AirAsia flight QZ8501 climbed at a breakneck speed of 8,000 feet per minute and stalled before crashing into the Java Sea, Transportation Minister Ignasius Jonan said on Tuesday. breakneck – stall – to cause a vehicle or engine to stop suddenly, or of a vehicle or engine to stop suddenly: “Minutes before [the aircraft disappeared …
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Meat importer offered Luthfi Rp 40b to increase beef quota
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors have indicted meat importer PT Indoguna Utama directors Arya Abdi Effendi and Juard Effendi for bribery. Prosecutors allege that both Arya and Juard handed over Rp 1.3 billion (US$134,000) to former lawmaker and Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) president Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq so he could use his influence with Agriculture Minister Suswono, …
Local beef demand up by 6 percent in 2014
Local beef consumption will rise next year by around 6 percent to 560,000 tons, according to an estimate by the Agriculture Ministry. The government hoped that out of that figure, about 80 percent would be fulfilled by domestic supply, Agriculture Minister Suswono said Monday. However, he added, the government would not set import quota for …
Legal procedure hinders import diversification: Gita
Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan said on Saturday that Indonesia’s ban on US beef imports was “just a knee-jerk reaction” and viewed possibilities to import beef and live cattle from other countries, such as India, Brazil and Canada. Speaking during a conference in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Gita, who is also the chairman of the Indonesian Investment …
Crime unit breached legal procedure in Bambang’s arrest
The arrest of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioner Bambang Widjojanto on Friday has breached the Criminal Law Procedures Code (KUHAP), raising questions on the motive of the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim) in conducting the arrest. breached – to not obey a law or to not do what was promised or agreed Police officers …
Police confirm death driver under influence of LSD
Tragic accident: Police pull a Mitsubishi Outlander onto a tow truck on Jl. Arteri in Pondok Indah, South Jakarta, on Tuesday night. The vehicle, with license plate No. B1658PJE, hit seven motorcyclists and a Toyota Avanza car on Tuesday, killing four people – Police have stated that a 23-year-old student was under the influence of …
Jokowi calls on police, KPK to avoid conflict
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is asking the National Police and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to avoid any friction while going about their own tasks. Jokowi made the remark on Friday after he summoned KPK chief Abraham Samad and police deputy chief Comr. Gen. Badrodin Haiti to the Bogor Palace. The two were summoned following …
Planned execution of two Aussies unlikely to affect Bali
The planned execution of two Australian death-row convicts is not expected to have any negative impact on the good bilateral ties between Indonesia and Australia and to the inflow of Australian tourist to Bali, says Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika. “No, it will not affect it. The situation will remain normal, it will not have …
Jokowi refuses to budge on clemency issue
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has once again rejected any possibility of compromise on capital punishment for drug offenders, regardless of their citizenship, arguing that rampant drug use has placed the country in a “state of emergency” over the years. During his visit to a mosque in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Jokowi called on clerics to help …
Losing Ballon d’Or to Ronaldo, Barca elections and learning to live with Luis Enrique – how Messi got his motivation back
SPECIAL REPORT: The 27-year-old has shaken off problems with his coach to return to his brilliant best in recent weeks. Here, Goal looks at the reasons behind his change in form By Ben Hayward | Spanish Football Writer The New Year began badly for Lionel Messi and for Barcelona. The Argentine attacker returned to training …