Her favourite tactic: seizing foreign fishing vessels and then blowing them up to smithereens to send a message to her country's neighbours. Whereas 10,000 foreign vessels used to fish in Indonesian waters "like in their own country", she said the new reality was clear: "Not anymore." On taking office, she quickly declared a fishing moratorium for foreign vessels that had often operated under Indonesian flags. And to ram the point home, Indonesian authorities have sunk more than 300 foreign fishing vessels. Few are Chinese fishing vessels, which are bigger, faster and often accompanied by their country's coast guard, making it harder to police their activities, she added.

Source: Bangkok Post May 13, 2017 07:52 UTC