{"id":93370,"date":"2017-03-10T01:52:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T06:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=93370"},"modified":"2017-03-10T01:52:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T06:52:40","slug":"afp-mulls-joint-patrols-with-indonesia-malaysia-to-curb-kidnap-attempts-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/10\/afp-mulls-joint-patrols-with-indonesia-malaysia-to-curb-kidnap-attempts-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"AFP mulls joint patrols with Indonesia, Malaysia to curb kidnap attempts at sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_83504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83504\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Major-General-Eduardo-M.-A\u00f1o-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83504\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Major-General-Eduardo-M.-A\u00f1o-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Eduardo A\u00f1o is looking at possible joint patrol with Indonesia and Malaysia to prevent kidnapping attacks at sea by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and other lawless elements.  (Photo by Gil Nartea \/ Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Major-General-Eduardo-M.-A\u00f1o-1-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Major-General-Eduardo-M.-A\u00f1o-1-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Major-General-Eduardo-M.-A\u00f1o-1-1-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Major-General-Eduardo-M.-A\u00f1o-1-1-1024x535.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Eduardo A\u00f1o is looking at possible joint patrol with Indonesia and Malaysia to prevent kidnapping attacks at sea by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and other lawless elements. (Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/news.mb.com.ph\/2016\/12\/07\/afp-names-lt-gen-eduardo-ano-as-new-chief-of-staff\/\">Gil Nartea \/ Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Eduardo A\u00f1o is looking at possible joint patrol with Indonesia and Malaysia to prevent kidnapping attacks at sea by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and other lawless elements.<\/p>\n<p>The patrols, if approved by the heads of states of the three nations, would be deployed in &#8220;common sea of interest,&#8221; the military official said late Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are existing protocols regarding information sharing and coordination on maritime patrols within respective territorial limit. But we want to increase it like having a joint task force to patrol &#8216;common sea of interest&#8217; but that this is still a proposal,&#8221; A\u00f1o said.<\/p>\n<p>He said consultations are now ongoing with his Indonesian and Malaysian counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, ASG bandits conducted a series of attacks against Malaysian and Indonesian tugs and coal carriers, abducting dozens of crew members in the process.<\/p>\n<p>This prompted the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia to agree to explore the idea of joint air patrols in transit corridors considered by the three nations as maritime areas of common concern.<\/p>\n<p>The bandits still hold 31 hostages, most of whom are Indonesian and Malaysian seafarers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Eduardo A\u00f1o is looking at possible joint patrol with Indonesia and Malaysia &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":83504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,16,95],"tags":[4194,3244,12727],"class_list":["post-93370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-abu-sayyaf-group","tag-armed-forces-of-the-philippines","tag-eduardo-ano","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}