Monday, August 7, 2017

1) Police chief dismissed following deadly shooting in Deiyai


2) Indonesia's environment minister proposes meeting to tackle forest fires
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1) Police chief dismissed following deadly shooting in Deiyai
Jayapura | Mon, August 7, 2017 | 06:32 pm
Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Pol Boy Rafli Amar has stripped First. Insp. HM. Raini of his position as Tigi Police chief following a fatal shooting incident implicating police personnel in Deiyai regency, Papua, on Aug. 1.
Yulianus Pigai, 28, was found dead with several gunshot wounds to his body while at least nine others sustained injuries when police personnel tried to disperse an angry crowd that had destroyed a construction camp of a contractor firm near the Oneibo River.
Boy has also retracted the Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel from Tigi.
“They will arrive in [provincial capital of] Jayapura today for further investigation at the Papua Police headquarters. A new Tigi Police chief will be installed in the next few days,” the former National Police spokesman said in Jayapura on Monday.
An investigation team led by Papua Police’s internal affairs division head has been scheduled to hold a case screening with the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) to examine facts and evidence, Boy added.
On Sunday night, civil societies and activists held a candle light vigil at the Perumnas II Waena residential complex in Jayapura as an expression of concern over the incident.
“The shooting has tarnished Indonesia’s independence day that will be celebrated this month,” rally coordinator Abner Waine said.
Timika Bishop John Saklil also condemned the shooting, calling it an abuse of state apparatus to attack civilians and a cruel crime against humanity.
“All perpetrators must be held to account and tried in the human rights court,” he said. (bbs)

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2) Indonesia's environment minister proposes meeting to tackle forest fires

AKARTA: Indonesia may soon hold a coordination meeting to tackle the forest fires in various parts of the country, according to Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar.
Local news portal detik.com quoted Siti Nurbaya as saying she proposed the meeting to President Joko Widodo after meeting him at the Presidential Palace on Monday (Aug 7).
"I will follow this up with the Cabinet Secretary,” she said. “I will immediately send out the letters to ask for a coordination meeting with all the heads of districts, especially in the fire-prone areas."
Authorities have detected an increase in the number of hotspots in Indonesia's eastern most province of Papua. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said satellite images on Monday showed 93 hotspots in Papua, up from just seven the day before.
In a statement on Monday, BNPB said most of the forest fires occurred in the regencies of Merauke and Mappi.
Across Indonesia, a total of 158 hotspots were detected on Monday, down from 282 on Sunday. A substantial decrease in hotspots in fire-prone provinces like South Sumatra and Riau was also recorded.
There were only two hotspots in South Sumatra recorded on Monday, down from 23 on Sunday, while in Riau 1 hotspots was counted – down from 16 the day before.
"The number of hotspots from forest fires continue to fluctuate. Rain and firefighting efforts in Sumatra and Kalimantan have helped reduce the hotspots," said BNPB's spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
Source: CNA/ek
Read more at http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/indonesia-s-environment-minister-proposes-meeting-to-tackle-9100748

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