Malaysian Monitoring Post Does not Violate Borderlines: Military

Nunukan, N Kalimantan (Antara) - Chief of the 0911/Nunukan District Militarh Command Lt. Col. Putra Widastawa said the Malaysian monitoring post built near Nunukan District, North Kalimantan, did not violate the borderlines of the two countries. "Based on the field check and confirmation from the local Navy and the topography of the VI/Mulawarman Regional Military Command, the Malaysian monitoring post does not violate agreements," Lt. Col. Putra Widstawa said here over the weekend. The documents that are used by the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) included the 1891 British-Dutch Convention in London and the Boundary Agreement in Tawau in 1915. There is also the Boundary Convention 1928 in The Hague and the Memorandum of Understanding on the Indonesia-Malaysia border survey in 1973. "Based on the agreements, the Malaysian monitoring post built in the waters of Pulau Kayu Mati Island tip (Nunukan) doest not violate the border because it is still within the Malaysian territory," Putra Widastawa clarified. He said that the statement of a local figure in Nunukan who said that the Malaysian monitoring post is built within the Indonesian waters could not yet be accounted for, unless there were supporting facts such as maps made before the 1891 agreement. (*)