Illegally Entering Indonesia, KKP Tarakan Destroys 700 Kilograms Of Malaysian Fresh Fish

Malaysian fresh fish destroyed (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) through the Fish Quarantine, Quality Control and Safety of Fishery Products (Balai KIPM) in Tarakan, North Kalimantan, destroyed 700 kg of illegal fresh fish sent from Malaysia.

The head of the KIPM Center, Tarakan Umar, stated that this extermination was intended to provide a warning so that a similar incident would not be repeated.

Umar explained that this fishery commodity was confiscated by the KIPM Nunukan Jurisdiction officer (Wilker) after coordinating with the Lanal Nunukan team on February 5, 2021.

The chronology of the case begins when the Nunukan Navy Base team, which was on patrol, stopped a boat.

The stop occurred in the waters of Gosong Makassar Nunukan at a position of 4°0.820´N 117° at around 01.51 Central Indonesia Time.

"After being examined at the location of the stop, 20 boxes of fresh fish were found which were not equipped with quarantine documents and other required documents," said Umar in a press release received in Jakarta, Saturday, February 20, reported by Antara.

Furthermore, at around 14:42 Central Indonesia Time, Nunukan Navy Base contacted and coordinated with BKIPM of Nunukan Jurisdiction.

Umar added, his staff then followed up on the case and obliged the reported party to make a Statement Letter.

Not only that, for goods in the form of flying fish and household as many as 20 boxes with a volume of 700 kg, a quarantine measure was taken, namely rejection, in which the fish were rejected or sent back to their home country, namely Malaysia.

"However, the fish owners confirmed that they would not send the fish back to Malaysia and handed over to the fish quarantine officials to carry out further quarantine measures, namely extermination, according to article 16 paragraph 1 and Article 48 of Law No. 21 of 2019," said Umar.