Homemade bomb explodes in Medan
Homemade bomb explodes in Medan
MEDAN, North Sumatra: A homemade bomb placed in the backyard of the Medan mayor's office exploded on Monday, damaging three cars parked in the compound.
No casualties were reported in the blast.
The chief of the North Sumatra Police, Insp. Gen. Dewa Astika, said that the bomb squad had collected bomb fragments to study the nature of the bomb.
"We will examine the type of explosive used and we are still collecting information about the situation inside the compound before the blast," Astika said when inspecting the explosion site.
He said the police would question six people who were present near the site before the explosion.
Medan Mayor Abdillah called on the city's residents to remain calm. -- JP
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Miner arrested for sodomy
CIREBON, West Java: Police in Cirebon, West Java, arrested a 46-year-old miner Astari alias Jae for committing sodomy with 15 under-aged children in Pekuncen village, Paliaman district.
Cirebon Police chief, Adj. Sr. Comr. Musyafak, said here on Monday that the suspect was arrested after the police received reports from the parents of the pedophile victims.
"According to the suspect's confession, he has frequently had sex with nine children in a hut on his farmland in the village," he said, adding that all the victims were male.
He said the police would also ask a psychiatrist to examine the suspect to determine whether he was fit for investigation.
Adj. Comr. Sukirman, chief of the police in Paliaman, said the suspect also conceded he had a sodomy for the first time with a male child in a mosque night months ago.
"The suspect had threatened to kill the children if they reported his sexual misconduct to their parents," he said. -- JP
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Coral reefs in S.E. Sulawesi damaged
KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Only half of the coral reefs in Southeast Sulawesi waters are in a good condition while the rest have been damaged due to improper fishing methods, a senior researcher warned on Monday.
Dr. La Ode M. Aslan of Haluolo University said in Kendari unless the authorities acted immediately to put an end to the use of dynamite and chemicals for fishing, the coral environment in the region's waters would be totally destroyed.
He appealed to the provincial administration to intensify control by increasing the number of security officers and by using speed boats to pursue fishermen using such illegal methods.
"Fishermen also need to be made aware of the eventual extinction of fish if coral reefs are destroyed, while offering them other alternatives by providing them with more appropriate fishing equipment and introducing fish culture technology," the expert concluded. --Antara