Has Singapore Been Stealing Indonesia?

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Since the tiny city island nation of Singapore claimed independence from Malaysia it has been growing in size by taking sand and rock from Indonesia. It has now taken enough rocks and sand from Indonesia to increase its size from an original 581 sq km to a current 650 km.

No one is really living on these islands, but Indonesia is worried that it could lose the fishing rights to fish off these islands if they disappear from view. And that's because the governments around the globe set a certain distance for fishing rights off the coast of a countries land.

But if there is no visible land to mark the fishing rights, Indonesia would be forced to consider former parts of its nation as international waters, where all nations would have the right to fish there. So as a result, the Indonesian Navy has been trying to stop the Singapore cargo ships from taking anymore of their land.

But there are now pirates that are also actively engaged in trying to steal land from Indonesia, despite the Indonesian Navy's valiant try to protect the land. Currently Singapore has long range plans to reclaim from the sea another 100 sq km's. And where will the sand and rock come from for that? That's what Indonesia is wondering.