Indonesia drives out China coast guard in disputed waters


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JAKARTA: Indonesia said it drove out a China Coast Guard vessel from a contested area of the South China Sea on Monday (Oct 21).

The Chinese vessel was disrupting survey activities being conducted by a unit of Indonesia’s state-run oil and gas company PT Pertamina in its working area, the country’s Maritime Security Agency or Bakamla said in a Wednesday statement, posted alongside a video of the encounter on YouTube.

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