Indonesia summons UK envoy over coral reef destruction

This combo pictures taken on March 4, 2017 shows the Caledonian Sky (top), a British-owned cruise ship, which smashed into pristine coral reefs causing extensive damage in Raja Ampat, a remote corner of Indonesia known as one of the world's most biodiverse marine habitats, and damaged coral reef (bottom) after the ship smashed into it causing extensive damage. -AFP/ filepic

JAKARTA: Indonesia summoned the British ambassador Friday after a cruise ship on a voyage organised by a London-based company smashed into coral reefs in a popular tourist spot and caused extensive damage.

Raja Ampat in eastern Indonesia is one of the most biodiverse marine habitats on Earth, and attracts intrepid travellers and divers to its palm-fringed islands surrounded by coral and fish.