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Jakarta. The Foreign Ministry has yet to receive a report of Indonesians being affected by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake which struck off the coast of Japan's Miyagi
Prefecture on Saturday.

The Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo has coordinated with representatives of Indonesian citizens in Miyagi Prefecture to monitor the condition of Indonesians, the ministry said in a press statement released on Sunday.

"There has been no report of Indonesians being affected by the earthquake," the ministry said.

The embassy also continued to monitor the condition in the wake of the earthquake through local media, authorities and the public.

The embassy's hotline can be accessed through +81 90-3506-8612 or +81 80-4940-7419.

A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Miyagi at a depth of 60 kilometers on Saturday at around 06.00 local time.

Reuters quoted the broadcaster NHK as saying the earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.2 generated a tsunami of 1 meter

About an hour after Saturday’s quake, all tsunami alerts were lifted, after warning the public not to go near the shore.

While there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries, the quake was strong enough to shake buildings in Tokyo, some 400 km (250 miles) away. (Antaranews)

Jakarta. State electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) will supply one million volt ampere (VA) capacity of power bank to aid the collective central vaccination to be held in Senayan Tennis Court in Jakarta.

“The electricity will be temporarily supplied by using the PLN’s power bank, so it will not generate either noise or air pollution,” the PLN General Manager at the Jakarta’s Distribution Main Unit Doddy Benyamin Pangaribuan stated on official press release here on Sunday.

The supporting equipments and the COVID-19 vaccine storage require sufficient and reliably electricity, he noted.

Therefore, PLN will distribute extra supply by using the 30.000 volt ampere of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) for vaccine storage.

Electricity supply for vaccination consists of three layers of supporting supply streamed by the 150 kilo volt of high voltage station and 20 kilo volt of distribution station, Pangaribuan revealed.

If the main supply is interrupted, the electricity stream will be switched to the supporting supply that has same quality as the main supply, he added.

“We provide special reliability and layered supply which are not only from the same system, but also another system. So, if blockage occurs, the electricity will be backed up by the supporting system,” Pangaribuan remarked.

Aside from supplying electricity for vaccination in Senayan, PLN also supplies the electricity for vaccination in the Health Ministry.

In addition, the company has expressed readiness to maintain the reliable electricity supply at the referral COVID-19 hospitals as well as places for isolated patients, such as hotels andWisma Atlet COVID-19 Hospital of Kemayoran. (Antaranews)

Jakarta. The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has urged the government to seriously deal with online prostitution that has involved children.

The chairman of KPAI, Susanto, in a written statement here on Sunday said that his party urged the government to evaluate and impose sanctions on digital platform providers who are indicated to carry out prostitution activities involving children.

"KPAI has asked the Ministry of Communication and Informatics to take curative steps to curb various digital media applications loose in protecting consumers, so that they are very easy to abuse, including children," he said.

According to him, the business world should support the implementation of child protection as mandated by Law No. 35/2014 on Child Protection, that the business world is a pillar of child protection in building policies (company's rules or standard of operations/SOPs) by having a child protection perspective.

For example, it is prohibited to employ children, especially in the worst child labor (which damages the health, safety and morals of children), the products produced should be safe and comfortable for children, and the business world has a social responsibility for the implementation of child protection.

Susanto said that Jakarta's Metro Jaya Police had revealed the practice of sexual exploitation of children in prostitution activities in various hotels in Jakarta.

On March 18, the police rescued at least 15 child prostitution victims in a hotel owned by CCA, a public figure, whose name was also dragged into this case.

"KPAI sees this case as a structured crime that contains elements of the recruitment of minors in online application advertisements by pimps, then transfer, placement, holding and reception at hotels by exploiting economically vulnerable children for the purpose of sexual exploitation," he said.

He said that there was an indication of human trafficking connected to hotels as companies that receive benefits.

The Commission also urged the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy to be proactive in implementing the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Regulation No PM.53 / HM.001 / MPEK / 2013 concerning Hotel Business Standard. Hotel management must have a child protection perspective and implement the Children Right Of Business Principle (CRBP) which regulates the responsibility of the business entities for child protection. (Antaranews)

Jakarta. MK, 14-year-old Indonesian citizen who was taken hostage by the Abu Sayyaf Group, was rescued on Kalupag Island on Sunday, after previously three Indonesian men were freed on Thursday (18/3).

The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement here on Sunday, stated that MK was rescued by the Philippine Security Apparatus, who launched a joint operation and succeeded in pushing the Abu Sayyaf Group during a gunfire.

The Indonesian Consulate General in Davao City, The Philippines, through a member of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Border Crossing Station in Bongao, Tawi Tawi had met MK who was in good and healthy condition.

With the release of MK, all Indonesian citizens who were held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf Group have been successfully freed.

MK and three Indonesian citizens who had been rescued earlier will be taken to the Zamboanga area before being flown to Manila. The Indonesian Embassy in Manila and the Indonesian Consulate General in Davao City, will coordinate with the Philippine government for the repatriation of the former hostages

"The Indonesian government expresses appreciation to the Philippine Government and the Philippine Security Apparatus," the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

On Thursday (18/3), the Philippine Security Apparatus rescued three of four Indonesians who were held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), in Tawi-Tawi waters when the terrorist group's ship carrying the three hostages overturned after being hit by waves.

The three rescued men are residents of Wakatobi District, Southeast Sulawesi, namely AKM (male, 30), AD (male, 41), and AR (male, 26). (Antaranews)