Indonesian navy investigating mongolian tanker for carrying illegal crude

Indonesian navy investigating mongolian tanker for carrying illegal crude

Muntok, Bangka Belitung (ANTARA News) – The Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) is investigating a Mongolian-registered tanker impounded in the Bangka Strait last Saturday for allegedly carrying crude oil to Singapore.

“The case is still being investigated. We assume the crude oil came from Sumatra and was to be sent to Singapore,” sea battle group commander of the Indonesian Western Fleet Command Commodore Harjo Susmoro, said during a press conference here on Saturday.

He added that he did not know where the 485 tons of crude oil, worth about Rp2 billion, originated from.

“Over the past week we have questioned six crew members of the MT Zonda, who are all Indonesian citizens. Based on the investigatio