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        "id": 1068089,
        "msgid": "deputy-batam-mayor-urged-to-step-down-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-11-14 00:00:00",
        "title": "Deputy Batam mayor urged to step down",
        "author": null,
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        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Deputy Batam mayor urged to step down BATAM, Riau: The locally based Petisi 13 Group called on Deputy Batam Mayor Asman Abnur to step down for his recent controversial statement, which has raised confusion among the local elite and foreign investors. \"It is better for Asman Abnur to step down voluntarily before local people demand the city legislative council impeach him,\" Johnson Napitupulu, chairman of the Petisi 13 Group, announced at a media conference here on Tuesday.",
        "content": "<p>Deputy Batam mayor urged to step down<\/p>\n<p>BATAM, Riau: The locally based Petisi 13 Group called on<br>\nDeputy Batam Mayor Asman Abnur to step down for his recent<br>\ncontroversial statement, which has raised confusion among the<br>\nlocal elite and foreign investors.<\/p>\n<p>\"It is better for Asman Abnur to step down voluntarily before<br>\nlocal people demand the city legislative council impeach him,\"<br>\nJohnson Napitupulu, chairman of the Petisi 13 Group, announced at<br>\na media conference here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Asman called on the Ministry of Home Affairs to dissolve Batam<br>\nAuthority, which has managed the industrial development of the<br>\nisland. Thousands of local and foreign investors have invested in<br>\nmanufacturing products for exports in several industrial areas in<br>\nBatam.<\/p>\n<p>Ahadi Hutasoit, secretary of Batam's legislative council,<br>\nwarned that Batam would be beset by social conflict if the deputy<br>\nmayor did not retract his contentious statement.<\/p>\n<p>He had said that many foreign investors had declined to invest<br>\nin Batam because the island was prone to ethnic and sectarian<br>\nconflicts.<\/p>\n<p>\"Foreign investors are not sure whether the Batam<br>\nadministration would be capable enough to take over from Batam<br>\nAuthority,\" he added. --Antara<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/deputy-batam-mayor-urged-to-step-down-1447893297",
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