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        "id": 1163820,
        "msgid": "malacca-needs-more-warships-says-tni-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-05-30 00:00:00",
        "title": "Malacca needs more warships, says TNI",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Malacca needs more warships, says TNI JAKARTA: The Indonesian Military (TNI) requires at least 36 warships to ensure effective security in the Strait of Malacca, where piracy is rampant, a senior officer said on Saturday. Western Region Fleet Military Commander Second Vice Adm. Didik Purnomo said that 36 warships were needed because pirates were well-organized and equipped with more sophisticated weapons. \"In order to operate maximally, we need 36 warships in the Strait of Malacca.",
        "content": "<p>Malacca needs more warships, says TNI<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: The Indonesian Military (TNI) requires at least 36<br>\nwarships to ensure effective security in the Strait of Malacca,<br>\nwhere piracy is rampant, a senior officer said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Western Region Fleet Military Commander Second Vice Adm. Didik<br>\nPurnomo said that 36 warships were needed because pirates were<br>\nwell-organized and equipped with more sophisticated weapons.<\/p>\n<p>\"In order to operate maximally, we need 36 warships in the<br>\nStrait of Malacca. Now we only have six,\" he said after<br>\nconducting an inspection off Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, along<br>\nwith his successor Vice Adm. Tejo E. Purdijatno.<\/p>\n<p>Didik will transfer his current post to Tejo on Monday at<br>\nDermaga Ujung port in Surabaya, East Java, in a ceremony to be<br>\nled by Navy chief Adm. Slamet Soebijanto.<\/p>\n<p>During Saturday's traditional event, Didik and Tejo made a<br>\ndirect inspection of Indonesian warships. --Antara<\/p>",
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