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DENPASAR - Having been in long dormant, the area and Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) statue, Jimbaran, is touted to be resumed. Even, continuation of the project is mentioned to become the end of people’s protracted wait for the realization of GWK. Initiator of the area and GWK statue, Nyoman Nuarta, was even very optimistic if the entire area of GWK could be completed within three years. This matter was revealed in a meeting between the Badung House and Badung Regency Government with the Commissioner, Board of Directors and GWK Foundation in the office of Badung House. At the meeting led by Chairman of the Badung House, I Nyoman Giri Prasta, Nyoman Nuarta stated that so far his party went through many obstacles in the GWK mega project. He mentioned that turmoil in the reform era, the Bali bombings and a number of existing rules, had become
an impediment for the realization of GWK integrated area. But in essence, the funding was the main constraint. Nuarta also explained that several funding options had previously been performed. For example, asking for help to government from the era of President Suharto, bank consortium up to the funding plan from Australia and Korea. Unfortunately, none of them could be realized. “The promise of government could not be realized. Continued on page 6
Indonesia expects Bali bomb suspect home ‘soon’ Agence France-Presse
JAKARTA - An alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people will be repatriated soon to Indonesia from Pakistan where he was arrested this year, according to the foreign minister. The most wanted Islamic extremist in Southeast Asia, Umar Patek, was arrested in March in Abbottabad in Pakistan, the same town where US special forces killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden just weeks later. Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said the alleged coordinator of the 2002 Bali bomb-
ings that killed more than 200 people would be extradited to Indonesia “soon rather than later”. He told journalists the government wanted to ensure the process “proceeds smoothly” and did not give the alleged terrorist a stage to rally his supporters. “We do not want to create selffulfilling, self-creating attention to a person who doesn’t deserve publicity,” Natalegawa said. Authorities are continuing to investigate Patek to “ensure that he is held accountable for the crime,” which he allegedly committed before Indonesia had a specific antiterrorism law on its books. Continued on page 6