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Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto issued a Minister of Health Decree No. HK.01.07/MENKES/328/2020 (Decree), which provides guideline on preventing Covid-19 transmission at offices and for industry sectors. In the Decree, Terawan instructed companies to determine essential workers that need to work at the office and workers that can do their tasks from home. Terawan also instructed that office main entrances should be equipped with thermogun to measure workers' body temperature. In addition, Terawan instructed for work hours to be shortened and no overtime. Long work hours and overtime will reduce workers' resting hours and will lower his/her immunity. Terawan also mandated workers to use face masks during their trip to the office and while at the office. In addition, companies also instructed to fulfill food nutrition for its employees. The Decree suggested companies to provide fruits with a high level of vitamin C//Tempo

Minister of Communication and Informatics Johnny G Plate thanked the people for not coming back to their hometown, and for gathering with their families virtually during Eid Al-Fitr. Johnny guaranteed that digital gatherings during this year's Eid Al-Fitr will run normally with prime services. In addition to providing a good internet network, Johnny said that the Ministry of Telecommunication and Informatics and a number of relevant stakeholders have launched a number of applications to allow the people to gather the latest information concerning Covid-19. Some of the applications are PeduliLindungi, Bersatu Lawan Covid-19 (BLC), and Healthy Soul Services (Sejiwa)//Tempo

Department (Bareskrim), confiscated 821 kilograms (kg) of crystal methamphetamine, during a raid on a warehouse in Taktakan, Serang City, Banten Province, on Friday. The illicit drugs were smuggled from Iran and two foreigners, identified by their initials as BA from Pakistan and AS from Yaman, were detained, Bareskrim Head Commissioner General Listyo Sigit Prabowo stated during a press conference here on Saturday. The raid was conducted following a four-month-long investigation on an international narcotic network from the Middle East, he revealed as quoted by Antara.

The police commenced investigation in December 2019, and it succeeded in January to seize 288 kg of methamphetamine and arrested three suspects. The police extracted information from the three suspects about the network that was planning to conduct transactions again. To hoodwink the officers, the drugs were mixed with tamarind and wrapped in various types of packages, such as plastic, duct tape, and food container, and they were covered by tamarind. BA and AS trafficked drugs in Indonesia for the past two years. The methamphetamine was smuggled from Iran and entered the Banten coast aboard a boat two weeks ago//ANT

The Indonesian Destructive Fishing Watch (DFW) has proposed a moratorium and evaluation on the policy, to send Indonesian seafarers to work on Chinese-flagged fishing vessels, in the wake of several problematic cases. DFW Indonesia National Coordinator Moh Abdi Suhufan noted in a statement here on Saturday, that irresponsible perpetrators at home, sent Indonesian seafarers to work in Chinese fishing boats, for alleged human trafficking and forced labour. Suhufan drew attention to another incoming report of an Indonesian crew member, who had died on May 22, 2020, as he was abandoned for two months at the Karachi Port of Pakistan, after working on a Chinese-flagged fishing boat, FV Jin Shung.

The deceased, Eko Suyanto, had been ill since March 19, 2020, and was unilaterally moved by the FV Jin Shung Shipmaster and placed in a small boat owned by a Pakistani fisherman. Suyanto had never received medical treatment. According to a complaint report received by the Fisher Center of Bitung on May 21, 2020, Suyanto had earlier worked on FV Jin Shung for four months from November 2019 to March 2020//ANT