ANNEX 6
NATIONAL REPORTS
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
To date there are no recorded reports of piracy incidents within Brunei's territorial waters or within their areas of jurisdiction or in their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
To prevent incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships, the Marine Police enforces law and order within the territorial sea while the country's Royal Navy does the same in the EEZ.
Brunei Darussalam would give its support and co-operation to countries seeking assistance to combat or prevent piracy and armed robbery whether regionally or at international level.
CAMBODIA
According to the relevant law of Cambodia, only the Navy is the authority responsible for navigational safety. However in the past year the Marine Police has also been given responsibility for this and thus the jurisdiction between the Navy and the Marine Police is not clearly defined.
According to the police report, from 1989 to 1999 there were 2 cases of armed robbery against ships in Cambodia's territorial sea and these two cases were against local fishing boats.
CHINA
The Chinese Government attaches great importance to the maintenance of navigational safety and security in its waters. In the country, the Security Authority is the department responsible for security at sea. All of the ships and boats of the Security Authority are used according to China's law for the enforcement of public order within the territorial waters of China. Their task is mainly to strictly combat maritime crimes, maintain China's maritime rights and interests, and create good maritime order for navigation and production. They can also exercise the right of control and "hot pursuit" in order to prevent and fight those activities against China's law within China's territory.
According to the relevant law of China, the Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) of China is the authority responsible for navigational safety. The RCC of China, which has its base in the MSA of China, is responsible for co-ordinating and organizing search and rescue work and assists in locating lost ships within the area of responsibility. Having about 30,000 employees and more than 1000 ships and boats, the MSA of China's function is to supervise the safety of traffic at sea and prevent pollution from ships, inspect ships and maritime facilities, and implement the relevant administrative law.
In order to effectively combat piracy against ships, the MSA has requested their PSC inspectors to strengthen supervision, inspection and management, i.e. to resolutely ban any ship which does not possess a ship's name, port of registry and certificates. They always immediately examine doubtful ships possibly re-decorated or feigned. Upon receiving the request to assist in the search for lost ships, the RCC follows the IMO recommendation to timely inform every port authority's inspector of such a request. It is through the excellent work and efforts of these PSC inspectors, that several lost ships were successfully traced in 1998 making a great contribution to the effort against piracy.
