of 10 Nm from the Bakamla ship. KN Nipah Island 321 opened communication via marine band radio on channel 16 and received a response from the Chinese survey vessel," said Wisnu. Also read: Four Chinese ships enter Japanese waters, the first violation in 2021 Based on the results of communication and identification, it is known that this ship departed from China to the Indian Ocean and passed through Indonesian waters using the right of archipelagic passage according to UNCLOS.
From the information provided, the cause of the undetected AIS in the three time periods was due to a malfunction in the system. Referring to the Regulation of the Minister of Transportation Number 7 of 2019 concerning Installation and Activation of the Automatic Identification System for Ships sailing in Indonesian Waters, dated February 20, 2019, it is said that every vessel with an Indonesian flag and foreign ships sailing in Indonesian territorial waters is obliged to install and activate AIS. After that, KNIPAH 321 Island continued to overshadow the Chinese survey ship until it left the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone (ZEEI).
At around 21.00 WIB, the target ship had left ZEEI. Next, KN Nipah Island 321 turned back to the SAR operation area. "Thursday morning, around 08.00 KN, Nipah Island 321 arrived at the SAR area and rejoined the SAR team with the Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 combined aircraft," added Wisnu.
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are they trying to "mengambil kesempatan dalam kesempitan" while everyone are busy with the SJ 182 recovery operation ?