2015-05-21

Indonesia Asserts Sovereignty, Blows Up Fishing Vessels Including A Large Chinese Boat

Indonesia sinks 41 foreign boats to warn against poaching
Indonesian authorities blew up and sank 41 foreign fishing vessels Wednesday as a warning against poaching in the country's waters.

The vessels from a variety of countries were blown up in several ports across the archipelago, which has some of the world's richest fishing grounds.

...The boats, seized from Chinese, Malaysian, Philippine, Thai and Vietnamese fishermen, were blown up on National Awakening Day, which commemorates the first political movement toward Indonesia's independence.

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