Indonesian military blocks Malaysian optical cable project in Anambas


  • Nation
  • Friday, 07 Apr 2017

On alert: Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo (center), accompanied by the Indonesian Navy

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Military (TNI) has blocked a submarine optical cable project being undertaken by a Malaysia-based communications company, PT Sacofa, because it considers it a violation of Indonesia’s sovereignty.

TNI commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo inspected PT Sacofa’s servers and its fibre-optic cables located in West Tarempa village, Siantan district, Anambas regency, Riau Islands, on Wednesday. He demanded the company shut down operations.

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