Indonesia seeks to protest when Malaysian aircraft pass through Sebatik Island area. However, the Malaysian Government has never responded to a protest note concerning the violation of airspace posted by the Government of Indonesia from January to June 2015.
"Until now there has been no response from the Government of Malaysia," said Director of Political, Security, and Territorial Cooperation of the Foreign Ministry, Octavino Alimudin, in a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta, Thursday (25/06/2015).
On the same occasion, Octavino asserted that the Indonesian Government had sent two protest notes. He denied the statement by Malaysian Ambassador to Indonesia, Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohamed Hashim, who said he had never received a protest note from the Government of Indonesia.
Octavino explained, two protest notes have been filed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, and the Embassy of Malaysia has obtained the letter. Regarding the denial of the Malaysian ambassador, Octavio suspects the State Affairs Jiran still need time to study the two documents so it can not give an answer.
"They need to check into their internal before responding. They need verification first before responding, "he said.
Octavino explains, there are seven airspace violations that have been done by Malaysian government-owned aircraft. However, he added, only two protest notes are filed because it has memililiki complete data. Five other protest notes are still completed with information before being sent to the Government of Malaysia. According to the Spokesman of the Indonesian Foreign Ministry, Arrmanatha Nassir, protest note immediately after the violation occurred.
"The protest note is sent within hours, at least two days," explained the man familiarly called Tata. Octavino explained, there is no deadline given by the government to get an answer. Indonesia also does not impose sanctions on the Government of Malaysia for such violations.
He said, most importantly, Indonesia has warned Malaysia of its breach and Malaysia does not repeat it.
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