Tag: indonesia

  • Man ‘books entire flight’ to avoid COVID-19

    Man ‘books entire flight’ to avoid COVID-19

    An Indonesian man booked an entire flight to keep himself and his wife safe from COVID-19.

    Richard Muljadi, a Jakarta-based socialist and his wife shared pictures of themselves sitting in an empty aircraft on social media. The couple was travelling from Jakarta to Bali on a Batik Air flight.

    Though Muljadi did not reveal how much he paid for the private flight, he said that it was “still cheaper” than a private plane.

    “After I’d booked as many seats as possible, it was still cheaper than chartering a private jet,” read the caption of one the photos.

    Richard said that he and his wife, Shalvynne Chang, were “super paranoid” about getting infected with the virus.

    “Had to make sure no one else (was on) this flight. We ain’t flying unless it’s just us,” he said in another caption.

    Lion Air Group, which operates Batik Air, confirmed Richard and his wife were the only passengers on the flight. However, the company added that Richard had only booked two tickets in his name, contradicting his claim.

  • School provides relief to students by accepting tuition fees in coconuts

    School provides relief to students by accepting tuition fees in coconuts

    An Indonesian hospitality college has planned to provide relief to the students having financial slowdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic by offering them to pay their tuition fee in coconuts and other natural materials like moringa and Gotu kola leaves.

    According to details, the students of Venus One Tourism Academy in Gianyar – Bali have been allowed to pay their tuition and other fees in coconuts. The school has aimed to use it for harvesting virgin coconut oil.

    They were also permitted to pay fees with moringa and Gotu kola leaves that could be used to produce products like herbal soap.

    The school officials told local media that the products made from the natural materials will be sold on campus to raise funds.

    They added that many precautionary measures have been made functional at the school amid the coronavirus pandemic to remain open including face masks, reduced class sizes and temperature checks.

  • Man kills female coworker for fat-shaming him

    Man kills female coworker for fat-shaming him

    An Indonesian man murdered a female colleague after she called him fat and compared him to a sumo wrestler.

    As per reports, Ali Heri Sanjaya, 27, was arrested on January 28 after his colleague Rosidah, 18, was found dead in village Banyuwangi, Java.

    Sanjaya and Rosidah worked at the same restaurant and had known each other for years as they lived in the same neighbourhood.

    The local police chief said that Rosidah had allegedly made fun of Sanjaya in public and compared him to a sumo wrestler triggering his anger.

    Sanjaya had been planning the murder for a while. He waited for Rosidah outside their workplace on the pretext of dropping her home but took her to an unknown place instead.

    When they reached the abandoned coconut plantation at Pondok Nongko Village, he asked her to get off the vehicle, strangled her and burnt her body using gasoline.

    Sanjaya has been arrested and is likely to get capital punishment or life imprisonment.

  • Cleric arrested for selling meth to students, saying ‘it’ll help study Quran better’

    A cleric has been arrested for selling meth to his students, claiming it would “help them study and recite the Quran better”.

    According to The Star, the religious leader from Madura, Northeast Java in Indonesia had been selling the drug to his students at an Islamic boarding school and reasoned that it was permissible under Islamic law.

    Being an avid drug user himself, Ahmad Marzuki managed to avoid the police for two months after they learned of his actions.

    Despite being a fugitive, the religious leader still taught at other Islamic boarding schools in Surabaya and Mojokerto cities.

    On January 20, authorities finally managed to capture him when he was attending a funeral in Madura. Police officers located Marzuki and two other drug users at his home where they found a small quantity of the substance and other drug paraphernalia.

    After he was arrested, Marzuki said he knew meth is illegal under Indonesian laws, but found “no evidence against it in the Quran”.

    K.H. Said Aqiel Siradj, head of Nahdlatul Ulama — Indonesia’s largest independent Islamic organisation — on the other hand, said that while the Quran does not explicitly mention the drug, the religious text’s verses should be interpreted with a consensus among Islamic scholars and deductive analogy.

    Meanwhile, Marzuki will be charged under the Indonesian Narcotics Law. He reportedly also faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of 10 billion Indonesian rupiahs (PKR112 million).

  • VIDEO: Fawad Chaudhry wants to be Deputy Prime Minister?

    VIDEO: Fawad Chaudhry wants to be Deputy Prime Minister?

    Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry says that he told PM Khan that in countries like Korea, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, the ministers for science and technology are as powerful as a Deputy Prime Minister. (hint hint)

    When we asked Fawad whether he was joking or being serious, he said he meant it as a joke.

    Fawad’s counterparts in the countries he mentioned are:

    The Minister of Science and Tech in Korea is Dr Yanghee Choi since 2014 but doesn’t have an active Wikipedia page. He was previously the Chairman of Samsung Science and Tech Foundation.  

    Minister of Science and Tech in Singapore doesn’t exist. Science and Tech comes under the Ministry of Trade and Industry whose minister is Chan Chun Sing who is a former major general and also served as Singapore’s Chief of Army (Infantry).

    Yeo Bee Yin currently is the Minister of Energy, Science and Tech, Environment and Climate change in Malaysia. A member of parliament, one of her first initiatives was to ban on the import of plastic waste.

    Indonesia’s Science and Tech minister is professor. Mohamad Nasir was also the Dean of the Accounting program at a university and was involved in a major controversy in 2016 when he wanted to ban the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community on campus.

    Indonesia’s Science and Tech minister is professor. Mohamad Nasir was also the Dean of the Accounting program at a university and was involved in a major controversy in 2016 when he wanted to ban the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community on campus.