Singapore angry at Indonesia move to name navy ship for convicted bombers

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Anger is mounting in Singapore over neighboring Indonesia's decision to name a new naval ship after two marines executed for a 1960s bombing in the city state's main shopping district that left three people dead. Three Singapore ministers have asked their Indonesian counterparts to reconsider the move to name a new frigate after Osman Haji Mohamed Ali and Harun Said, who were convicted for the March 1965 bombing of MacDonald House on Orchard Road. The issue is likely to be another pressure point in the delicate relationship between the two Southeast Asian neighbors whose ties were tested last year when the annual burning of Indonesian forests blanketed Singapore in a thick smog. "The two Indonesian marines were found guilty of the bombing, which killed three people and injured 33 others," said a spokesman for Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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