Kategori: Political World

Garuda Indonesia’s low-cost subsidiary Citilink and low-cost carrier Indonesia AirAsia have proposed buying stakes in Tigerair Mandala, following the budget airline’s huge losses last year, says a government official. “Tigerair Mandala is seeking an opportunity for long-term investors,” the Transportation Ministry’s director for air transportation, Djoko Muratmodjo, told reporters on Wednesday. “Two of the potential …

I refer to an article titled “AirAsia admits administrative negligence,” (The Jakarta Post, Jan. 14). It cannot be as simple as it is described here. How could it be that passengers’ booked flights months in advance of the flight date, without suspicions being aroused? How could it be that flight controllers at Indonesian air traffic …

As more than 30 bodies from AirAsia Flight QZ8501 were recovered from the Karimata Strait this weekend, leaked official documents have given rise to allegations that AirAsia Indonesia violated procedures that lead to the disaster. The first allegation came to light in a leaked document that was originally sent by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics …

A massive search operation to locate AirAsia flight QZ8501 and its 162 passengers and crew has been the focus of national and international media coverage since the Airbus 320 was first believed to have crashed in the Karimata Strait on Dec. 28. The Indonesian Military (TNI), National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), the National Police …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …