Indonesia’s naval officers have asked $375,000 to let go of a tanker they detained around last week, accusing it of illegally anchoring in waters of Indonesia off Singapore, two individuals involved in negotiations regarding the unofficial payment mentioned.
The incident came to light after Reuters had reported a dozen of similar detentions in 2021. In those cases, the ship owners had reportedly made an unofficial payment of about $300,000 each, and the vessels detained by the navy east of...