The Netherlands has sent a protest to Indonesia linked to the loss of his country's wreck in the Java Sea, which sank in February 1942.
Media Germany, Deutche Welle, in its issue of Thursday (17/11/2016), reported the Dutch Defence Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert have protested to Indonesia.
The Ministry said three Dutch marines ship sank in the Java Sea in the battle with the Japanese in February 1942.
In a large sea war against Japan in the Java Sea in 1942, the Dutch lost 1,200 sailors.
Now, ahead of the 75th anniversary event, the Netherlands wants to celebrate and set up a memorial.
However, it turns out the carcasses ship that is not there in the first place is found. In fact, nearly 15 years ago, divers found the carcass of a third ship was at the bottom of the Java Sea.
Teams of divers only found traces of the sinking of the ship, but the ship itself no longer exists.
Some local fishermen told Dutch television, the possibility of wrecks have been pulled ashore and stripped citizens to be sold again.
The marine vessel is Hr Ms Kortenaer, Hr Ms Java, and warships mainstay Hr Ms De Ruyter whose length is 170 meters.
Dutch Defence Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert have protested to Indonesia.
"This is a military grave sites, and they must be respected," said Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert on Dutch television on Wednesday (11/16/2016).
He demanded a full investigation into what happened to the ship wrecks it.
Not only the Netherlands is losing its warships.
Britain also urged the Indonesian government to investigate the existence of shipwrecks British Navy were also immersed in the great sea battle 1942.
Spokesman for the British Ministry of Defence said in London that his government was surprised by the news of the loss of the carcass of a number of Royal Navy ships that appear to have been taken illegally and sold as scrap metal.
Earlier, the British daily Guardian reported that three British ships and one submarine has been stripped of US illegally by scrap metal scavengers.
British Defense Ministry said that an international investigation team has now been formed and are investigating.
Two years ago, the US military also expressed their "illegal interference of the military burial site" in the Java Sea.
What is meant is the wreck of the USS Houston, which sank in the Sunda Strait with 650 solider and sailor.
February 1942, allied Netherlands, UK, USA, and Australia tried to block the Japanese military invasion to the island of Java.
Their efforts failed. Of the 17 allied warships were deployed, 10 ships sunk Japan, which then controlled Java.
The seas around Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore became a graveyard for more than 100 ships and submarines during World War II.
