19 November, 1962. At about 6.30 a.m. an Indonesian gun-boat was seen approaching from the North within territorial waters but it did not remain there and proceeded towards the direction of International waters. The bearings of the incident were :Longitude 103” 27’ 54 sets. East. Latitude 01” 16’ 18 sets. North. Description of gun-boat. It was grey in colour, number unknown, no flag and dinghy, bearing No. 702 in the boat. A cannonmounted on forecastle. Size 80 ft. long. Description of crew.No crew was seen on deck.
19 November, 1962. At 3 p.m. an Indonesian patrol boat chased four Indonesian vessels in Malayan territorial waters while being towed to Singapore. Whilst they were off Pulau Lima, south-east coast of Johore, en-route for Indonesia, a shot was fired by the patrol boat and one of the sailing vessels with 20 Indonesians ran aground. They swam ashore and were taken by local residents to Malayan Police inRamunia, Malaya. Their craft was destroyed by waves and the other three Indonesian crafts escaped by sailing close to shore. The gun-boat was identifiedas light-blue and white, with a crew of five.
19 November, 1962. At 06.30 hours a Malayan Police boat P 5 sighted an Indonesian BT Class gun-boat in Malayan territorial waters, 1 mile south of Pulau Kujop. On being recognised, the Indonesian left the area. Its dinghy carried the number BT 702. Kapal Di-Raja Langka Suka of the Royal Malayan Navy proceeded to the area to support P 5 but the Indonesian BT craft did not reappear. The Indonesian BT craft did not show any identification numbers.
19 November, 1962 At about 3 p.m. an Indonesian patrol vessel approached a Malayan motorboat towing four Indonesian sailing boats (coming from Singapore) in the vicinity of Pulau Lima, off Tanjong Sepang. On seeing the patrol boat, the Malayan motor-boat cut the tow rope and escaped and the sailing boats were then set adrift.The biggest sailing boat had a crew of 20 Indonesians and, owing to strong waves, it was swept to shallow waters near Telok Ramunia in Malaya where it ran aground. An Indonesian patrol vessel fired a shot at them and they jumped overboard, swam ashore and hid in the mangrove. The Indonesian patrol vessel returned to Indonesia as it could not come close to shore. The bearings of the incident were: Longitude 104” 17’ 30 sets. East. Latitude 01” 22’ 45 sets. North. Description of Indonesia Patrol Vessel It was similar to P Class boat used by the Federation Police. The hull was grey and the superstructure was white. It had no funnel, no dinghy and no flag. No identification number was visible. Description of Indonesian crew As seen from a distance a few Indonesians were dressed in white shirts and white shorts. No weapon was seen.
27 December, 1962. At 3.30 a.m. a Malayan Police boat P 2 sighted two Indonesian armed BT Class boats in Malayan waters, off Sungei Sengarang, Johore. The BTs with their superior speed kept just ahead of the Malayan Police vessel but remained inside the Malayan waters. The RMN despatched K.D. Mahamiruto the area and on arrival, sighted the offending craft which immediately departed for Indonesia.
28 December, 1962. At 8 p.m. a Malayan Police boat P 2 reported sighting an Indonesian BT Class boat within Malayan waters, off Berut, Johore.
28 December, 1962. At about 11.20 a.m. an Indonesian gun-boat was sighted near Kuala Berut, Pontian, Johore, Malaya (about 2 miles away from the coast within Malayan territorial waters) by an officer in command of a Malayan Marine Police launch P 2. On seeing the Marine Police P 2 approaching, the Indonesian gun-boat immediately fled at high speed towards the direction of Pulau Kukop. Later the gun-boat altered her course towards lnternational waters and disappeared. At about 1.30 p.m. the same day, two more Indonesian gun-boats were sighted by P 2 at approximately I& miles south of Pulau Kukop within Malayan territorial waters.
At the same time, a Royal Malayan Navy, Kapal Di-Raja Langka Suka, was seen approaching Pulau Kukop from the direction of Tanjong Piah. On seeing this the two Indonesian gun-boats immediately fled, one northwards at high speed and the other towards Pulau Karimun, Indonesia. Both hoisted their Indonesian flags when they reached International waters. No property was lost or damaged by either side as this was merely a violation of territorial waters. The bearings of the incident were: Latitude 01’ 3 1’ North. Longitude 103” 15’ East. Description of Indonesian gun-boat It was grey in colour, with no number visible. Its length was about 90 ft., BT Class, with a sharp bow. It had one cannon mounted on forecastle. Description of Iudouesian crew There were about 10. All were dressed in plain clothes, unarmed. |