China’s coastguard has entered a stand-off with its Indonesian counterpart in the southernmost reaches of the South China Sea as it attempts to enforce Beijing’s expansive territorial claims.
中国海警与印尼方面在南海最南端陷入对峙，当时中国海警试图强化北京方面的广泛领土主张。
Indonesia’s Maritime Safety Agency, or Bakamla, said on Thursday that it had for the second time this week driven Chinese coastguard ships out of waters under Indonesian jurisdiction, where the vessels had been disrupting resource survey work.
印尼海事安全局(Bakamla)周四表示，本周已第二次将中国海警船驱逐出印尼管辖海域，原因是其在该海域干扰资源勘探工作。
The agency had said on Wednesday that it “expelled” a Chinese coastguard vessel from waters north of Indonesia’s Natuna islands near the Norwegian-flagged vessel Geo Coral, which is prospecting for Jakarta’s state-owned energy company Pertamina in the gas-rich waters. According to ship tracking data, the vessel, China Coast Guard 5402, returned on Tuesday to the area.
印尼海事安全局周三表示，其将一艘中国海警船“驱逐”出印尼纳土纳(Natuna)群岛以北靠近悬挂挪威国旗的船只“Geo Coral”号的海域，“Geo Coral”号正在这片富含天然气的水域为雅加达的国有能源公司印尼国家石油公司(Pertamina)进行勘探。船舶跟踪数据显示，这艘名为“中国海警5402”的船只周二返回了该海域。