Post by Soutpeel on Jun 2, 2016 6:10:21 GMT 7
Map blunder sparks Indonesia-Singapore row, troop dispatch
JAKARTA - Furious officials sent troops to Indonesian islets near Singapore after an online map of an eco resort mistakenly suggested they belong to the city-state.
Indonesian lawmakers also demanded the country’s sovereignty be defended as anger mounted at the map of the under-construction "Funtasy Island".
The map initially showed Pulau Manis -- islets that make up the resort -- in blue, the same colour as Singapore, prompting outrage in Indonesian media at what they said was an attempt to claim their country’s territory by stealth.
Both governments scrambled to defuse the escalating anger, with the city-state’s foreign ministry saying it was "deeply puzzled" since it did not claim the islands while Jakarta insisted it was a mistake.
Pulau Manis was also changed to red on the website map, one of the colours on the Indonesian flag.
But by this point, Indonesian army and navy personnel had already been dispatched from a local base to the resort to place the country’s flag on the highest point of one of the islands.
www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Map-blunder-sparks-Indonesia-Singapore-row-troop-d-30287170.html
JAKARTA - Furious officials sent troops to Indonesian islets near Singapore after an online map of an eco resort mistakenly suggested they belong to the city-state.
Indonesian lawmakers also demanded the country’s sovereignty be defended as anger mounted at the map of the under-construction "Funtasy Island".
The map initially showed Pulau Manis -- islets that make up the resort -- in blue, the same colour as Singapore, prompting outrage in Indonesian media at what they said was an attempt to claim their country’s territory by stealth.
Both governments scrambled to defuse the escalating anger, with the city-state’s foreign ministry saying it was "deeply puzzled" since it did not claim the islands while Jakarta insisted it was a mistake.
Pulau Manis was also changed to red on the website map, one of the colours on the Indonesian flag.
But by this point, Indonesian army and navy personnel had already been dispatched from a local base to the resort to place the country’s flag on the highest point of one of the islands.
www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Map-blunder-sparks-Indonesia-Singapore-row-troop-d-30287170.html
