Sampan Blown Up Near Singapore
(N.Z. Press Association —Copyright) SINGAPORE, June 5. A patrol boat shot an intruding Indonesian sampan out of the water last night, killing a number of saboteurs, it was announced today.
The sampan was intercepted j south of Singapore.
When the boat’s crew refused to stop, the patrol craft opened fire and set the sampan on fire. The craft exploded minutes later, with a roar heard in Singapore. Officials estimated 30 pounds of explosives must have been set off. A spokesman said: “In spite of a search afterwards, no survivors were found and it must be assumed that the saboteurs were blown to pieces by their own explosives." The patrol craft was not identified. British, Australian, New Zealand and Malaysian boats are engaged in anti-infiltration duty in the coastal waters of Singapore and the Malaysian mainland.
The spokesman also confirmed another small group of well-armed Indonesian Army regulars landed last Sunday
on the south-east coast of Johore.
He said three “armed regulars” were captured today in south-western Johore. Another group of Indonesians landed in Johore’s southeast coast before dawn on May 30. Fifteen have been captured and one killed and the remnants are being tracked down.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30770, 7 June 1965, Page 11
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