Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Lieutenant-General (LG) Neo Kian Hong and his counterpart Commander-in-Chief of the Indonesian National Defence Forces Admiral (ADM) Agus Suhartono officiated during the 20th anniversary of the Indonesia-Singapore Coordinated Patrol (ISCP) in the Changi Command and Control Centre at Changi Naval Base this morning.
The ISCP was established in 1992 to combat sea robberies in the Singapore Strait and Philip Channel, through collaborative efforts by the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), the Singapore Police Coast Guard (PCG), the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) and the Indonesian National Police (POLRI). These efforts have resulted in a significant decrease in the number of sea robberies from 27 incidents in 1992 to eight in 2011.
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