5 boats were intercepted on Sunday near Indonesia's Natuna islands. FMTNews Indonesia Detain FishingBoat Vietnam
JAKARTA: Indonesia says it has detained dozens of crew from Vietnamese boats fishing illegally in waters that were the scene of a diplomatic spat with China earlier this year.
Last year Indonesia accused the Vietnamese coastguard of ramming one of its vessels to stop the interception of a boat fishing illegally. Jakarta claims the area in the southernmost reaches of the South China Sea as its exclusive economic zone.
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