JAKARTA - The Indonesian Embassy in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG), accompanied the legal process against as many as 35 fishermen detained in Port Moresby.
"The Indonesian Embassy in Port Moresby is currently accompanying the legal process of 35 fishermen detained in Port Moresby," said Indonesian Ambassador to PNG Andriana Supandi when contacted on Friday, April 25, as reported by Antara.
Andriana said the Indonesian Embassy in Port Moresby had asked the Papua New Guinea National Fisheries Authority (NFA) for permission to meet with 12 Indonesian fishermen who are currently being held in the Bobana prison, PNG.
Meanwhile, 23 fishermen who are crew members of the KM Eka Jaya ship, he continued, the embassy has obtained permits and will immediately visit the port where the ship docked.
He explained, from the information obtained from NFA, three Indonesian fishing boats were arrested while fishing in the "dogleg" area, which is PNG's territorial waters bordering Indonesia.
The three ships are KM Eka Jaya carrying 23 crew members, 7 crew members KM Akifa and KM Bintang Samudra with 5 crew members.
The fishing boats were captured for a separate time, when the PNG (PNGDF) and NFA troops patrolled around the RI-PNG border waters on March 12-15.
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From the information received, the ship owner KM Eka Jaya requested that the punishment given be completed through an administrative process.
On this request, the NFA has sent a penalty notice to ship owners through the Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) in Jakarta regarding the amount of fines set by the PNG Government through NFA based on fisheries violations in accordance with the PNG Fishery Law.
"For how much fine is given, we are still waiting for further information from the KKP," said Andriana.
According to him, for the crew of the two other ships, namely KM Bintang Samudra and KM Akifa, the case has been tried in the PNG court and found guilty.
In the trial on April 4, 2025, the PNG Court ruled that the captain of the two ships was subject to a fine of 150,000 PNG Kina (PNG currency) each for committing three fisheries violations committed in accordance with the PNG Fishery Law.
Meanwhile, 10 crew members were each charged for committing two fisheries violations committed in accordance with the PNG Fishery Law.
"The crew and crew were given three months to pay the entire fine, or threatened with five years in prison," said Andriana.
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