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Security guards step up their measures after a deadly clash between terrorism inmates and supporters of local thug John Kei erupted on Nusakambangan prison island on Nov. 7. - JP
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): As many as 15 drug convicts have been transferred from Kerobokan penitentiary in Bali to the maximum security Nusakambangan prison island in Cilacap, Central Java as part of efforts to clean up penitentiaries of alleged drug trafficking business by inmates.
Three foreign inmates were among the convicts transferred on Wednesday (Dec 16).
The spokesman for the Bali chapter of the Law and Human Rights Ministry, I Putu Surya Dharma, said the transfer was carried out in the early morning of Wednesday.
Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Panjaitan.
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The government has decided to ban crowd-pulling events and New Year s Eve celebrations from Dec 18 to Jan 8 in a bid to prevent a spike in Covid-19 transmissions during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday season.
Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investments Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said the decision was based on the continued and significant rise in new Covid-19 cases, particularly following a five-day weekend at the end of October. The number of daily new cases and the death toll have continued to increase since the late October [extended break]. Prior to this, we had seen a relatively downward trend, Luhut said on Monday (Dec 14) in a meeting with the governors of Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East Java and Bali.
Rizieq Shihab was declared a suspect and detained in relation to a Nov 14 mass event. - AFP
JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): Indonesian vigilante group Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has enticed ex-members of disbanded Muslim hardline group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) to join them, and conducted army-like training for young recruits.
The revelation came as police released more details of what happened during a shoot-out between police and FPI leader Rizieq Shihab s bodyguards last week. They recruited the die-hard types from Garut, Sukabumi, Bogor to train in Megamendung to become laskar (paramilitary troops), said a senior government official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The Satellite of Republic Indonesia (Satria) project, the country’s biggest telecommunication satellite to date, is on track for launch in 2023 despite prior talks of delay because of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to an executive from the project’s manufacturer.
Thales Indonesia president director Erik-Jan Raatgerink said that while the pandemic had delayed the initial kick-off and interfered with communications, the manufacturing was progressing as scheduled.
“Fortunately, we have not faced huge challenges. The programme is on track, ” he told The Jakarta Post in an exclusive interview on Dec 10.
“The schedule is tight but we are moving full speed ahead to have it delivered in 2023.”