JAKARTA: Indonesia's Stock Exchange reopened for the afternoon session on Monday after about a dozen people were injured in a floor collapse. All staff were safe, it said. "A hundred percent of bourse members are connected and safe. Bourse system is not affected," exchange chief Tito Sulistio told reporters outside the building in central Jakarta, according to Reuters.Earlier, dozens of police officials were cordoning off the two-tower, multi-storey complex as many people ran away and others were seen sitting on steps outside the lobby.Director of the stock exchange Alpino Kianjaya declined to comment on the incident.Images circulating on social media showed a mangled metal structure that had collapsed around a Starbucks cafe near the entrance to the lobby.Bloomberg quoted spokesman Rheza Andhika as saying that the floor collapsed into the ground level of the bourse’s Tower 2 and that it wasn’t an explosion. Footage aired on local television MetroTV showed several people … [Read more...] about Injuries at Indonesia bourse after floor collapse
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Injuries at Indonesia bourse after reports of collapsed structure
JAKARTA: Around a dozen injured people were carried on stretchers out of the Indonesia Stock Exchange on Monday, eyewitnesses said, after reports of a collapsed structure inside the building. Dozens of police officials were cordoning off the two-tower, multi-storey complex as many people ran away and others were seen sitting on steps outside the lobby, according to Reuters.Director of the stock exchange Alpino Kianjaya declined to comment on the incident. Markets are currently in midday break and are scheduled to reopen at 1.30pm local time.Images circulating on social media showed a mangled metal structure that had collapsed around a Starbucks cafe near the entrance to the lobby.Bloomberg quoted spokesman Rheza Andhika as saying that the floor collapsed into the ground level of the bourse’s Tower 2 and that it wasn’t an explosion. Footage aired on local television MetroTV showed several people lying on the ground at the entrance of the building.The situation remains … [Read more...] about Injuries at Indonesia bourse after reports of collapsed structure
Indonesia takes Asean lead on S.China Sea dispute
JAKARTA: The Indonesian government said Tuesday it will push for an effective code of conduct in the South China Sea to defuse tensions in the region as a part of the country's strategic foreign policy this year. "Indonesia shall actively strive so that Asean and China could produce a practical and effective COC (Code of Conduct) for the sake of stability and security of the South China Sea," Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said, reading a press statement with foreign diplomats in attendance.She expressed hope that negotiations on the code of conduct between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China will start in March in Vietnam, one of the claimants in the sea, and will conclude as soon as possible.Retno did not elaborate further, but stressed that Asean should be preserved as the "prominent player in the region" with "collective leadership and concerted action."During the East Asia Summit in Manila last year, Indonesia initiated a meeting of Asean foreign ministers to set … [Read more...] about Indonesia takes Asean lead on S.China Sea dispute
A newborn baby has been found dead and wrapped in a plastic bag on a plane to Indonesia
Flight EY474 from Abu Dhabi to Jakarta diverted for a medical emergency. Cleaners later found a dead newborn hidden in a drawer. A 37-year-old woman, who was returning home after four years’ domestic work in Abu Dhabi, was arrested whens he got back to Indonesia. A newborn baby was found dead on an airplane over the weekend, wrapped in a plastic bag of the plane’s toilet. Cleaners made the gruesome discovery in a drawer inside the toilet of an Etihad plane on Saturday night after it landed at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Agence France-Presse reported. Police have arrested a 37-year-old Indonesian woman, identified only as Hani, who they suspect secretly gave birth on the flight, service EY474. Hani had worked as a domestic helper in Abu Dhabi for the past four years, and has a husband and children in Cianjur, Indonesia. According to Indonesian newspaper The Jakarta Post, Hani said … [Read more...] about A newborn baby has been found dead and wrapped in a plastic bag on a plane to Indonesia
Indonesia struggles with human trafficking networks
Tyas Weningsih Putri left her village in Kendal, Central Java in August 2016 to try her luck for a second time as a migrant worker in Malaysia. She had been recruited to work in a birds' nest processing factory and expected to receive 900 ringgit per month, as stated in her contract.There were 152 other women who left with her to work in Malaysia. But she soon sensed something was not right when she found that things were not the same as written in her contract."I became suspicious that there was a legal violation when I received my ID card. The address stated was in Shah Alam, but the factory was in Klang. I knew it was not right because I had worked in Malaysia before," Ms Tyas told Asia Focus."Other things were also different from what we had been promised, such as accommodation in a room with free air conditioning and WiFi. We had to pay to get a room with an air conditioner."Her salary was also deducted whenever her supervisor spotted a mistake or when she took sick leave, and she … [Read more...] about Indonesia struggles with human trafficking networks