Foreign military ships docking in Malaysia is normal, says Adly

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Deputy Defence Minister Adly on Monday (Oct 21) said the issue involving a Penang school being visited by Chinese navy crew members should not be a matter of concern, as the navies of other countries have also docked in Malaysia in the past.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/22anfxey  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Thank you, Your Honour.

00:02Thank you, Your Honour.

00:03May I speak a little longer?

00:04Because this is a national security issue, Your Honour.

00:07Your Honour, less than two weeks after the government of Penang

00:12gave an extraordinary service to the Classes of Chinese Navy

00:17that docked on Penang Island on 8 October,

00:20today, the Chinese Coast Guard, CZG 5102,

00:27has invaded the Malaysian maritime zone

00:29and illegally docked on the island.

00:33To the extent that the TALDN has been forced to order the KD Selangor ship

00:38to carry out the mission of imitating the presence of this Chinese ship

00:42on this island.

00:44My question to the Minister,

00:46this year alone, how many incidents of invasions

00:51or incidents of Chinese ships

00:54that were found illegally docked

00:56in the Penang Island area

00:58where they stopped and unloaded the ships?

01:01Because this is an act that violates international law.

01:05And how many diplomatic veto notes

01:09have been submitted by the TALDN to the Wisma Putra side

01:12to raise an official state protest against China?

01:16That is why, for me, the service of the government of Penang Island

01:19to the Chinese Coast Guard is not correct,

01:26not sensitive, not fair.

01:28We ask all countries, including China,

01:31to make a phone call.

01:33To make a phone call.

01:35Because when they come, they shop and shop.

01:38But other countries do not invade our country.

01:42Those who invade our country are from China.

01:46Which one?

01:47Look, they have illegally built the port.

01:49This is not a discussion session.

01:51Okay.

01:52In the end, they always invade.

01:53Even if they stop, they have to answer this question.

01:56Honourable Minister.

01:58Thank you, Honourable Minister.

02:01On the question of the addition that was raised,

02:03Dato, you are the advisor, as mentioned by Honourable Minister,

02:08about the port of call.

02:10We actually know that we, in this defense,

02:14we always cooperate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

02:19For us to ensure that when there is a request

02:22from foreign naval ships to invade our country,

02:27we will cooperate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

02:31to ensure that the purpose and purpose is to have common good.

02:39Whether we share information

02:41or share experiences.

02:45Therefore, I think what is happening in Penang

02:49or in any other country,

02:51Sabah also has a port of call.

02:52In Port Klang too.

02:55If you look at the latest,

02:57the USA itself also has a port of call in Port Klang.

03:04And recently I went on a ship from Italy,

03:06and also from Germany and Russia.

03:10As mentioned by Tanah Merah, from China.

03:12I think it does not have to be a polemic for us,

03:16as long as it is under the control and laws of our country.

03:19That is the most important.

03:20Therefore, if we look at part of this port of call,

03:23there are activities with the community.

03:25As was also answered by the Minister of Education

03:29from the cadet students of the army.

03:33So that's how it is if we look at Penang Island.

03:37There was also a school in Sabah,

03:41as an example.

03:43They also implemented community programs

03:47in the port of call program in 2019.

03:50So if we look at...

03:51Mr. Minister, other countries are not as good as ours.

03:54We know that we are an excluded country.

03:58Our attitude is important to us.

04:00And secondly, when it comes to the importance of Ali's party,

04:03we all know.

04:04We all know that it is a challenge to us.

04:07China Coast Guard, and for the Ministry of Defense,

04:10we do not want to be seen as an offensive party

04:14to this Coast Guard.

04:16Because we know that it is under our responsibility.

04:19We work together with APMM,

04:22so that our maritime can also communicate.

04:25What was said earlier about our objections,

04:28we will always make our diplomatic objections

04:31to Wisma Putra.

04:33And it is our responsibility as a ministry.

04:36We know that the responsibility of each country

04:39has its own responsibility.

04:41But what I want to say, Mr. President,

04:44is that we, Malaysia,

04:46the hardest thing is that we want the South China Sea

04:49to be a safe sea.

04:51We know that we have the principle of freedom of navigation.

04:54We have the principle of...

04:57I ask you not to disturb me first.

05:01We know that we have these principles.

05:03So I hope that our safety and security

05:07in the South China Sea will be our priority.

05:10That's why I always say that Malaysia,

05:12one of the principles we use is our defense diplomacy.

05:16China, we know that we have been working together

05:18for more than 50 years.

05:19And this year we are celebrating our 50th anniversary

05:23with Malaysia and China.

05:25So we take advantage of this.

05:27Maybe it's different from our neighbors,

05:29like the Philippines and Vietnam.

05:31But for us, Malaysia,

05:33as long as we take advantage of this diplomacy,

05:35we can carry out our economic activities,

05:38such as our oil exploration,

05:40our fishing activities,

05:44our tourism activities,

05:46and our trading activities,

05:48especially in the sea.

05:49As long as we can carry it out safely,

05:51that is our main priority for Malaysia.

05:55That's all, Mr. President.

05:56Mr. President, you didn't answer my question.

05:59I want to ask,

06:00how many incidents of change

06:02and how many diplomatic notes?

06:04Those two questions were not answered.

06:07Mr. President, you can answer in writing.

06:10Let's move on to the second question.

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