China's foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said in a press briefing that the coastguard ship did not enter Indonesian territorial waters and it went to assist a fishing vessel "being attacked in traditional Chinese fishing grounds."
The Jakarta Post reported that Indonesia tried to capture a Chinese trawler it believed was illegally fishing in its waters in the disputed South China Sea Sunday when a Chinese coastguard vessel intervened, colliding with the ship to prevent it being towed away.
"We want to protest strongly and deliver a note containing the following information: first the infringement by the Chinese coastguard on Indonesian sovereign and jurisdiction rights in the Exclusive Economy Zone (EEZ) as well as in our waters," Marsudi told a news conference Monday.
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