Oil spills from tanker fire hit Batam coast

Local officials inspect black oil spills in Kampung Melayu Nongsa in Batam, Riau Islands, on May 3. - JP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The coastal area of Kampung Melayu Nongsa in Batam, Riau Islands, has been contaminated by oil spills that authorities have said was from a tanker that caught fire in Malaysian waters on Monday (May 1).

Riau Islands head of special crime Sr Comr Nasriadi said that based on satellite data, the oil spills were from a Gabonese-flagged tanker that caught fire in the Outside Port Limits (OPL) waters inside the Malaysian border.