Jakarta to speak out on Chinese claims

JAKARTA: Indonesia will openly express its opposition to China’s vast claims in the West Philippine (South China) Sea when Southeast Asian senior officials, ministers and leaders gather over the coming days in Kuala Lumpur for a series of annual meetings, stressing that China’s so-called “nine-dash lines” map has no legal basis, a government source said Friday.

The area contained in the so-called nine-dash lines, which covers most of the South China