Once again the ABC is stirring the pot siding with Indonesia!
Territorial breaches 'unlikely unintentional'
Lieutenant General Angus Campbell, the commander of Operation Sovereign Borders, said that although an investigation had been launched into the breaches, he was confident they were unintentional.
"I believe our people were acting in good faith at all times," he said of the incursions, adding that the agencies involved in Operation Sovereign Borders regretted "any affront to Indonesia these events may have caused".
Tubagus Hasanuddin said experience and training told him that the incursions were unlikely to have been unintentional, as Australia claimed.
"I studied in Australia - in the military academy. The Australian Navy doesn't have wooden boats, they have warships equipped with modern technology," he said.
"They should have known which part of the water is Indonesia and which is not."
The Indonesian government is yet to say if it has accepted Australia's apology for the incursions, but it has sent four navy ships to patrol its maritime borders to the south.
The retired general says if Australia keeps forcing asylum seeker boats into Indonesian waters, it risks meeting the Indonesian navy head to head on the high seas.
"In my opinion, this will result in tension between nations," he said.
"And it's not impossible a clash between Indonesia and Australia national forces, and I believe that this needs to be avoided. It can't happen.
