S'pore intrusion proven: Malaysia

Fri, 30 Oct 1998 | Source: AFP

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia has sent a memorandum to Singapore backing its claim of intrusions by the island's military planes into Malaysian air space, Defense Minister Syed Hamid Albar said on Thursday.

The national news agency Bernama quoted him as saying that detailed information about such intrusions had been forwarded to Singapore's foreign ministry by its Malaysian counterpart.

"I have got information about incidents we consider a breach (of our air space). We have gone through the normal channel which is the foreign ministry to bring it up," he said in rebutting an editorial in Singapore's Straits Times.

Syed Hamid showed reporters a document containing reported incidents of intrusion by Singapore aircraft supported by their exact location, types of aircraft and the times they happened.

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