RSIS Professors Pay Tribute to Alumnus Heri Oktavian, The Commander of Sunken Indonesian Submarine

CNA Online

26 April 2021

This article also appeared in Times of News, Tribun Pekanbaru (Indonesia), and News beezer (US).

Faculty at RSIS have extended their condolences after the death of an alumnus who was the commander of Indonesia’s sunken KRI Nanggala 402 submarine. Lieutenant Colonel Heri Oktavian was a postgraduate student at RSIS in 2014 and did a Master of Science in Strategic Studies, said the school on Monday (Apr 26). “Heri Oktavian always spoke fondly of his service in the Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Laut,” said masters programme coordinator Dr Bernard Loo, referring to the Indonesian navy. “He was also an inspiring figure to his fellow mariners, able to encourage them to strive for greater heights in their studies and their careers,” said Associate Professor, Dr. Leonard Sebastian, coordinator of the school’s Indonesia programme.

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