Japan to help RI on maritime safety

Japan to help RI on maritime safety

JAKARTA: Japan will send a coast guard delegation, consisting
of 12 people, here on Wednesday to help Indonesian law enforcers
improve their ability to secure the country's maritime territory.

The Japanese delegation will be led by the head of the Japan
Police's Sea International Crime division, Tatsuro Matsuwaki.

They will also take part in a joint patrol on the Java Sea on
Thursday and discuss antipiracy, antiterrorism and law
enforcement against illegal drugs with their Indonesian
counterparts, Information and Cultural Attache of the Japan
Embassy here, Sachiko Furuya, told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.

The Japanese delegation will also give a patrol ship to
Minister of Communications Syamsul Mu'arif in Batam on Oct. 10.
The ship will operate on the Malacca Strait. --JP