Indonesia warship nabs Cambodian-flagged tanker

Biak, Papua (ANTARA News) - An Indonesian warship, the KRI Tjiptadi, commanded by Major Haris Bima Bayuseto nabbed a Cambodian-flagged motor tanker (MT), the Yon Shun, in the Arafuru Sea on Sunday (Jan. 27), an official said.
The motor tanker carrying 1,060 tons of diesel fuel was nabbed because it did not have the required documents to sail in Indonesian waters, Colonel Jaka Santosa, an intelligence officer at the Indonesian Navy`s Eastern Fleet Command, said here on Wednesday.
The tanker`s skipper, Zhang Zhen, and its 10 Chinese crew members are now being detained at the Indonesian naval base in Tual, Maluku, he said.
"The MT Yong Shun trespassed Indonesian waters as it lacked the required permit and there were indications it was carrying illegally-transferred diesel oil," Colonel Jaka said.
The foreign tanker tried to escape to Australian waters when it was chased by the Indonesian warship, he said.
He said the Chinese motor tanker was possibly part of a syndicate of Chinese fishing boats which often poach in the Arafuru Sea.(*) END