Search This Blog

Friday, February 21, 2014

Parliament 2014: Indonesian warship in naming row barred from S'pore

Nakhoda Ragam+classSingapore will not allow the Indonesian warship named after two marines, whose 1965 bombing of MacDonald House killed three people and injured 33, to stop at its ports or naval bases.

It will also not be possible for the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), as "protectors of this nation", to sail alongside or take part in training exercises with the ship KRI Usman Harun, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said in Parliament on Tuesday.

He was replying to Mr Zaqy Mohamad (Chua Chu Kang GRC), who had asked how the Defence Ministry and SAF would respond to the Indonesian Navy's decision to name the frigate after the duo who had bombed the Orchard Road building during Indonesia's Confrontation against Malaysia, which then included Singapore.

Read more
om

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.