Indonesia to ask Malaysia to transfer custody of Chinese salvage ship

Indonesia will ask Malaysia to transfer custody of a Chinese salvage ship that was caught illegally operating in Indonesian waters last month but fled across the maritime border, Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti said Friday."I will contact the Malaysian fisheries ministers for facilitating bilateral discussions to transfer the MV Chuan Hong 68 vessel to Indonesian authorities so it can be processed legally," he said.On April 20, the Indonesian Navy found the 8,352-ton Chinese vessel collecting scrap metal from shipwrecks near the Anambas Islands of Riau Province and…READ FULL ARTICLE