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April

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Jakarta (voinews): The Riau Regional Police investigate a fire followed by an explosion that hit Pertamina's oil refinery in Dumai City on Saturday evening.

Riau Police Chief Inspector General Muhammad Iqbal said that a joint team of Dumai Resort Police and Riau Regional Police Directorate of Vital Object Security had taken preventive measures at the location shortly after the factory explosion.

"The first is security. We ensure to maintain a safe parameter and help people to return to their daily life. The second is to investigate the causes of this accident. We will probe into it along with related parties," he said in Pekanbaru, the capital of Riau Province, on Sunday.

He informed that not long after the oil refinery explosion, the fire was extinguished in no less than 20 minutes. The police also assured all affected communities that the situation had been secured.

Iqbal said that after the accident, there were reports of nine people sustained minor injuries. They had received intensive services and were allowed to return to their respective places, so there were no casualties, but some damage to facilities.

"The condition of people near the facility ravaged by the fire was volatile, but with a good approach from the Police Chief, Mayor of Dumai City, religious leaders, and community leaders, they were persuaded to return to their respective places," he added.

Meanwhile,  Area Manager of Communications, Relations, and Corporate Social Responsibility of Dumai's Pertamina International Unit II Agustiawan said the incident was located in the Dumai Refinery Gas Compressor area.

The incident was brought under control at around 22.54 local times on Saturday (April, 1). Currently, the refinery operations in the affected unit have been temporarily suspended to ensure security at the location.

"The causes of the incident remain unknown. The team continues to focus on ensuring safe conditions. Pertamina Dumai Refinery also continues to ensure that the community around the refinery is not affected by this accident," he remarked. (Antaranews)

03
April

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Jakarta (voinews): Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani held a bilateral meeting with delegates of the European Union ASEAN Business Council (EU ABC) after organizing a meeting with ASEAN ministers of finance and central bank governor on March 30, 2023.

At the meeting, the EU ABC delegation was led by Vice Chairman of EU ABC Tassilo Brinzer, according to an official statement that ANTARA received here Sunday.

He was accompanied by 13 members coming from Swiss Re, Standard Chartered, HSBC, Prudential SWIFT, BASF, World Gold Council and Zuellig Pharma.

Both Mulyani and her EU ABC counterpart discussed how to strengthen collaboration for recovery and rebuilding process after the global pandemic of COVID-19.

This process still encounters various challenges due to scarring effect from the pandemic, high inflation as a result of geopolitical tension as well as banking issues in United States and Europe.

They also shared views on sustainable financing to mitigate climate change by prioritizing clean and sustainable energy development.

However, there are several challenges in the transition from fossil energy to a cleaner energy with sustainable financing which include the issue of investment to reduce the utilization of fossil fuel for power plant.

Several matters conveyed by the EU ABC members include the importance of the development of digital economy, health, and electric vehicle.

They also highlighted issues related to insurance, taxation policies, specifically corporation revenue tax and income tax.

Other issues discussed during the meeting included the development of clean energy, ASEAN taxonomy and taxonomy in other areas, policies in customs and gold bank.

At the final part of this bilateral meeting, the EU ABC delegates stated their support for  development process in Indonesia.

The official statement also informed that Mulyani held a bilateral meeting with Minister of Finance and Economy of Brunei Darussalam Amin Liew Abdullah on March 31, 2023. (Antaranews)

01
April

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Jakarta (voinews): Indonesia and Russia have signed an extradition cooperation agreement so that the two countries have a legal basis to apply for the extradition of criminals from either country.

Russian Minister of Justice Konstantin Anatolievich Chuychenko came directly to Bali on Friday to attend the signing ceremony of the extradition cooperation agreement with Indonesia's Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna H. Laoly.

After the signing ceremony, Minister Laoly said the agreement is important for Indonesia and Russia because it makes it easier for law enforcement officials of the two countries to take action against crimes, especially transnational crimes.

"There are lots of transnational crimes such as cybercrime, money laundering, narcotics, corruption, and so on," Minister Laoly said.

"This extradition agreement makes it easier for us to work together to deal with cross-border crimes," he added.

The extradition agreement is a follow-up to the mutual legal assistance cooperation that was agreed upon by the two countries in 2019.

"We have signed a mutual legal assistance agreement in 2019 in Moscow. The legal assistance cooperation is for the criminal sector," he said.

"At that time, we planned to sign this collaboration when President Putin visited Indonesia. But due to COVID-19, that didn't happen. We waited for it and now is the time," he added.

Even though it had just been signed, Minister Laoly explained that the agreement would only take effect when Indonesia ratifies the agreement in law.

The central government will immediately process it so that Indonesia has a legal basis to submit an extradition request or even accept an extradition request from Russia.

Meanwhile, Chuychenko said he believes that the extradition treaty is a good step for the two countries for strengthening cooperation in law enforcement.

The two countries' cooperation will be more systematic and productive in the future, he said, adding that the Russian Government is committed to strengthening its partnership with Indonesia.

After signing the extradition agreement, Russia and Indonesia plan to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the field of cybersecurity and legal assistance for civil cases.

The agreement is the first extradition agreement reached by Indonesia with a European country.

Proposals to form extradition cooperation have been discussed since 2016, but negotiations took place only in 2018.

During the negotiations, the government of Indonesia was represented by the Directorate General of General Legal Administration of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights; Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs; as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Then, the police; attorney; Corruption Eradication Commission; Center for Reporting and Analysis of Financial Transactions; National Narcotics Agency; and the National Counterterrorism Agency also represented Indonesia during the negotiations.

Since 2017, Indonesia has made four extradition requests to Russia, one of which is currently being processed by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. (antaranews)

01
April

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Jakarta (voinews): Indonesia's Ministry of Industry would immediately enforce controls against the illegal imports of thrift (used) shoes, according to acting Director General of Chemical, Pharmacy, and Textile Industry (IKFT) at the ministry Ignatius Warsito.

Warsito said that the control enforcement on illegally imported thrift shoes is in line with illegal imports of clothes in general, as stipulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Trade.

"It is in accordance with the prohibition on thrift clothes import regulated by the Ministry of Trade," he said in a press release on the industry confidence index (IKI) of March 2023 issued in Jakarta on Friday.

“This is being said with a reference to what is being implemented on thrift clothes on the field. Hence, I believe that the thrift shoes will be treated equally,” he added.

Warsito said he is confident that the thrift clothes control enforcement will benefit the domestic industry.

He further said many young entrepreneurs have taken advantage of the ban on imported thrift clothes by producing very competitive domestic products, both in terms of design and quality.

"However, we are still striving to catch up with the thrift clothes in terms of pricing," he added,

Warsito further noted that the domestic shoe market has also grown in a strong manner. Moreover, Indonesia ranks fourth in the world with regard to the footwear industry.

In fact, the impact of thrift shoes on the domestic industry is insignificant as their industry is export-oriented.

"Domestically, we have our own market with which the thrift shoes cannot intervene. Our small-medium industry (IKM) has also produced numerous good shoes," he affirmed.

Warsito concluded by stating that Kemenperin will continue to support the Intensification of Domestic Product Utilization (P3DN) program to promote the spirit of love for domestic products in order to suppress the imported thrift shoes market. (antaranews)