Makassar, S Sulawesi, Oct. 28 -- The Indonesian Navy is securing the cargo ship MV Global 88 in waters off Balikpapan after intercepting it off Majene, West Sulawesi, amid a legal dispute over a shipment of cigarettes bound for Malaysia.

The case remains under investigation, said Balikpapan Naval Base Commander Col. Rudhiro Pratomo, who stressed that the Navy was securing the vessel rather than detaining it in connection with a police report in East Java.

"We are assisting the police," he told reporters in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Tuesday (October 27).

The Navy's KRI (Naval Vessel of the Republic of Indonesia) KRIS intercepted the vessel off Majene on October 19 and escorted it to the Balikpapan naval base over a suspected legal di...