Why does Indonesia view us with suspicion?
because they tot we kapo their sand : their islands in Rhio
sinking.
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From : http://www.singapore-window.org/sw04/040515af.htm
Singapore maintains all reclamation is within its territorial
waters but Indonesia fears it could lose out if the city state were
to redraw its borders based after the reclamation.
In February Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri travelled on
a warship to the small island of Nipah on the maritime border with
Singapore to reinforce her country's claim to it.
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http://www.littlespeck.com/region/CForeign-SEA-030802.htm
Nipah Island, one of 83 border islands serving as points of
reference for Indonesia's sea borders, is at the centre of
Singapore's current dispute with Jakarta.
Nipah lies dead in front of the main reclamation work and is now
almost submerged.
Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Rokhmin Dahuri points
out that if the island sinks completely the international boundary
between Indonesia and Singapore will change - to Singapore's
advantage.
Though the two countries have an existing agreement on marine
territory, they have not yet settled their continental coastlines
and economic exclusive zones (EEZs).
The Convention on the Law of the Sea states that marine territory
is measured based on the coastal base line.
Jakarta is concerned that in the future, some Riau land could thus
be claimed as Singapore's on the basis that if Singapore gets
wider, its territorial line will also get wider
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Ai yoh, so like that how?
