Dubes China di Indonesia Akan Dipanggil Kemenlu Lantaran Insiden di Natuna
Indonesia Says to Summon China Ambassador over Natuna Sea Fishing Boat Incident
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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PEMERINTAH Indonesia akan memanggil duta besar China di Jakarta menyikapi insiden yang melibatkan kapal nelayan China di kawasan perairan Natuna, Provinsi Kepulauan Riau.
Pemanggilan ini terjadi di tengah ketegangan di Laut Cina Selatan menyikapi upaya China melakukan reklamasi lahan di sana, dan langkah tersebut tampaknya merupakan bagian dari pembuatan dermaga kapal. Beberapa negara di Asia Tenggara pun ikut mengklaim kawasan tersebut.
Indonesia berusaha untuk menahan kapal Cina yang melakukan penangkapan ikan secara ilegal di perairan dekat Laut Cina Selatan yang diperebutkan ketika penjaga pantai China pun campur tangan, kata Menteri Kelautan dan Perikanan Susi Pudjiastuti kepada pers di Jakarta.
"Kami akan meminta duta besar China tentang pelanggaran terhadap kedaulatan wilayah Indonesia, karena masih terjadi praktik pencurian ikan di sana," kata Susi, seraya menambahkan bahwa duta besar China akan dipanggil oleh Kementerian Luar Negeri RI pada Senin.
"Pemerintah mereka mestinya tidak membela tindakan ilegal dan melanggar undang-undang di Indonesi terkait penangkapan ikan," katanya.
Pejabat kedutaan Cina dan pejabat Kementerian Luar Negeri RI tidak bersedia untuk menanggapi hal itu seperti dikutip Reuters yang dilansir MailOnline.
China mengklaim kawasan Laut China Selatan yang juga diklaim oleh beberapa negara Asia Tenggara. Sementara Indonesia tidak termasuk negara yang turut bersengketa di Laut China Selatan, tetapi telah menyuarakan keprihatinan atas klaim China terhadap kawasan yang kaya sumber alam.
INDONESIA will summon the Chinese ambassador in Jakarta over an incident involving a Chinese fishing vessel in the Natuna Sea, a minister said on Sunday.
The move comes amid heightened tensions in the South China Sea over China's land reclamation there and over its claims on vast swathes of what is an important shipping corridor. Several Southeast Asian countries have overlapping claims in the area.
Indonesia was attempting to detain the Chinese vessel for fishing illegally in waters near the contested South China Sea when a Chinese coast guard vessel intervened, fisheries minister Susi Pudjiastuti told reporters in Jakarta.
"What we will ask the ambassador is that if they say their nine-dash line does not claim Natuna then why is there still illegal fishing happening there," Pudjiastuti said, adding the Chinese ambassador will be summoned by the foreign ministry on Monday.
"Their government should not stand behind illegal and unregulated fishing," she said.
Chinese embassy officials and Indonesian foreign ministry officials were not immediately available for comment.
China claims vast swathes of the South China Sea that are also claimed by several Southeast Asian countries. Indonesia is not a claimant in the disputed South China Sea, but has raised concerns over China's inclusion of the resource-rich Natuna Islands in its so-called "nine-dash line".
