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A US plan to sell a “historic” military patrol boat to Indonesia has prompted backlash domestically from campaigners who argue the ship belongs in a museum and not in Indonesia, which they describe as a country “plagued by radical Islamic terrorism and human rights abuses”. The planned sale reflects Washington’s commitment to building maritime capabilities of Southeast Asian states to counter China in the region but Jakarta may be better off buying new vessels rather than decommissioned US ships, experts said. The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency on April 2 formally informed Congress of its plan to sell Coast Guard...
