China Thursday urged Indonesia not to abuse military force after an Indonesian navy warship fired on a Chinese fishing vessel allegedly poaching Monday in the Arafura Sea off the Papua Island.

The incident took place at 10:50 a.m. local time and the navy fired 13 shots at the Chinese boat named Fuyuan 123, killing one man and wounding two crew members. The 10 crew members including the wounded are still detained in Indonesia.

"China hopes the Indonesian government could take effective measures to discipline the navy and relevant units, to shun abuse of force in the course of law enforcement and guarantee no more incidents of this kind will occur in future," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang.

"China and Indonesia as friendly countries should deal with problems in fishing cooperation in a sober and restrained attitude rather than resorting to use of force at will," said Qin at a regular news briefing.

Immediately after the incident occurred, the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Chinese Embassy in Jakarta lodged solemn representations to Indonesia and expressed astonishment and strong dissatisfaction over the navy's inhumane way of law enforcement, said Qin.

China demand the Indonesian side verify the truth as quickly as possible and keep China informed, said Qin. "Meanwhile, the Indonesian side should take every step necessary to provide medical aid to those wounded and guarantee the safety of the other crew members detained."

"China is paying close attention to the ongoing incident and will make further representations to the Indonesian side," Qin said.

The Arafuru Sea is about 3,800 kilometers east of the capital city of Jakarta.

Source: Xinhua