Indonesia "feels sabotaged" in its efforts to maintain peace in the disputed South China Sea and may bring its latest maritime altercation with China to an international court, a minister said Monday.

Indonesia is not embroiled in rival claims with China over the South China Sea and has instead seen itself as an "honest broker" in disputes between China and the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.

But an incident over the weekend involving an Indonesian patrol boat, and a Chinese coast guard vessel and fishing boat in what Indonesia said was its waters has angered Jakarta and led to its questioning of its work to promote peace.