Usman-Harun jadi Nama KRI TNI AL Sesuai Prosedur
Usman-Harun as Name of Navy`s Newest Ship has been through Procedures
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Penetapan nama Usman Harun sebagai kapal baru KRI milik TNI AL melalui prosedur yang berlaku, karena keduanya adalah pahlawan nasional yang berjasa kepada bangsa.
"Proses penamaan sudah melalui prosedur dan dilakukan oleh anggota tim yang ditunjuk. Kami memilih nama KRI Usman Harun karena mereka adalah pahlawan nasional yang berjasa kepada bangsa ini," kata juru Angkatan Laut Laksamana Pertama TNI Untung Suropati di Jakarta, Kamis (6/2).
Terkait protes pemerintah Singapura yang menyatakan keberatan dengan penamaan kapal tersebut, Untung menyebutkan hal itu bukan merupakan wewenang TNI AL.
"Saya rasa Kementerian Luar Negeri yang harus bicara mengenai itu," katanya.
Sebelumnya diberitakan pemerintah Singapura menyatakan keprihatinannya atas penamaan kapal baru milik TNI Angkatan Laut dengan nama KRI Usman Harun. Protes tersebut dilatarbelakangi oleh peristiwa konfrontasi antara Malaysia dan Indonesia tahun 1962-1966.
Akibat konfrontasi tersebut, pada 10 Maret 1965 dua anggota Korps Komando Indonesia yakni Usman Haji Mohamed Ali dan Harun Said melakukan pengeboman di MacDonald House, Orchard Road, Singapura, yang menewaskan tiga orang dan melukai 33 lainnya.
Gabungan dua nama Usman Haji Mohamed Ali dan Harun Said inilah yang saat ini dipakai sebagai nama kapal Angkatan Laut yang baru.
Jakarta (B2B) - The naming of Indonesian Navys newest ship Usman Harun has been through procedures.
"We depict the name from two Indonesian national heroes," spokesman to Indonesian Navy First Marshall Untung Suropati said here on Thursday.
As to a protest from Singapore government regarding the name Usman Harun, Untung said that it was not his capacity to comment on the issue.
"I think the Foreign Affairs Ministry which must address the issue," he said.
Earlier Singapores Straits Times media reported Singapore has registered its concerns over Indonesia's naming of a navy ship after two Indonesian marines who took part in the 1965 bombing of MacDonald House on Orchard Road.
Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokesman said on Wednesday night that Foreign Minister K Shanmugam spoke to his Indonesian counterpart, Dr Marty Natalegawa, to register these concerns "and the impact this would have on the feelings of Singaporeans, especially the families of the victims".
"The two Indonesian marines were found guilty of the bombing which killed three people and injured 33 others," the MFA spokeman said in response to media queries.
"Singapore had considered this difficult chapter in the bilateral relationship closed in May 1973 when then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew visited and scattered flowers on the graves of the two marines," he added.
The duo were members of Indonesia's special Operations Corps Command, which is today the Marine Corps, and had been ordered to infiltrate Singapore during Indonesia's Confrontation with Malaysia.
Then-president Sukarno had opposed the formation of Malaysia, which Singapore was part of from September 1963 to August 1965, as a puppet state of the British.
Both marines were convicted and executed in Singapore in 1968 for the March 10, 1965 bombing of MacDonald House, which stands near where Dhoby Ghaut MRT station is today.
Their hanging caused tense in Indonesia-Singapore bilateral ties for several years. The marines were welcomed home as heroes, and given a ceremonial funeral at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in South Jakarta.
Relations between Singapore and Indonesia were restored when Mr Lee Kuan Yew visited Jakarta in 1973, and sprinkled flowers on the marines' graves.
