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Issa Rae says goodbye to anonymity after ‘Insecure’ success LOS ANGELES — Issa Rae is just starting to feel the side effects of having a hit show.

The creator, writer and star of HBO’s “Insecure” is getting more and more opportunities — and she’s also getting recognized on the streets of her suburban Los Angeles neighborhood.

“The true test for me was Inglewood. I live in Inglewood, and I walk in Inglewood all the time. I do a morning walk, and nobody recognized me,” Rae said Sunday as she arrived at the MTV Movie & TV Awards. “Then just a couple weeks ago I did my routine walk and I had three cars turn around and stop... One almost tried to follow me home. So I was like, oh, I can’t do this anymore in my own neighborhood.”

The 32-year-old star is seizing the opportunities that have come with such success, though, with at least two film projects in the works:

one as writer, another as actress.

“I’m taking it all in stride,” Rae said. “The show, ‘Insecure,’ occupies like eight or nine months out of the year. But I’m happy to be in this position. It’s a good problem to have.”

Rae plays a fictionalized version of herself on the show, a comedy about a young professional woman named Issa navigating her life.

As for “Insecure’s” second season, which starts July 23, Rae says it picks up right where the first season left off: with Issa’s relationship in shambles.

“We’re exploring the question: what does it mean to be doing what you’re supposed to be doing,” she said. “You’re supposed to break up; you’re supposed to be growing up with your friends; you’re supposed to be moving on. So in your 30s, what does it look like when you’re doing what you’re supposed to be doing?” (ap)

A supporter of Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama weeps near the court following his conviction of blasphemy in Jakarta, Indonesia May 9, 2017.

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Actor Charlie Hunnam poses at the premiere of “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX, in Hollywood, California, U.S., May 8, 2017.

King Arthur fights back to big screen, leading the resistance

LOS ANGELES - A new dawn, and possibly even a franchise, await the legend of British folklore hero King Arthur.

Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File

In this May 7, 2017 file photo, actress Issa Rae arrives at the MTV Movie and TV Awards in Los Angeles. Rae is creator, writer and star of HBO’s “Insecure,” returning for a second season on July 23.

Warner Bros’ “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,” out in U.S. theaters on Friday, revives the tales of the legendary warrior, his famed knights of the round table, and the magician Merlin.

Directed by Guy Ritchie, “Legend of the Sword” goes back to the origins of Arthur, played by Charlie Hunnam, as he is plucked from the poverty in which he grew up as an orphan, and becomes a reluctant leader of a resistance against his uncle, King Vortigern, played by Jude Law. “Something that has been really,

really important in my life, and it’s one of the central themes of the film, is a person’s unquestionable ability to elevate themselves in life through conscious endeavor,” Hunnam told Reuters.

Arthur is the only one able to wield the magical sword Excalibur from the stone in which it is trapped and, with the guidance of friends and some wizardry from Merlin, the hero finds himself on a quest to save England from the tyrannical rule of a ruthless king.

While the folklore of King Arthur dates back to the Middle

Ages, the story of a civilian uprising is something that can apply to a modern-day audience, said Djimon Hounsou, who plays Arthur’s confidant Bedivere.

“It resonates loudly about what’s going on in America or, more importantly, about what’s going on in the world,” Hounsou said.

The legends of King Arthur have been adapted into numerous films over the years, from 1953’s “Knights of the Round Table” to 2015’s “Arthur and Merlin.”

Ritchie believes it has staying power, saying he has already envisioned several more films for his iteration of the folklore hero. (rtr)

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Jakarta’s Christian governor jailed for blasphemy against Islam

JAKARTA - Jakarta’s Christian governor was sentenced to two years in jail for blasphemy against Islam on Tuesday, a harsher than expected ruling that is being seen as a blow to religious tolerance in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslimmajority nation.

The guilty verdict comes amid concern about the growing influence of Islamist groups, who organised mass demonstrations during a tumultuous election campaign that ended with Basuki Tjahaja Purnama losing his bid for another term as governor.

President Joko Widodo was an ally of Purnama, an ethnic-Chinese Christian who is popularly known as “Ahok”, and the verdict will be a setback for a government that has sought to quell radical groups and soothe investors’ concerns that the country’s secular values were at risk. As thousands of supporters and opponents waited outside, the head judge of the Jakarta court, Dwiarso Budi Santiarto, said Purnama was

“found to have legitimately and convincingly conducted a criminal act of blasphemy, and because of that we have imposed two years of imprisonment”.

Andreas Harsono of Human Rights Watch described the verdict as “a huge setback” for Indonesia’s record of tolerance and for minorities.

“If someone like Ahok, the governor of the capital, backed by the country’s largest political party, ally of the president, can be jailed on groundless accusations, what will others do?,” Harsono said.

WEEPING SUPPORTERS Purnama told the court he would appeal the ruling. The governor was taken to an East Jakarta prison after the verdict and his lawyer Tommy Sihotang said he would remain there despite his appeal process unless a higher court suspended it.

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Govt needs to pay serious attention to security in Kuta

MANGUPURA - The area around Legian highway was recently the center of a security issue involving two tourists who got into a serious quarrel. This incident should serve as an example of the need for the government to organize and deal with nightspots in Kuta.

Chairman of LPM Kuta, Anak Agung Made Agung, said on Monday (May 8) that criminal cses are frequent in the area of Kuta. This needs to receive the attention of the government and other stakeholders. He added that he hopes that the most recent incident would spur relevant agencies to take immediate measures to curb the likelyhood of such incidents occuring.

“Commotions in night club are commonplace so the government should try to deal with it as any crime of fight that occurs will affect the image of tourism” he said.

In the near future, the people’s empowerment agency (LPM) of Kuta plans to invite the Badung

tourism office and other stakeholders to discuss the matter of the hours of operation of nightclubs in Kuta.

Many nightclub owners stay open longer than legally permitted.

“Based on the agreement or the MoU, nightspots in Kuta are only allowed to stay open until 03:00.

However, there are still premises that do not heed to the agreement made”, said Agung.

The responsibility of maintaining security in Kuta should not rest solely with police authorities. The government also needs to be firm –in this case the tourism office needs to play a more active role. The private security of nighspots should also be empowered to overcome criminal actions that may take place on the premises of these businesses.

“Without the assertiveness of the government, it will be difficult to maintain order. If nighclubs are not firmly regulated, they will certainly lean in favour of business profits rather that weak rules”,concluded Agung. (kmb23)

The tourist is sunbathing on Legian Beach, Kuta

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The dog vaccination is carried out in Buleleng Regency

Mass vaccination, dogs left to stray are still common

SINGARAJA - Mass dog vaccinations started again on Monday (May 8) as a preventitive measure against the spead of rabbies. The vaccinations started at Kalibukbuk village, Buleleng, however they did not run smoothly as too many dog owners had left their dogs to stray.

Division Head of the Buleleng Livestock and Animal Health at the Buleleng Agriculture Agency, I Wayan Susila, explained that the vaccinations will be held until July 31. The agency estimated that as many as 91,000 dogs spread over nine subdistricts could be vaccinated. A total of 17 temas of vaccinatinos officers will be deployed, consisting of 9 regular teams and 8 ‘A-teams’.

The cadres of each village will also be supporting this endevour and will be in charge of seeking out unvaccinated dogs. “We aim to have at least 70 percent of dogs vaccinated with the help of two cadres in each village. If possible we would like to vaccinate even more dogs – as many as possible”, said Susila.

The simultaneous vaccination of dogs in all of Bali’s nine subdistricts is being supported with the requires materials, including some 7,000 doses of the anti-rabbies vaccine. “Our vaccines are being kept safe, there have been no problems” he added.

However as the vaccine program started to be implemented, there were still some obstacles. The main problem is that many dog owners are still allowing their dogs to roam freely, which makes it hard for the vaccine officers to do their job. The mountainous terrain of Buleleng also poses some challenges. “There are still many dogs that are left to stray, this makes it hard to vaccinate them”, Susila emphasised.

The plan to conduct mass dog vaccinatinos has been made public for some time. The dissemination of information regarding this program has been carried out by installing large banners as well as through public notices given to village authorities. “We have made it known that we will be vaccinated dogs and have asked people to keep their gods on leashes. Hopefully the mass media can make it known to people that they need to take this responsibility seriously” he explained.

Susila added that in order to reduce the number of stray dogs, each Traditional Village needs to organise systems of maintenance including sanctions in case of violation. “The village of Pejeng in Ginayar has been declared as a model for dog manintenance by the Government of Bali. Their methodes can also be applied in Buleleng” he concluded. (kmb45)

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Toshiba wrangles with Western Digital over chips unit sale

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The collectors of stone are still doing their activities on Klotok Beach in Klungkung.

TOKYO — Money-losing Japanese electronics company Toshiba is sparring with its U.S. joint venture partner Western Digital over the planned sale of Toshiba’s computer-chip business.

Tokyo-based Toshiba Corp. needs cash from such a sale to shore up its finances after it suffered massive losses in its nuclear power division.

Toshiba warned Western Digital to stop interfering, according to letters obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. The letters from the company’s lawyers, dated May 3, accused Western Digital of “improper” interference.

Western Digital bought SanDisk, Toshiba’s longtime partner in making flash memory chips, last year. It has argued the sale might violate terms of the joint venture with Toshiba, according to the letters.

Such sales can be sensitive because they involve the transfer of technology.

Calls to Western Digital in Asia went unanswered.

Several companies, including Western Digital, are reportedly interested in acquiring Toshiba’s prized chip-making business.

Another is Hon Hai of Taiwan, also known as Foxconn, a major supplier to Apple, which has acquired Japanese electronics company Sharp Corp.

South Korea’s SK Hynix is also reportedly a bidder. A Japanese consortium including government-affiliates like the Development Bank of Japan and the public-private Innovation Network Corp. of Japan are said to be preparing a bid with U.S. private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. The financial newspaper Nikkei reported last month that Western Digital might join that effort.

Toshiba is projecting a trillion yen ($9 billion) in losses for the fiscal year that ended in March, although auditors have refused to sign off on its earnings report. The company is also embroiled in an accounting scandal.

Further raising doubts over its future viability, Toshiba’s U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse Electric Co. filed for bankruptcy protection in March.

Four nuclear reactors that Westinghouse is helping to build in South Carolina and Georgia are behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget, as costs soar after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, six years ago. (rtr)

Illegal stone collecting continues as work program fails

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SEMARAPURA - Until now, people collecting stones on Watuklotok Beach for the mosaic industry continue to operate illegally. The District of Klungkung had promised to find other work for these people but so far this has not happened.

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In this April 11, 2017 file photo, Toshiba Corp.’s President Satoshi Tsunakawa bows during a press conference at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo. Money-losing Japanese electronics company Toshiba is sparring with its U.S. joint venture partner Western Digital over the planned sale of Toshiba’s computer-chip business.

Facebook removes accounts in fight against fake news

AP Photo/Noah Berger

In this April 18, 2017 file photo, conference workers speak in front of a demo booth at Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference in San Jose, Calif.

LONDON — Facebook says it has deleted tens of thousands of accounts in Britain ahead of the June 8 general election in a drive to battle fake news.

The tech giant also took out newspaper advertisements in Britain’s media offering advice on how to spot such stories. The ads suggest that readers should be “skeptical of headlines,” and to “look closely at the URL.” The company says it has made improvements to help them detect fake news accounts more effectively.

Simon Milner, the tech firm’s U.K. director of policy, says the platform wants to get to the “root of the problem” and is working with outside organizations to fact check and analyze content around the election.

Milner says Facebook is “doing everything we can to tackle the problem of false news.”

HATE POSTINGS

An Austrian court has ruled that Facebook must delete hate speech postings worldwide and that Austrian law can be applied to lawsuits against the social media website.

Maria Windhager, a lawyer for an Austrian politician, said Monday’s ruling is a rebuff to the social media giant’s claims that any court actions against it can be heard only in California or Ireland, where Facebook’s world and European headquarters are located.

Windhager represents Greens politician Eva Glawischnig, who went to court over comments about her posted through a fake profile.

The Austria Press Agency says Monday’s decision arose from Facebook’s appeal of a lower court ruling ordering it to delete the postings.

Facebook did not immediately comment on the decision. (ap)

As long as the government of Klungkung does nothing to find alternative work for these people, these workers will continue manually collecting mosaic stones.

Although it is illegal to pick

stones off Watuklotok Beach, it remains a common activity amongst those who have no other means of earning a living. On Monday (May 8), Deputy Chief of the Klungkung Police, Nengah Sadiarta, addressed

the matter saying that the stone collectors face serious risks as the waves on this beach can be dangerous, especially recently when the waves have been very large.

As time goes on the mosaic stones are harder to find and so the stone collectors must become more reckless appraoching the sea to get the stones. Chief Sadiarta has therefore asked the stone collectors

to take precautionary measures such as wearing life jackets or carrying buoys.

Chief of Klungkung Municipal Police, Nyoman Sucitra, said that the government of Klungkung has still not been able to find alternative work for the stone collectors, so these workers are still allowed to carry on with their manual work.

However according to an agree-

ment, they are not allowed to look for mosaic stones south of Watukklotok Temple.

“If the mosaic stone seekers get desperate and start collecting stones south of the temple, the supporting devotees (pengempon) of the temple will take action”, he explained, Monday (8/5). (dwa)

DENPASAR - Two transvestites named Akner Resa alias Resa, 26, and Munandar Muctar alias Windi, 33, were arrested by the Denpasar Police Drug Investigation Unit. The two were arrested for possesion of drugs and are suspected of having sold drugs to (mostly) foreingn nationals. They did not appear to feel guilty.

“They seem to be espacially targettting foreign tourits. Allegedly they are also dealers because it is easy for them to buy drugs, so we

suspect they are part of a syndicate”, said Chief of Denpasar Police Drug Investigation Unit, Wayan Arta Ariawan, on Monday (May 8).

When the case was first revealed, the suspect Windi interjected saying that their actions are not criminal: “we are not criminals, we are different that thieves”, said the transvetite from Sulawesi.

When interrogated by Arta Ariawan, Windi whose boarding house is located on Jalan Merdeka

Raya (Kuta) honestly admitted that a package of crystal meth had been ordered from his frined LK in Kerobokan Prison. “I ordered for us to use together” he said.

Both transvestites argued that they used crystal meth in order to increase their stamina while serving their clients who mostly consist of foreign citizens. The suspect Resa admitted to often target foreign tourists at nightspots, while Windi uses the internet to target

his clients. “I chat on the internet.

If the customers agrees, we meet at a hotel. For one date, I get paid USD 100”, he said.

As previously reported, drug users and members of drug syndicates continue to be arrested by the Denpasar police drug unit. On Friday (Apr. 28), the two transvestites were arrested on Jalan Sunset Road, Kuta.

When interrogated they admitted to belong to the syndicate of an inmate of Kerobokan Prisoner.

According to the police report, on Friday (Apr. 28) at 15:00, police stopped the two suspects who were riding a Honda Vario motorcycle on Jalan Sunset Road, Kuta. Akner tried to run away but tripped and fell. The police officers immediately arrested them and confiscated a bag of crytsal meth. The suspects claimed that they had bought the bag of crytals meth together for IDR 850,000 Munandar paid IDR 350,000 and Akner IDR 500,000. (kmb36)

The physical condition of a boy from Lebah hamlet, Suwug, Buleleng, named Gede Budha Utama, is quite challenging. From the age of 4 months, Utama has suffered paralysis of his legs, so he needs to be carried while he attends schoo at SDN 4 Suwug elementary school.

When visited at his home recently, this fourth-grader was very friendly with a warm genuine smile, like any other youngster of his age. His physical condition however makes it impossible for

him to spend his childhood playing games. Utama laughs freely but remains a spectator amid his cheerful friends.

This is not the only challenge that Utama faces. Sadely when he was six years old, his mother sperated from his father and left him motherless. Shorly thereafter, Utama’s father found work in a travel agency in Denpasar, so he moved away so he could provide for his family.

Without the loving arms of his

mother and father, Utama lives with his grandfater Mangku Sukita and grandmother Ketut Suci. His grandparents struggle to meet all his needs, including carrying himn to school everyday. “We have to piggy-back him to school” said Sukita.

Despite having a sense of responsibility for taking Utama to school everyday, Sukita is not always able to do so. Occasionally he has to work as a labourer in order to make ends meet. “Sometimes

his grandmother has to take him to school by motorcycle taxi. But if that is not possible then Utama is focred to stay home from school”, said grandfather Sukita.

Utama received a wheelchair from a private institution some time ago, however the chair is too small for him. The government should give attention to such cases to ensure that children like Utama can continue their education.

There is something inside Utama that drives him to pursue his

dreams. Despite his lack of physical mobility, Utama would like to become a professional mechanic.

“I really want to be a mechanic” he said with a sparkle in his eye.

The school Principal of SDN 4 Suwug elementary school, Ketut Suryani, said that the children at her school are quite smart and that Utama is no exception. She added that his reading abilities are the same as the other students and that he has the added gift of not being shy to make friends. (sos)

Two transvestites allegedly selling drugs to foreigners

Despite having a physical disability, Budha Utama wants to be a professional mechanic

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Trump tower fated not to rise in Indonesian isle of the gods

Uninvited Taiwan says going to U.N. health meeting, warns China on ties

TANAH LOT — Thousands of people flock daily to the centuries-old, sacred Hindu temple at Tanah Lot, a rock formation that juts into the Indian Ocean. An island at high tide and flanked by sheer cliffs, it’s among Bali’s most photographed sites, particularly for the mesmerizing sunsets that transform the waters into a shimmering orange vista.

It’s getting a new neighbor, described as “Trump International Hotel and Tower” in the Trump Organization’s promotions for what will be its first resort in Asia.

They promise breathtaking views, a super-sized golf course overlooking the temple and an “enchanting and unrivaled getaway from the current luxury hotels” in Bali. For those weary of mere five-star opulence, it offers six.

Nothing that one might consider a tower is going to fly on Bali, where height restrictions prohibit structures higher than the island’s plentiful coconut palms — about 15 meters (49 feet).

Locals welcome new investment in the popular Indonesian resort island but are determined to preserve their unique traditions. Neighbors are resisting efforts to expand the Trump site. And if a tower ever starts rising, local authorities are ready to flatten it.

“If suddenly they build an unapproved tower, of course we will stop them and demolish it,” said Ida Bagus Wiratmaja, head of the district’s development and planning agency. “There are special rules for the temple and the temple area.”

Tanah Lot and other temples dotting the cliffs are more than a lure for tourists. They’re the heart of life in the surrounding Beraban village, where tradition and spirituality are woven into daily living.

The Balinese are proud that their island’s Hindu culture has flourished for centuries even as later arrivals — Islam and Christianity — supplanted it elsewhere in the Indonesian archipelago.

The height restriction is the key regulation the Trump hotel must contend with, since the 100 hectares (250 acres) where it will rise is already occupied by a golf course and aging resort owned

by President Donald Trump’s Indonesian business partner Hary Tanoesoedibjo, who also harbors presidential ambitions.

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A man casts his vote at a polling station during the presidential elections in Seoul, South Korea May 9, 2017.

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In this April 12, 2017 photo, Balinese men decorate a Hindu temple near the site which will be developed into a six-star resort managed by Trump Organization, in Beraban, Bali, Indonesia. Plans for a Trump hotel golf course overlooking a sacred Hindu temple that juts into the Indian Ocean are being reshaped by locals, who welcome new investment in the popular Indonesian resort island but are also determined to preserve their unique traditions.

At a cost of about $300 million, Tanoesoedibjo’s conglomerate MNC will redevelop the site. The Trump Organization will manage the new property under an agreement made with MNC in 2015. That was before Trump was elected, so it does not conflict with his pledge not to make new business deals as president.

The two groups are also working together near the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, to build a superluxury “Trump Community” in a 3,000-hectare (7,413-acre) minicity alongside a national park that is one of the area’s last refuges for endangered species.

MNC and the Trump Organization did not respond to requests for comment on the Bali project. MNC in March reportedly promised to respect height restrictions and says it is still designing the new resort

despite plans to shutter the existing one around the middle of the year.

Still, the Trump Organization continued to bill the project as a hotel and tower as recently as Thursday.

MNC will also have to work around a temple on the site, leaving it completely undisturbed.

“Whatever they build should not deviate from our Hindu culture because it is the soul of the Balinese people,” said Made Rumawa, the religious leader of Beraban. “As a priest, I insist they comply with the rules because they have been set out clearly,” said Rumawa, a towering man clad in white from head to toe. “So, whoever comes, whatever their intention, do not be blind and walk in the darkness.”

Plans to expand the land available to the resort, in part to accommodate a larger golf course, are struggling. Villagers said MNC

has had an offer on the table since 2015 to buy adjacent land, which is mostly used for growing rice and other crops. Wayan Surata, a former resort worker who helped MNC compile a list of landowners several years ago, said about 80 percent of the owners have rejected it.

Ketut Sukarjaya, who works at the old resort and is close to retirement, said land belonging to him and his brother has been in their family for several generations and they had no financial need to sell it.

Surata said he was one of the few who has agreed to sell. Pointing to a verdant stretch of land bordering the resort, he said he sold with a “heavy heart” because he urgently needed money for a garment business he had started.

MNC’s offer of 150 million rupiah ($11,290) per a Balinese mea-

sure of land that is equal to about 100 square meters (1,076 square feet) is far below what villagers believe is fair given the prime location, Surata said. Most think it’s worth three to seven times that.

Selling is also a fraught issue because the island’s farmland is gradually being depleted, increasing a lopsided reliance on tourism.

In Beraban, about 40 percent of arable land already is being used for housing and tourism. “We are optimistic it will be more difficult to buy land because the people are now more aware that land cannot be created,” said Made Sumawa, the village’s stern-faced guardian of custom and tradition. “The investors wanted to expand the area but after they learned of the people’s character here, they realized it’s difficult to buy the land from them.”(ap)

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South Koreans vote for new leader, look set for record turnout

SEOUL - South Koreans flocked to polling stations to elect a new leader on Tuesday, with a high turnout suggesting voters are eager to move on from a corruption scandal that brought down the former president and shook the political and business elite.

Unless there is a major upset, liberal Moon Jae-in - who calls for a moderate approach on North Korea, wants to reform powerful family-run conglomerates and boost fiscal spending to create jobs - will be elected president.

The vote will end a months-long leadership vacuum. Former president Park Geun-hye was ousted on charges of bribery and abuse of power in March to become South Korea’s first democratically elected president to be thrown out of office.

Park is in jail, on trial, but denies any wrongdoing. She had decided not to cast a vote, South Korean media reported.

The National Election Commission said turnout was 67.1 percent

by 4 p.m. (0700 GMT), exceeding the 65.2 percent at the same time in the previous presidential election, in 2012.

The commission expects final turnout of more than 80 percent, which would be the highest since President Kim Dae-jung was elected in 1997, when 80.7 percent of voters cast ballots.

The Democratic Party’s Moon, who lost narrowly to Park in 2012, has criticised the two former conservative governments for failing to stop North Korea’s weapons development. He advocates a two-track policy of dialogue while maintaining pressure and sanctions to encourage change.

He said in a YouTube live stream on Tuesday that South Korea

TAIPEI - Taiwan will send a delegation to a U.N. health meeting even though it does not have an invitation, the government said on Tuesday, as it warned China that efforts to exclude it could lead to “irreversible” damage to ties.

Self-ruled Taiwan wants to attend a May 22-31 annual meeting in Geneva of the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), but it has accused Beijing of obstructing its efforts.

China views democratic Taiwan as a renegade province to be taken back with the use of force, if necessary, and other countries and international organisations should not recognise it or treat as a separate country.

Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, which recognises “one China” centred on Beijing, and it never formally takes part in U.N. meetings. But it has in the past been given observer status at some conferences, with Beijing’s acquiescence.

But ties between the mainland and the island have become strained since the election last year of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, of the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), who has not acknowledged the “one China” principle, unlike the island’s previous China-friendly administration.

Beijing warned last year that Taiwan’s acceptance of the “one China” principle was a condition for the retention of its observer status at the World Health Assembly (WHA).

In an unusually assertive stand for the island, its foreign ministry said Chen Shih-chung, minister of health and welfare, would lead a delegation to Geneva for the meeting “to exchange views” with WHA members on global health and safety.

Taiwan’s top China policymaking office said Beijing’s “rigid and confrontational” approach would have serious consequences.

“Taiwan’s public opinion cannot be lightly insulted,” the island’s Mainland Affairs Council said in a statement.

“Beijing authorities should carefully consider the serious consequences of insisting that Taiwan not be allowed to participate in the WHA and to continue to pressure Taiwan’s international space ... (It will) result in irreversible damage to cross-Strait relations.” (rtr)

should take on a more active diplomatic role to curb North Korea’s nuclear threat and not watch idly as the United States and China talk to each other.

STRAIGHT TO WORK A Gallup Korea poll last week showed Moon had 38 percent support in a field of 13 candidates, with centrist Ahn Cheol-soo his nearest challenger on 20 percent.

The winner was expected to be sworn in on Wednesday after the release of the official result. Most candidates, including Moon and Ahn, have said they would skip a lavish inauguration ceremony and start work straight away.

Moon said he had “poured every last drop of energy” into the campaign, reassuring voters he was in good health despite sporting bruises on his hands and arms from being jostled in crowds during campaigning. (rtr)

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Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare’s, Office of International Cooperation director, Hsu Ming-hui (R), talks during a news conference on how Taiwan would react if it is not invited to the World Health Assembly (WHA), in Taipei, Taiwan May 8, 2017.

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BERLIN - German industrial production fell by less than expected in March following two strong months while exports and imports both hit record-highs in March, data showed on Tuesday, suggesting Europe’s biggest economy picked up steam in the first quarter. nomically,” Boerner added. Germany’s quarterly economic growth, to be released on Friday, is now expected to pick up to 0.6 percent in the first quarter from 0.4 percent in the final three months of last year.

Industrial output edged down by 0.4 percent on the month in March, beating the consensus forecast for a drop of 0.6 percent, data from the Economy Ministry showed on Tuesday. In the first quarter as a whole, industrial production increased by 1.4 percent on the quarter.

The Economy Ministry said the industrial upswing had gained momentum. “Industrial orders and sentiment indicators suggest a continuation of this positive trend,” it added. While construction remains a powerful source of growth, industry output and investments are set to finally catch up with the rest of the economy, ING economist Carsten Brzeski said.

“All in all, despite the small drop in March, industrial production should have returned as a growth driver for the German economy,” Brzeski added.

Separate data released from the Federal Statistics Office showed that seasonally adjusted exports rose by 0.4 percent on the month to hit a record high of 105.4 billion euros. Imports jumped by 2.4

Kuta, one of the favorite tourist destination in Badung.

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FILE PHOTO: Employees of German car manufacturer Mercedes Benz make final adjustments at the end of the Mercedes A class (A-Klasse) production line at the factory in Rastatt, Germany, January 22, 2016. percent also to hit the highest value recorded in a month of 85.8 billion euros. This narrowed the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to 19.6 billion euros.

“Germany is clearly benefiting at the moment from the revival of the global economy,” Sal. Oppenheim economist Ulrike Kastens said, adding that German firms still seemed to offer the right products, such as cars and machines, which are in demand all over the world.

The good trade figures will likely increase the pressure on

Germany to reduce its high trade surplus. But higher public investment, as demanded by France and others, will not solve the problem alone, Kastens said. More private sector investment in equipment and machinery was also needed, she noted.

A survey by the IAB labour office research institute showed that job vacancies jumped by about 75,000 on the year to reach a record-high at 1.064 million. Among the sectors consistently looking for more staff are logistics, healthcare

and construction, IAB researcher Alexander Kubis said.

“The German economy seems to be unfazed by external risks such as a possible rise of protectionism and any consequences of Brexit.

That’s why firms continue to hire, they are looking for new employees to an extent never seen before,” Kubis said.

The reports followed by a day data showing Germany industrial orders rose for the second consecutive month in March, the first time since 2015.(rtr)

No high-rises, no concrete jungle in China’s new satellite capital

BEIJING - China will ban largescale property development including towering skyscrapers in an ambitious new economic zone near Beijing, the leading local Communist Party official wrote in an editorial in the People’s Daily on Tuesday.

“Every inch of land” in the Xiongan New Area will be carefully and deliberately planned, wrote Zhao Kezhi, party chief of Hebei province, where Xiongan is located.

The zone, around 100 km (60 miles)

southwest of Beijing, will house some of Beijing’s relocated “non-capital functions”, though few other details have been announced, and most work appears to still be in the planning stages.

News last month of the scheme to set up the zone - to be modelled on the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone that helped kickstart China’s economic reforms in 1980 - sent land prices soaring and prompted government warnings against speculation.

Zhao said Xiongan will not engage

in “land finance”, referring to the practice of local governments’ reliance on revenue from selling land to developers for funding, and will effectively manage land prices, home prices and rents.

Policymakers are also stressing green development in Xiongan, which Zhao reinforced by saying there would be no “highrises, concrete jungles or glass curtains”.

“We must further free our minds ... and strive to draw the most beautiful picture on a piece of blank paper,” he wrote.(rtr)

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“ Lukat Gni ”, To maintain balance and purity of macrocosm and microcosm

Slate of data shows Germany economy barreling ahead In another sign for a continued upswing and improved labour demand, job vacancies hit an alltime high in the first three months of 2017.

The overall robust readouts are the latest in a batch of solid economic figures that are likely to help Chancellor Angela Merkel burnish her economic credentials ahead of a Sept. 24 federal election, when she will seek a fourth term.

Her gap with the main opposition Social Democrats has already been widening. The economic numbers also underline the strength of the German economy compared with its peers.

Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat in Merkel’s coalition, has urged her conservatives to adopt a less rigid stance in fiscal policy towards France after the election of the pro-reform centrist Emmanuel Macron as president.

“German exports had an impressive first quarter,” BGA trade association head Anton Boerner said, adding that business with other European Union countries and overseas markets such as China and the Unites Stated China was flourishing.

“It is astonishing how the German economy is defying global risks, whether politically or eco-

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Badung Govt Sends Sales Mission to MSME/ SME Product Event

Goverment of Badung through its tourism office continuously boosts the marketing of its tourism potential inside and outside the region as well as overseas. Moreover, currently the Badung district sends a sales mission to participate in the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises / Small and Medium Industry (SMI) and Regional Investment 2017 in Batam.

The event taking place on May 11-14 in Nagoya Hill Shopping Mall Batam becomes the target of tourism promotion for Badung district in an effort to increase tourist visits to the region that has many beautiful beaches. Hopefully, it will be more widely known by all the people or prospective travelers that will visit Badung in particular and Bali in general.

“To promote the tourism potential owned by the Badung district in the MSME/SMI Product Exhibition and Regional Investment 2017 in Batam, it sends eight staff and leaderships to Batam on May

10, led by the Head of the Badung Tourism Office Made Badra,” explained Ni Luh Rusmini, Promotion Section Chief of the Badung Tourism Office.

In this exhibition, the government of Badung leased two booths to display all the promotional media in the form of brochure and CD containing various tourist attractions, nature, coastal beauty, traditional art and culture in the Badung district. “The natural beauty of Bali Island, especially the Badung district remains a foremost destination for travelers wishing to enjoy the atmosphere of white sandy

beaches. Hopefully, the tourist visit to Bali can increase the regionally generated revenue, especially in Badung and Bali general,” hoped Rusmini.

Previously, Badung district has been doing tourism promotion to China by visiting two cities, namely Tianjin and Hohhot attended by 100 buyers coming from top travel agencies. The event showed the vivacity of Chinese citizens to vacation to Bali is very high because the Island of the God remains one of the prominent tourist destinations for this Bamboo Curtain country community.

In the meantime, the tourism promotion to Australia will be done in July 2017. Eight cities will become the target in the Kangaroo country. As for India, promotion will take place in New Delhi in August 2017. (kmb)

Prosecutors seek 11-years for man who gave advice in slaying

Residents of Satria Kawan Palace, Paksebali village, Dawan, organized the lukat gni or flame war tradition. This tradition is carried out through generations every year falling on new moon of the Balinese ninth month or at the night of Pengrupukan or the day before celebration of Nyepi, Monday (Mar. 27).

Lukat gni also called flame war is derived from two words, namely lukat and gni. Lukat or melukat means cleansing of all impurities and the unseen while gni means fire. Lukat gni can be interpreted as a tradition of cleansing or purifying the microcosm and macrocosm from any kind of impurities by means of fire. This tradition is also aimed at maintaining balance of nature and humans to result in harmony in the implementation of the catur bratha penyepian or five abstinences.

This lukat gni tradition begins with a joint worship at temples or family temple to invoke safety and smoothness for the implementation of lukat gni. Dozens of youths that take part in this activity are then heading for the catus pata or central intersection of the village to carry out the tradition. Here, the participants further slammed the fire of tied danyuh (dried coconut leaves) onto each opponent. No injuries are seen despite being hit by fire. Moreover, there is no resentment among the participants. The atmosphere is getting festive with the accompaniment of baleganjur orchestra.

Spiritual figure of Satria Kawan Palace, Mangku A.A. Gde Anom Merta, said that flame war is a heritage tradition of Satria Kawan Palace. “As younger generations, we must continue and preserve the traditions having been passed down by the elders here. This tradition has actually existed since around hundreds of years ago,” he said after the implementation of the lukat gni.

According to him, the lukat gni often known as flame war is one of the purificatory rites carried out to purify the macrocosm and microcosm. Implementation of this annual tradition is expected to be able to neutralize negative effects and create harmony in ourselves and the balance of the universe. “Through this lukat gni, we will create harmony and balance of the universe,” he said.

A participant of lukat gni, A.A. Gde Baskara Diningrat, said that he took this tradition to preserve the heritage. Armed with self-confidence, he said, the heat of the fire afflicting to the body will not be felt. Every fire is believed to eliminate all the impurities inside. “With the confidence I have, the more exposed to the fire, the more impurities will be missing from our body,” said Baskara who participates regularly in this tradition every year. (kmb)

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors in Chicago are asking for up to 11 years in prison for a man who offered advice to his cousin in the 2014 murder of a woman at an Indonesian resort.

Robert Bibbs did not directly participate in the slaying of Sheila von Wiese-Mack. However, prosecutors say text messages Bibbs sent to Tommy Schaefer and comments made to the FBI after the killing showed he encouraged the crime and expected to be rewarded.

Heather Mack is serving a 10-year sentence for helping her boyfriend, Schaefer, kill her mother at a Bali resort. Schaefer is serving an 18-year sentence.

According to the prosecutor’s Monday filing, Bibbs texted his girlfriend around the time of the slaying that they were “gonna be rich.” The 26year-old Bibbs is scheduled to be sentenced next week by U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer. (ap)

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Canada political pressures force PM’s hand on U.S. trade disputes

OTTAWA - Canada escalated a trade dispute with United States by making threats Washington called inappropriate in part because Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under pressure to secure support in a key region ahead of the country’s 2019 elections.

Washington last month slapped tariffs on timber imports, prompting Trudeau to say he was considering a ban on exports of U.S. coal through Pacific ports.

As well as lumber, the administration of President Donald Trump has targeted Canadian dairy farmers, while Boeing Corp launched a trade challenge against Montreal-based planemaker Bombardier Inc. All three are vital to the economy of Quebec, Canada’s second most-populous province. And Quebec is seen as vital to Trudeau’s hopes of maintaining

a strong grip on power in a national election set for October 2019.

As contentious talks on renegotiating NAFTA draw closer, Trudeau has little choice but to defend dairy farmers and offer help to the lumber industry, even though that is likely to prompt fresh U.S. challenges.

“Quebec is the key,” said one senior Liberal organizer.

The predominantly French-speaking province holds 78 of the 338 seats in the House of Commons and Liberals acknowledge they need to win extra seats there to offset expected losses elsewhere in 2019.

The challenge is that they captured 40 seats in Quebec in 2015, which was far more than expected.

The Liberals say they can take another 10 to 15 seats, but only if everything goes their way. This means showing support for the dairy industry - and its influential lobby - amid fresh attacks from Washington. (rtr)

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) speaks to the press as his Irish counterpart, Taoiseach Enda Kenny looks on during a new conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada May 4, 2017.

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Shocked and angry supporters, some weeping openly, gathered outside the prison, vowing not to leave the area until he was released, while others vented their shock on social media.

Some lay down outside the jail blocking traffic, chanting “destroy FPI”, referring to the Islamic Defenders Front, a hardline group behind many of the protests against Purnama.

“They sentenced him because they were pressured by the masses. That is unfair,” Purnama supporter Andreas Budi said earlier outside the court.

Home affairs minister Tjahjo Kumolo said Purnama’s deputy would take over in the interim. Thousands of police were deployed in the capital in case clashes broke out, but there was no immediate sign of any violence after the court’s verdict.

Prosecutors had called for a suspended one-year jail sentence on charges of hate speech. The maximum sentence is four years in prison for hate speech and five years for blasphemy.

Hardline Islamist groups had called for the maximum penalty pos-

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sible over comments by Purnama that they said were insulting to the Islamic holy book, the Koran.

While on a work trip last year, Purnama said political rivals were deceiving people by using a verse in the Koran to say Muslims should not be led by a non-Muslim. An incorrectly subtitled video of his comments later went viral, helping spark huge demonstrations that ultimately resulted in him being bought to trial. Purnama denied wrongdoing, though he apologised for the comments made to residents in an outlying Jakarta district.

RADICAL ISLAMIST GROUPS

Purnama lost his bid for re-election

France’s victorious Macron reminded of huge, immediate challenges PARIS - Emmanuel Macron was confronted on Monday with pressing reminders of the challenges facing him as France’s next president, even as allies and some former rivals signalled their willingness to work closely with him.

The 39-year-old centrist’s victory over far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s election came as a huge relief to European Union allies who had feared another populist upheaval to follow Britain’s vote last year to leave the EU and Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president.

“He carries the hopes of millions of French people, and of many people in Germany and the whole of Europe,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a news conference in Berlin.

“He ran a courageous pro-European campaign, stands for openness to the world and is committed decisively to a social market economy,” the EU’s most powerful leader added, congratulating Macron on his “spectacular” election success.

But even while pledging to help France tackle unemployment, Merkel rejected suggestions Germany should do more to support Europe’s economy by importing more from its partners to bring down its big trade surplus.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker put it bluntly: “With France, we have a particular problem ... The French spend too much money and they spend too much in the wrong places. This will not work over time.”

The euro fell from six-month highs against the dollar on confirmation of Macron’s widely expected victory by a margin of 66 percent to 34 percent. Investors took profit on a roughly 3 percent gain for the currency since he won the first round two on April 23.

France’s economic malaise, especially high unemployment, had undermined the popularity of outgoing Socialist President Francois Hollande to the point where he decided not even to run again as a candidate.

“This year, I wanted Emmanuel Macron to be here with me so that a torch could be passed on,” said Hollande, appearing with Macron at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris to commemorate Victory in Europe Day and the surrender of Nazi forces on May 8, 1945 at the end of World War Two. Elsewhere in Paris, more than 1,500 people, led by the powerful CGT labour federation, marched in protest against Macron’s planned liberalisation of labour laws.

“If he continues with the idea of executive orders in July, that means he will sweep away consultation and dialogue, so there will be a problem one way or another. We shall see,” Jean-Claude Mailly, secretary general of the hardline leftist Force Ouvriere union told France Info radio. (rtr)

to a Muslim rival, Anies Baswedan, in an April run-off - after the most divisive and religiously charged election in recent years. He is due to hand over to Baswedan in October. If Purnama’s appeals failed, he would be prevented from holding public office under Indonesian law because the offence carried a maximum penalty of five years, said Simon Butt of the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the University of Sydney.

Analysts say the radical Islamist groups that organised mass protests against Purnama had a decisive impact on the outcome of the gubernatorial election.

Rights group fear Islamist hardlin-

ers are in the ascendant in a country where most Muslims practise a moderate form of Islam and which is home to sizeable communities of Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, and people who adhere to traditional beliefs.

The government has been criticised for not doing enough to protect religious minorities but Widodo had urged restraint over the trial and called for all sides to respect the legal process.

His government said on Monday it would take legal steps to disband Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), a group that seeks to establish an Islamic caliphate, because its activities were creating social tensions and threatening security. (rtr)

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President Jokowi urges Indonesians to maintain harmony BATULICIN - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged the Indonesian people to maintain harmony.

“Indonesia is a big country, comprising over 17 thousand islands, 714 tribes, 34 provinces, 516 cities and districts, and 1,100 local languages. Despite the differences, lets be united to maintain the integrity of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI),” President Jokowi said here, Sunday.

Whatever problems facing this nation, whether it concerns religion, race, culture and others, it should be solved through consensus as early as possible.

“We should be grateful that up to now, we still enjoy peace particularly. Therefore, lets work together, regardless of race, tribe, culture and religion, to maintain harmony by promoting mutual respect among people of different faiths,” he said.

Jokowi and First Lady Iriana are in South Kalimantan for a working visit.

They attended a maritime cultural fiesta called Mappanretasi in Pagatan beach, Tanah Bambu Sub-district, Tanah Bumbu District, South Kalimantan Province,

on Sunday.

Maritime natural resources should be used for the welfare of Indonesias people, the President said in his remarks.

From Tanah Bumbu Sub-district, the President and his entourage went to Batulicin Sub-district, Tanah Bumbu District, to present Smart Indonesia Cards (KIP), supplement food (PMT), Family of Hope Program assistance (PKH), and Healthy Indonesia Cards (KIS) to local people.

He later proceeded to Bajuin Sub-district, Tanah Laut District, to symbolically hand over rural community forest areas to local people.

On Sunday afternoon, he will present land certificates to several villagers in Tambang Ulang Subdistrict, Tanah Laut District.

In the evening, the President and the First Lady will stay overnight in Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan.

Members of his entourage include Minister of Education and Culture Muhadjir Effendy, Health Minister Nila Moeloek and chief of the presidential staff Teten Masduki. (ant)

Eco-friendly plastics that use cassava as one of the main material.

Government pushes usage of eco-friendly plastics

Jakarta - Maritime Coordinator Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said that the government has pushed the usage of eco-friendly plastics.

President Joko Widodo

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During a press conference in Jakarta on Monday, Luhut noted that Indonesia was struggling to fight plastics wastes amid industrial use and peoples awareness regarding the plastics wrapping.

“We are still seeking the rules so that non-plastics materials could be used more widely. This is regarding environmental issue,” he stated during his visit to PT Inter Aneka Lestari Kimia in Tangerang, Banten, on Monday.

He stated that people and industries still could not avoid plastic packaging. Therefore, a special attention towards the environmental problems was required.

“Those wrappers should be eco-friendly,” he remarked.

PT Inter Aneka Lestari Kimia has claimed that

they are the producers of degradable and eco-friendly plastics. They use cassava as one of the main material, which is different from other plastics materials that commonly make use of oil.

Luhut appreciated the companys efforts for not only producing biodegradable products but also increasing their usage of local contents.

“The local contents usage is around 50 percent. If the production volume increased, the price could still be lower,” he noted.

Yet, he also revealed that this industry should try to create a new innovation to handle flaws such as the heat resistance.

Luhut added that although the industries related need to be given incentives, they should asses the environmental effects as well.

“The licenses would be compared first with the environmental effects,” he explained.

During his visit, Luhut was accompanied by Minister of Industry Airlangga Hartanto. (ant)

Indonesia welcomes election of France`s youngest president

JAKARTA - Indonesia welcomes the election of Frances new and world youngest president Emmanual Macron who is 39 years old, foreign ministry spokesman Armanatha Nasir said here on Monday evening.

He said Indonesia congratulated the gov-

ernment and the people of France over the peaceful election.

“Indonesia congratulated Emmanual Macron who has won the biggest votes,” he said.

He said Indonesia hoped with Macrons election bilatetal relations between the two

countries would increase.

“We hope strategic partnerships between Indonesia and France could be further stepped up,” he said.

Emmanual Jean-Michael Frederic Macron who was born on December 21, 1977

won the election on Sunday with votes collected projected to reach around 65 percent.

The former civil servant, investment and pro-Europe politician defeated his only rival Marine Le Pen who garnered less than 35 percent. (ant)

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No quick fix for Hamilton problems, Wolff says

LONDON - Formula One champions Mercedes have no “magic bullets” to solve the problems that slowed Lewis Hamilton in Russia last month, but they are focusing on finding a solution, team boss Toto Wolff said on Monday.

Waterbom Bali Park

MANGUPURA - Waterbom Bali is where you can enjoy a full wet day out with family and friends, through numerous waterslides, rides and playful games.

This island’s premier water park is just across the road from the Discovery Kartika Plaza and Discovery Shopping Mall in south Kuta, and has grown to feature 17 exciting slides and water games for all ages since its inception in 1993. The park covers 3.8Ha of tropical gardens and pools, as well as a complete host of dining and leisure facilities.

Waterbom Bali comprises numerous choices of slides that will keep you and your family occupied for a whole day. These include easygoing pools with mini slides to large scale adrenaline-pumping rides that start from significant heights.

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Waterbom Bali is conveniently midway on Jalan Kartika Plaza on the southern section of Kuta Beach.

As Bali’s premier waterslide and recreational park, there’s plenty of thrills you can enjoy to your heart’s content for a full day inside.

The ‘Smashdown 2.0’ is an upgrade of a popular slide, hence its name. You start at a height of 25.9m, enter a capsule with a trapdoor at your feet, which then releases you down a an adrenalinepumping chute of a ride. If you dare, opt for the more thrilling ‘Climax’ that ups the ante, dropping you down with 2.5 G-force of speed, and whirls you through a near-vertical dip before looping back around.

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down. To wind down, there are more casual rides such as the ‘Double Twist’ and ‘Python’, named so due to their serpentine twists and turns.

The unique ‘Boomerang’ takes you and a partner to scream your lungs out as you twist down a 20m drop, then get swept straight up back up again, before a sensational free fall. Some of the rides require specially designed tubes with grips to hold onto. Other snaky rides that will soon be ready are aptly named, the ‘Constrictor’ and ‘Green Vipers’.

The latest addition at Waterbom Bali is the Flow Rider Double, which lets you live the dream of boardriding on a five-foot stationary wave supplied by FlowRider Inc. You can surf with a partner at the same time, with a choice of a stand-up or a lay-down board. The little ones can have their fun times

at ‘Funtastic’, a more playground type of section dedicated for kids, with shallow pools and fountains.

For a truly placid ride around lush gardens, take a tube for yourself or a double tube for couples and follow the steady stream of the ‘Lazy River’. This is Waterbom Bali’s ultimate feature for a slow-paced relaxation ride through cascading waterfalls and lush foliage, and where you can forget the sense of time.

Waterbom Bali features numerous choices of dining outlets.

There’s also a swim-up bar that serves tropical drinks. Out of the pool, various canteens and open-air restaurants offer international and Indonesian snacks and cuisine.

Good to Know Waterbom Bali’s slides and rides are built and maintained to strict international safety standards.

The waterpark uses advanced saltchlorination water-sanitizing techniques claimed to be environmentally and skin friendly. It is also an EarthCheck Silver Benchmarked company for the ongoing commitment to having an environmentally sustainable operation.

Tickets are USD 35 (IDR 490,000) for adults and USD 24 (IDR 325.000) for kids under 11 years of age. Two-day passes and memberships are also available.

The entry price does not include towel, locker, gazebo, FlowRider, Euro-bungy, water blaster, spa services and food beverages. Different rates apply for these additional services. There is a cashless payment system within the park for convenience and safety, applied through the use of a ‘Splash Band’ which stores credit information and scanned for any transaction within the park. (IBP/net)

Hamilton started and finished fourth in Sochi on April 30, ending a run of eight successive appearances on the podium. The triple world champion was left puzzling over “a very odd weekend”.

The Briton had complained of his Mercedes overheating from early on. He ended up finishing 36 seconds behind team mate Valtteri Bottas, who took the first win of his Formula One career.

“Lewis had a difficult weekend in both qualifying and the race,” Wolff said in a preview for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix, the fifth round of the season, in Barcelona.

“We have spent our time since then unpicking what happened to understand why we couldn’t get the car in the right window (of performance) so he could feel comfortable with it,” added the Austrian.

“There are no magic bullets to understanding that, just a lot of hard work and attention to detail. We must give him the tools he needs to do the job in the next races and that will be a big focus for us.”

Hamilton failed to finish in Spain last year after colliding with then-team mate Nico Rosberg at the start, a clash that allowed Red Bull’s Dutch teenager Max Verstappen to win.

This season, Ferrari and Mercedes have each won two races so far.

Wolff said Mercedes, who lead Ferrari in the constructors’ standings by a single point, needed to make plenty of improvements.

“The prevailing feeling is that there is lots of homework to do to come back stronger with a car that can perform on a consistent level every weekend,” he said.

“I have the feeling that we are moving in the right direction, but we need 24/7 shifts to achieve our ultimate targets.” (rtr)

Bouchard claims victory over Sharapova in thriller MADRID - Eugenie Bouchard pulled off her first win over Maria Sharapova with a 7-5 2-6 6-4 triumph in the Madrid Open on Monday in a thrilling contest full of tension after the Canadian had called the Russian a cheater following her doping ban.

Bouchard, 23, saw the five-time grand slam winner as her idol when

she was growing up but her admiration vanished when Sharapova tested positive for the banned substance meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open, which led to a 15-month suspension.

The match was the most eagerly anticipated when the draw was made after Bouchard’s comments in the Turkish media in April when

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Bouchard (L) shakes hands with Sharapova after the match.

she said Sharapova was a “cheater” and should not have been allowed to compete again following her positive test.

Bouchard stood by her comments about Sharapova on arriving in the Spanish capital and after Monday’s victory the Canadian said recent events had made her more fired up for the game.

“I definitely had some extra motivation going into today, Obviously I had never beaten her before and then there were other circumstances,” she told a news conference.

“I was actually quite inspired before the match because I had a lot of players coming up to me privately wishing me good luck, players I don’t normally speak to, getting a lot of texts from people in the tennis world that were just rooting for me.

“So I wanted to do it for myself, but also all these people. I really felt support.”

After suffering a tough defeat, Sharapova avoided getting drawn into the extra furore surrounding the game.

“I’ve been part of this game for many years. I know what the drill is,” she said. “But at the end of the day, it’s just two athletes competing against each other, and I’m one of them. That’s how I treat this game.

“What you work for for so many hours every single day is to be on the winning end of matches. Today was just not that day.”

THRILLING CONTEST Monday’s enthralling contest, which lasted nearly three hours, certainly lived up to the hype.

Bouchard, ranked 60th in the world, entered Madrid after five tour-level opening round losses in a row and her three-set first round win over Alize Cornet was her first since the Australian Open in January.

But her extra determination to beat Sharapova was on display as she managed to win a gruelling 70-minute first set against the 30year-old Russian by clinching the 12th game.

Sharapova, who reached the Stuttgart Grand Prix semi-finals

last month in her first tournament since being banned, was given a pep-talk by coach Sven Groeneveld at 2-1 down in the second and roared back to win four straight games to wrap up the set.

But the Russian played too many risky shots in the decider and, after saving three break points in two consecutive service games, she was broken in the seventh game.

Sharapova broke back immediately but then dropped another service game to allow Bouchard to serve out for the match.

The pair endured a brief, awkward handshake after Bouchard claimed a place in the third round against top seed Angelique Kerber, who she beat on her way to the Wimbledon final in 2014.

“It was a very tough match, not only physically and tennis-wise, but also mentally and emotionally,” Bouchard added.

“Each point was a battle from the first point. It was really a fight.

I’m just proud that I came out stronger in the end and held it together in the third set.” (rtr)

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Chelsea’s manager Antonio Conte reacts at the end of the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Middlesbrough at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Monday, May 8, 2017. Chelsea won the match 3-0.

Conte entertains as Chelsea closes in on EPL title

LONDON — Every time Premier League leader Chelsea plays, entertainment is guaranteed on the field, but on the sideline its manager Antonio Conte puts on a show of his own. Conte lived every minute Chelsea’s 3-0 demolition of Middlesbrough on Monday as his side moved within one victory of the Premier League title.

The former Italy national team coach rarely sits during a game, especially at Stamford Bridge. When he’s not orchestrating his side’s defensive press or directing its attacks, he is imploring Chelsea’s supporters to encourage their team.

“It’s great to be in this atmosphere at Stamford Bridge and it’s great to hear your fans with this enthusiasm,” Conte said after Monday’s win.

“It’s great for me, it’s great for my players and it’s great for the club to see this atmosphere.” Conte has reinvigorated Chelsea following his arrival after last season’s tenth-placed finish.

A switch to Conte’s favoured 3-4-3/5-2-3 formation after a defeat to Arsenal in September, which left Chelsea eighth in the table, proved pivotal.

The Blues haven’t looked back since and will face West Brom on Friday knowing a victory will secure the title.

Striker Diego Costa is a constant recipient of direction from his manager during a game and while at times

he appears bemused, the merits of Conte’s advice cannot be ignored. Moments before Costa gave Chelsea the lead against Middlesbrough, Conte had directed his Spanish forward further up the field.

Conte reacts to his side’s goals as though he has scored himself - bear-hugging his coaching staff before directing fist pumps at the Chelsea fans behind his dugout.

Such is the intensity of his behaviour during a game, it would be unsurprising if his actions were to have offended rival managers throughout the season, but barring Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, whose complaints must be taken with a pinch of salt, Conte has commanded the respect of his peers.

On the rare occasions Chelsea has suffered defeat this season, Conte has been equally gracious as in victory and his humility was on show once more on Monday.

With the result having all but ensured Middlesbrough’s relegation from the Premier League, Conte stood applauding its travelling supporters before embracing its players and staff. “I think it’s great to see a team that got relegated and to see their fans clap the players. I think it’s important to have a great respect and to clap this type of situation because I think this happens only in England,” Conte explained.

“For this reason I felt in my heart to clap these fans and wish every Middlesbrough player good luck for next season.” (ap)

MANAMA — FIFA President Gianni Infantino has decried the “idiots” who directed monkey chants at Sulley Muntari and offered to speak to the Ghanaian soccer player who was initially banned for protesting against racism.

Muntari said he was treated like a “criminal” after being shown two yellow cards when he walked off the field during a Serie A game in response to the racial abuse. The Pescara midfielder was infuriated after unsuccessfully trying to get the referee to halt the April 30 game at Cagliari.

Muntari eventually persuaded the Italian federation to overturn the one-game ban, but Infantino is perturbed that the referee did not follow FIFA protocols. The world soccer leader issued a public reminder of the correct response to player complaints.

“The three step process (is) stop the game, make an announcement, stop the game a while, get the players out,” Infantino said on Tuesday. “Unfortunately idiots (are to blame). There are always idiots everywhere but we have to fight

them ... continue to fight. “It’s good to bring these things out when they happen. We have to work.”

Muntari questioned FIFA’s commitment to tackling racism, concerns Infantino wants to hear directly.

“Of course I will speak to (Carlo) Tavecchio,” Infantino said, referring to the Italian federation president who was banned for racism himself in 2014. “I will speak to Muntari as well ... we will work together.”

FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura indicated the Italian authorities could face action from the world body, without elaborating.

“What matters is that the disciplinary committee has to act and the sooner the better,” Samoura said on the sidelines of FIFA meetings in Bahrain. “I have my personal feelings on anybody that is treated like (Muntari) has been treated, on the pitch and off the pitch. ... I’m here to make sure that FIFA takes through the committee the appropriate action for any single discriminatory action.” (ap)

Dutch turn to Advocaat for World Cup rescue mission AMSTERDAM - Veteran coach Dick Advocaat is to take charge of the Dutch national team for a third time to try to revive their faltering campaign to qualify for next year’s World Cup in Russia.

The 69-year-old, who becomes the country’s oldest coach, will be assisted by Ruud Gullit. Advocaat will leave Turkish side Fenerbahce at the end of the current season to lead the national team for the first time since they reached the semifinals of Euro 2004.

“I welcome the appointments of

Advocaat and Gullit,” Dutch soccer association (KNVB) technical director Hans van Breukelen said at a press conference. Advocaat replaces Danny Blind, who was sacked in March after a 2-0 defeat in Bulgaria left the country fourth in their qualification pool midway through the campaign, six points behind leaders France.

The Dutch, World Cup runnersup on three occasions, are in danger of missing out on a place in Russia after also failing to qualify for Euro 2016. Advocaat, the former

Sunderland manager, has been given a contract running until the end of the World Cup next year, if the country qualifies. The KNVB will then appoint a new coach with a longer-term perspective.

“There were two scenarios. We opt for the longer term or we do everything that is possible to get to the 2018 World Cup. We chose the second scenario. It had to be a very experienced professional, preferably an authority,” Van Breukelen added.

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Leicester City interim manager Craig Shakespeare will discuss his contract with the Premier League club after the season ends, the 53-year-old has said.

Shakespeare has led Leicester from the relegation zone to ninth position since replacing Claudio Ranieri in February, and the club guaranteed their top flight status for next season with Saturday’s 3-0 win over Watford.

“I haven’t had any talks and I don’t expect to,” Shakespeare told British media. “The contract states until the end of the season and I think I have stated many times we will sit down at the end of the season, which I am comfortable with,” he said.

“I don’t think you can take anything for granted

in football. I have a contract as an assistant manager after the end of the season.”

Under Shakespeare, Leicester have lost just three times in 13 games and the manager said that everyone could “breathe easier” after avoiding the drop.

“When you say ‘Job done’, I’ve said all along of course we had to secure safety,” Shakespeare said.

“You are always aware of the pitfalls that can happen. I just think it’s nice for everyone at the football club now to breathe a bit easier.”

Leicester travel to fourth-placed Manchester City on Saturday before hosting second-placed Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday followed by Sunday’s final game of the season against Bournemouth. (rtr)

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vocaat took the Netherlands to the quarter-finals of the World Cup in the United States in 1994, where they lost to eventual winners Brazil.

He has also had three stints as assistant coach, most recently briefly last year when he spent just three months working under Blind before leaving for Turkey amid much criticism of his decision.

Advocaat was reportedly not the first choice of the KNVB. Ac-

cording to local media Louis van Gaal, Ronald Koeman, Frank de Boer, Henk ten Cate and German coach Roger Schmidt all turned the job down.

Ten Cate, now coaching in Abu Dhabi, ran into a media storm last month after initially accepting the post but then changing his mind, saying in a statement that he felt he did not have the full support of the KNVB. (rtr)

Leicester’s Shakespeare to decide future after season ends

Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare during the warm up before the match

Referee Daniele Minelli shows the yellow card to Pescara’s Sulley Muntari, second from right, during a Serie A soccer match between Pescara and Cagliari, at the Cagliari Sant’Elia stadium, Italy, Sunday, April 30, 2017.

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Chelsea’s manager Antonio Conte reacts at the end of the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Middlesbrough at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Monday, May 8, 2017. Chelsea won the match 3-0.

Conte entertains as Chelsea closes in on EPL title

LONDON — Every time Premier League leader Chelsea plays, entertainment is guaranteed on the field, but on the sideline its manager Antonio Conte puts on a show of his own. Conte lived every minute Chelsea’s 3-0 demolition of Middlesbrough on Monday as his side moved within one victory of the Premier League title.

The former Italy national team coach rarely sits during a game, especially at Stamford Bridge. When he’s not orchestrating his side’s defensive press or directing its attacks, he is imploring Chelsea’s supporters to encourage their team.

“It’s great to be in this atmosphere at Stamford Bridge and it’s great to hear your fans with this enthusiasm,” Conte said after Monday’s win.

“It’s great for me, it’s great for my players and it’s great for the club to see this atmosphere.” Conte has reinvigorated Chelsea following his arrival after last season’s tenth-placed finish.

A switch to Conte’s favoured 3-4-3/5-2-3 formation after a defeat to Arsenal in September, which left Chelsea eighth in the table, proved pivotal.

The Blues haven’t looked back since and will face West Brom on Friday knowing a victory will secure the title.

Striker Diego Costa is a constant recipient of direction from his manager during a game and while at times

he appears bemused, the merits of Conte’s advice cannot be ignored. Moments before Costa gave Chelsea the lead against Middlesbrough, Conte had directed his Spanish forward further up the field.

Conte reacts to his side’s goals as though he has scored himself - bear-hugging his coaching staff before directing fist pumps at the Chelsea fans behind his dugout.

Such is the intensity of his behaviour during a game, it would be unsurprising if his actions were to have offended rival managers throughout the season, but barring Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, whose complaints must be taken with a pinch of salt, Conte has commanded the respect of his peers.

On the rare occasions Chelsea has suffered defeat this season, Conte has been equally gracious as in victory and his humility was on show once more on Monday.

With the result having all but ensured Middlesbrough’s relegation from the Premier League, Conte stood applauding its travelling supporters before embracing its players and staff. “I think it’s great to see a team that got relegated and to see their fans clap the players. I think it’s important to have a great respect and to clap this type of situation because I think this happens only in England,” Conte explained.

“For this reason I felt in my heart to clap these fans and wish every Middlesbrough player good luck for next season.” (ap)

MANAMA — FIFA President Gianni Infantino has decried the “idiots” who directed monkey chants at Sulley Muntari and offered to speak to the Ghanaian soccer player who was initially banned for protesting against racism.

Muntari said he was treated like a “criminal” after being shown two yellow cards when he walked off the field during a Serie A game in response to the racial abuse. The Pescara midfielder was infuriated after unsuccessfully trying to get the referee to halt the April 30 game at Cagliari.

Muntari eventually persuaded the Italian federation to overturn the one-game ban, but Infantino is perturbed that the referee did not follow FIFA protocols. The world soccer leader issued a public reminder of the correct response to player complaints.

“The three step process (is) stop the game, make an announcement, stop the game a while, get the players out,” Infantino said on Tuesday. “Unfortunately idiots (are to blame). There are always idiots everywhere but we have to fight

them ... continue to fight. “It’s good to bring these things out when they happen. We have to work.”

Muntari questioned FIFA’s commitment to tackling racism, concerns Infantino wants to hear directly.

“Of course I will speak to (Carlo) Tavecchio,” Infantino said, referring to the Italian federation president who was banned for racism himself in 2014. “I will speak to Muntari as well ... we will work together.”

FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura indicated the Italian authorities could face action from the world body, without elaborating.

“What matters is that the disciplinary committee has to act and the sooner the better,” Samoura said on the sidelines of FIFA meetings in Bahrain. “I have my personal feelings on anybody that is treated like (Muntari) has been treated, on the pitch and off the pitch. ... I’m here to make sure that FIFA takes through the committee the appropriate action for any single discriminatory action.” (ap)

Dutch turn to Advocaat for World Cup rescue mission AMSTERDAM - Veteran coach Dick Advocaat is to take charge of the Dutch national team for a third time to try to revive their faltering campaign to qualify for next year’s World Cup in Russia.

The 69-year-old, who becomes the country’s oldest coach, will be assisted by Ruud Gullit. Advocaat will leave Turkish side Fenerbahce at the end of the current season to lead the national team for the first time since they reached the semifinals of Euro 2004.

“I welcome the appointments of

Advocaat and Gullit,” Dutch soccer association (KNVB) technical director Hans van Breukelen said at a press conference. Advocaat replaces Danny Blind, who was sacked in March after a 2-0 defeat in Bulgaria left the country fourth in their qualification pool midway through the campaign, six points behind leaders France.

The Dutch, World Cup runnersup on three occasions, are in danger of missing out on a place in Russia after also failing to qualify for Euro 2016. Advocaat, the former

Sunderland manager, has been given a contract running until the end of the World Cup next year, if the country qualifies. The KNVB will then appoint a new coach with a longer-term perspective.

“There were two scenarios. We opt for the longer term or we do everything that is possible to get to the 2018 World Cup. We chose the second scenario. It had to be a very experienced professional, preferably an authority,” Van Breukelen added.

In his first spell in charge, Ad-

Leicester City interim manager Craig Shakespeare will discuss his contract with the Premier League club after the season ends, the 53-year-old has said.

Shakespeare has led Leicester from the relegation zone to ninth position since replacing Claudio Ranieri in February, and the club guaranteed their top flight status for next season with Saturday’s 3-0 win over Watford.

“I haven’t had any talks and I don’t expect to,” Shakespeare told British media. “The contract states until the end of the season and I think I have stated many times we will sit down at the end of the season, which I am comfortable with,” he said.

“I don’t think you can take anything for granted

in football. I have a contract as an assistant manager after the end of the season.”

Under Shakespeare, Leicester have lost just three times in 13 games and the manager said that everyone could “breathe easier” after avoiding the drop.

“When you say ‘Job done’, I’ve said all along of course we had to secure safety,” Shakespeare said.

“You are always aware of the pitfalls that can happen. I just think it’s nice for everyone at the football club now to breathe a bit easier.”

Leicester travel to fourth-placed Manchester City on Saturday before hosting second-placed Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday followed by Sunday’s final game of the season against Bournemouth. (rtr)

Action Images via Reuters / Carl Recine

Fabio Murru/ANSA via AP

vocaat took the Netherlands to the quarter-finals of the World Cup in the United States in 1994, where they lost to eventual winners Brazil.

He has also had three stints as assistant coach, most recently briefly last year when he spent just three months working under Blind before leaving for Turkey amid much criticism of his decision.

Advocaat was reportedly not the first choice of the KNVB. Ac-

cording to local media Louis van Gaal, Ronald Koeman, Frank de Boer, Henk ten Cate and German coach Roger Schmidt all turned the job down.

Ten Cate, now coaching in Abu Dhabi, ran into a media storm last month after initially accepting the post but then changing his mind, saying in a statement that he felt he did not have the full support of the KNVB. (rtr)

Leicester’s Shakespeare to decide future after season ends

Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare during the warm up before the match

Referee Daniele Minelli shows the yellow card to Pescara’s Sulley Muntari, second from right, during a Serie A soccer match between Pescara and Cagliari, at the Cagliari Sant’Elia stadium, Italy, Sunday, April 30, 2017.

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LONDON - Formula One champions Mercedes have no “magic bullets” to solve the problems that slowed Lewis Hamilton in Russia last month, but they are focusing on finding a solution, team boss Toto Wolff said on Monday.

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Waterbom Bali features numerous choices of dining outlets.

There’s also a swim-up bar that serves tropical drinks. Out of the pool, various canteens and open-air restaurants offer international and Indonesian snacks and cuisine.

Good to Know Waterbom Bali’s slides and rides are built and maintained to strict international safety standards.

The waterpark uses advanced saltchlorination water-sanitizing techniques claimed to be environmentally and skin friendly. It is also an EarthCheck Silver Benchmarked company for the ongoing commitment to having an environmentally sustainable operation.

Tickets are USD 35 (IDR 490,000) for adults and USD 24 (IDR 325.000) for kids under 11 years of age. Two-day passes and memberships are also available.

The entry price does not include towel, locker, gazebo, FlowRider, Euro-bungy, water blaster, spa services and food beverages. Different rates apply for these additional services. There is a cashless payment system within the park for convenience and safety, applied through the use of a ‘Splash Band’ which stores credit information and scanned for any transaction within the park. (IBP/net)

Hamilton started and finished fourth in Sochi on April 30, ending a run of eight successive appearances on the podium. The triple world champion was left puzzling over “a very odd weekend”.

The Briton had complained of his Mercedes overheating from early on. He ended up finishing 36 seconds behind team mate Valtteri Bottas, who took the first win of his Formula One career.

“Lewis had a difficult weekend in both qualifying and the race,” Wolff said in a preview for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix, the fifth round of the season, in Barcelona.

“We have spent our time since then unpicking what happened to understand why we couldn’t get the car in the right window (of performance) so he could feel comfortable with it,” added the Austrian.

“There are no magic bullets to understanding that, just a lot of hard work and attention to detail. We must give him the tools he needs to do the job in the next races and that will be a big focus for us.”

Hamilton failed to finish in Spain last year after colliding with then-team mate Nico Rosberg at the start, a clash that allowed Red Bull’s Dutch teenager Max Verstappen to win.

This season, Ferrari and Mercedes have each won two races so far.

Wolff said Mercedes, who lead Ferrari in the constructors’ standings by a single point, needed to make plenty of improvements.

“The prevailing feeling is that there is lots of homework to do to come back stronger with a car that can perform on a consistent level every weekend,” he said.

“I have the feeling that we are moving in the right direction, but we need 24/7 shifts to achieve our ultimate targets.” (rtr)

Bouchard claims victory over Sharapova in thriller MADRID - Eugenie Bouchard pulled off her first win over Maria Sharapova with a 7-5 2-6 6-4 triumph in the Madrid Open on Monday in a thrilling contest full of tension after the Canadian had called the Russian a cheater following her doping ban.

Bouchard, 23, saw the five-time grand slam winner as her idol when

she was growing up but her admiration vanished when Sharapova tested positive for the banned substance meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open, which led to a 15-month suspension.

The match was the most eagerly anticipated when the draw was made after Bouchard’s comments in the Turkish media in April when

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Drivers of Mercedes Formula One team Valtteri Bottas (R) of Finland and Lewis Hamilton of Britain greet each other after the race.

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Bouchard (L) shakes hands with Sharapova after the match.

she said Sharapova was a “cheater” and should not have been allowed to compete again following her positive test.

Bouchard stood by her comments about Sharapova on arriving in the Spanish capital and after Monday’s victory the Canadian said recent events had made her more fired up for the game.

“I definitely had some extra motivation going into today, Obviously I had never beaten her before and then there were other circumstances,” she told a news conference.

“I was actually quite inspired before the match because I had a lot of players coming up to me privately wishing me good luck, players I don’t normally speak to, getting a lot of texts from people in the tennis world that were just rooting for me.

“So I wanted to do it for myself, but also all these people. I really felt support.”

After suffering a tough defeat, Sharapova avoided getting drawn into the extra furore surrounding the game.

“I’ve been part of this game for many years. I know what the drill is,” she said. “But at the end of the day, it’s just two athletes competing against each other, and I’m one of them. That’s how I treat this game.

“What you work for for so many hours every single day is to be on the winning end of matches. Today was just not that day.”

THRILLING CONTEST Monday’s enthralling contest, which lasted nearly three hours, certainly lived up to the hype.

Bouchard, ranked 60th in the world, entered Madrid after five tour-level opening round losses in a row and her three-set first round win over Alize Cornet was her first since the Australian Open in January.

But her extra determination to beat Sharapova was on display as she managed to win a gruelling 70-minute first set against the 30year-old Russian by clinching the 12th game.

Sharapova, who reached the Stuttgart Grand Prix semi-finals

last month in her first tournament since being banned, was given a pep-talk by coach Sven Groeneveld at 2-1 down in the second and roared back to win four straight games to wrap up the set.

But the Russian played too many risky shots in the decider and, after saving three break points in two consecutive service games, she was broken in the seventh game.

Sharapova broke back immediately but then dropped another service game to allow Bouchard to serve out for the match.

The pair endured a brief, awkward handshake after Bouchard claimed a place in the third round against top seed Angelique Kerber, who she beat on her way to the Wimbledon final in 2014.

“It was a very tough match, not only physically and tennis-wise, but also mentally and emotionally,” Bouchard added.

“Each point was a battle from the first point. It was really a fight.

I’m just proud that I came out stronger in the end and held it together in the third set.” (rtr)

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Canada political pressures force PM’s hand on U.S. trade disputes

OTTAWA - Canada escalated a trade dispute with United States by making threats Washington called inappropriate in part because Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under pressure to secure support in a key region ahead of the country’s 2019 elections.

Washington last month slapped tariffs on timber imports, prompting Trudeau to say he was considering a ban on exports of U.S. coal through Pacific ports.

As well as lumber, the administration of President Donald Trump has targeted Canadian dairy farmers, while Boeing Corp launched a trade challenge against Montreal-based planemaker Bombardier Inc. All three are vital to the economy of Quebec, Canada’s second most-populous province. And Quebec is seen as vital to Trudeau’s hopes of maintaining

a strong grip on power in a national election set for October 2019.

As contentious talks on renegotiating NAFTA draw closer, Trudeau has little choice but to defend dairy farmers and offer help to the lumber industry, even though that is likely to prompt fresh U.S. challenges.

“Quebec is the key,” said one senior Liberal organizer.

The predominantly French-speaking province holds 78 of the 338 seats in the House of Commons and Liberals acknowledge they need to win extra seats there to offset expected losses elsewhere in 2019.

The challenge is that they captured 40 seats in Quebec in 2015, which was far more than expected.

The Liberals say they can take another 10 to 15 seats, but only if everything goes their way. This means showing support for the dairy industry - and its influential lobby - amid fresh attacks from Washington. (rtr)

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) speaks to the press as his Irish counterpart, Taoiseach Enda Kenny looks on during a new conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada May 4, 2017.

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Shocked and angry supporters, some weeping openly, gathered outside the prison, vowing not to leave the area until he was released, while others vented their shock on social media.

Some lay down outside the jail blocking traffic, chanting “destroy FPI”, referring to the Islamic Defenders Front, a hardline group behind many of the protests against Purnama.

“They sentenced him because they were pressured by the masses. That is unfair,” Purnama supporter Andreas Budi said earlier outside the court.

Home affairs minister Tjahjo Kumolo said Purnama’s deputy would take over in the interim. Thousands of police were deployed in the capital in case clashes broke out, but there was no immediate sign of any violence after the court’s verdict.

Prosecutors had called for a suspended one-year jail sentence on charges of hate speech. The maximum sentence is four years in prison for hate speech and five years for blasphemy.

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sible over comments by Purnama that they said were insulting to the Islamic holy book, the Koran.

While on a work trip last year, Purnama said political rivals were deceiving people by using a verse in the Koran to say Muslims should not be led by a non-Muslim. An incorrectly subtitled video of his comments later went viral, helping spark huge demonstrations that ultimately resulted in him being bought to trial. Purnama denied wrongdoing, though he apologised for the comments made to residents in an outlying Jakarta district.

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Purnama lost his bid for re-election

France’s victorious Macron reminded of huge, immediate challenges PARIS - Emmanuel Macron was confronted on Monday with pressing reminders of the challenges facing him as France’s next president, even as allies and some former rivals signalled their willingness to work closely with him.

The 39-year-old centrist’s victory over far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s election came as a huge relief to European Union allies who had feared another populist upheaval to follow Britain’s vote last year to leave the EU and Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president.

“He carries the hopes of millions of French people, and of many people in Germany and the whole of Europe,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a news conference in Berlin.

“He ran a courageous pro-European campaign, stands for openness to the world and is committed decisively to a social market economy,” the EU’s most powerful leader added, congratulating Macron on his “spectacular” election success.

But even while pledging to help France tackle unemployment, Merkel rejected suggestions Germany should do more to support Europe’s economy by importing more from its partners to bring down its big trade surplus.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker put it bluntly: “With France, we have a particular problem ... The French spend too much money and they spend too much in the wrong places. This will not work over time.”

The euro fell from six-month highs against the dollar on confirmation of Macron’s widely expected victory by a margin of 66 percent to 34 percent. Investors took profit on a roughly 3 percent gain for the currency since he won the first round two on April 23.

France’s economic malaise, especially high unemployment, had undermined the popularity of outgoing Socialist President Francois Hollande to the point where he decided not even to run again as a candidate.

“This year, I wanted Emmanuel Macron to be here with me so that a torch could be passed on,” said Hollande, appearing with Macron at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris to commemorate Victory in Europe Day and the surrender of Nazi forces on May 8, 1945 at the end of World War Two. Elsewhere in Paris, more than 1,500 people, led by the powerful CGT labour federation, marched in protest against Macron’s planned liberalisation of labour laws.

“If he continues with the idea of executive orders in July, that means he will sweep away consultation and dialogue, so there will be a problem one way or another. We shall see,” Jean-Claude Mailly, secretary general of the hardline leftist Force Ouvriere union told France Info radio. (rtr)

to a Muslim rival, Anies Baswedan, in an April run-off - after the most divisive and religiously charged election in recent years. He is due to hand over to Baswedan in October. If Purnama’s appeals failed, he would be prevented from holding public office under Indonesian law because the offence carried a maximum penalty of five years, said Simon Butt of the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the University of Sydney.

Analysts say the radical Islamist groups that organised mass protests against Purnama had a decisive impact on the outcome of the gubernatorial election.

Rights group fear Islamist hardlin-

ers are in the ascendant in a country where most Muslims practise a moderate form of Islam and which is home to sizeable communities of Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, and people who adhere to traditional beliefs.

The government has been criticised for not doing enough to protect religious minorities but Widodo had urged restraint over the trial and called for all sides to respect the legal process.

His government said on Monday it would take legal steps to disband Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), a group that seeks to establish an Islamic caliphate, because its activities were creating social tensions and threatening security. (rtr)

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President Jokowi urges Indonesians to maintain harmony BATULICIN - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged the Indonesian people to maintain harmony.

“Indonesia is a big country, comprising over 17 thousand islands, 714 tribes, 34 provinces, 516 cities and districts, and 1,100 local languages. Despite the differences, lets be united to maintain the integrity of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI),” President Jokowi said here, Sunday.

Whatever problems facing this nation, whether it concerns religion, race, culture and others, it should be solved through consensus as early as possible.

“We should be grateful that up to now, we still enjoy peace particularly. Therefore, lets work together, regardless of race, tribe, culture and religion, to maintain harmony by promoting mutual respect among people of different faiths,” he said.

Jokowi and First Lady Iriana are in South Kalimantan for a working visit.

They attended a maritime cultural fiesta called Mappanretasi in Pagatan beach, Tanah Bambu Sub-district, Tanah Bumbu District, South Kalimantan Province,

on Sunday.

Maritime natural resources should be used for the welfare of Indonesias people, the President said in his remarks.

From Tanah Bumbu Sub-district, the President and his entourage went to Batulicin Sub-district, Tanah Bumbu District, to present Smart Indonesia Cards (KIP), supplement food (PMT), Family of Hope Program assistance (PKH), and Healthy Indonesia Cards (KIS) to local people.

He later proceeded to Bajuin Sub-district, Tanah Laut District, to symbolically hand over rural community forest areas to local people.

On Sunday afternoon, he will present land certificates to several villagers in Tambang Ulang Subdistrict, Tanah Laut District.

In the evening, the President and the First Lady will stay overnight in Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan.

Members of his entourage include Minister of Education and Culture Muhadjir Effendy, Health Minister Nila Moeloek and chief of the presidential staff Teten Masduki. (ant)

Eco-friendly plastics that use cassava as one of the main material.

Government pushes usage of eco-friendly plastics

Jakarta - Maritime Coordinator Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said that the government has pushed the usage of eco-friendly plastics.

President Joko Widodo

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During a press conference in Jakarta on Monday, Luhut noted that Indonesia was struggling to fight plastics wastes amid industrial use and peoples awareness regarding the plastics wrapping.

“We are still seeking the rules so that non-plastics materials could be used more widely. This is regarding environmental issue,” he stated during his visit to PT Inter Aneka Lestari Kimia in Tangerang, Banten, on Monday.

He stated that people and industries still could not avoid plastic packaging. Therefore, a special attention towards the environmental problems was required.

“Those wrappers should be eco-friendly,” he remarked.

PT Inter Aneka Lestari Kimia has claimed that

they are the producers of degradable and eco-friendly plastics. They use cassava as one of the main material, which is different from other plastics materials that commonly make use of oil.

Luhut appreciated the companys efforts for not only producing biodegradable products but also increasing their usage of local contents.

“The local contents usage is around 50 percent. If the production volume increased, the price could still be lower,” he noted.

Yet, he also revealed that this industry should try to create a new innovation to handle flaws such as the heat resistance.

Luhut added that although the industries related need to be given incentives, they should asses the environmental effects as well.

“The licenses would be compared first with the environmental effects,” he explained.

During his visit, Luhut was accompanied by Minister of Industry Airlangga Hartanto. (ant)

Indonesia welcomes election of France`s youngest president

JAKARTA - Indonesia welcomes the election of Frances new and world youngest president Emmanual Macron who is 39 years old, foreign ministry spokesman Armanatha Nasir said here on Monday evening.

He said Indonesia congratulated the gov-

ernment and the people of France over the peaceful election.

“Indonesia congratulated Emmanual Macron who has won the biggest votes,” he said.

He said Indonesia hoped with Macrons election bilatetal relations between the two

countries would increase.

“We hope strategic partnerships between Indonesia and France could be further stepped up,” he said.

Emmanual Jean-Michael Frederic Macron who was born on December 21, 1977

won the election on Sunday with votes collected projected to reach around 65 percent.

The former civil servant, investment and pro-Europe politician defeated his only rival Marine Le Pen who garnered less than 35 percent. (ant)

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BERLIN - German industrial production fell by less than expected in March following two strong months while exports and imports both hit record-highs in March, data showed on Tuesday, suggesting Europe’s biggest economy picked up steam in the first quarter. nomically,” Boerner added. Germany’s quarterly economic growth, to be released on Friday, is now expected to pick up to 0.6 percent in the first quarter from 0.4 percent in the final three months of last year.

Industrial output edged down by 0.4 percent on the month in March, beating the consensus forecast for a drop of 0.6 percent, data from the Economy Ministry showed on Tuesday. In the first quarter as a whole, industrial production increased by 1.4 percent on the quarter.

The Economy Ministry said the industrial upswing had gained momentum. “Industrial orders and sentiment indicators suggest a continuation of this positive trend,” it added. While construction remains a powerful source of growth, industry output and investments are set to finally catch up with the rest of the economy, ING economist Carsten Brzeski said.

“All in all, despite the small drop in March, industrial production should have returned as a growth driver for the German economy,” Brzeski added.

Separate data released from the Federal Statistics Office showed that seasonally adjusted exports rose by 0.4 percent on the month to hit a record high of 105.4 billion euros. Imports jumped by 2.4

Kuta, one of the favorite tourist destination in Badung.

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FILE PHOTO: Employees of German car manufacturer Mercedes Benz make final adjustments at the end of the Mercedes A class (A-Klasse) production line at the factory in Rastatt, Germany, January 22, 2016. percent also to hit the highest value recorded in a month of 85.8 billion euros. This narrowed the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to 19.6 billion euros.

“Germany is clearly benefiting at the moment from the revival of the global economy,” Sal. Oppenheim economist Ulrike Kastens said, adding that German firms still seemed to offer the right products, such as cars and machines, which are in demand all over the world.

The good trade figures will likely increase the pressure on

Germany to reduce its high trade surplus. But higher public investment, as demanded by France and others, will not solve the problem alone, Kastens said. More private sector investment in equipment and machinery was also needed, she noted.

A survey by the IAB labour office research institute showed that job vacancies jumped by about 75,000 on the year to reach a record-high at 1.064 million. Among the sectors consistently looking for more staff are logistics, healthcare

and construction, IAB researcher Alexander Kubis said.

“The German economy seems to be unfazed by external risks such as a possible rise of protectionism and any consequences of Brexit.

That’s why firms continue to hire, they are looking for new employees to an extent never seen before,” Kubis said.

The reports followed by a day data showing Germany industrial orders rose for the second consecutive month in March, the first time since 2015.(rtr)

No high-rises, no concrete jungle in China’s new satellite capital

BEIJING - China will ban largescale property development including towering skyscrapers in an ambitious new economic zone near Beijing, the leading local Communist Party official wrote in an editorial in the People’s Daily on Tuesday.

“Every inch of land” in the Xiongan New Area will be carefully and deliberately planned, wrote Zhao Kezhi, party chief of Hebei province, where Xiongan is located.

The zone, around 100 km (60 miles)

southwest of Beijing, will house some of Beijing’s relocated “non-capital functions”, though few other details have been announced, and most work appears to still be in the planning stages.

News last month of the scheme to set up the zone - to be modelled on the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone that helped kickstart China’s economic reforms in 1980 - sent land prices soaring and prompted government warnings against speculation.

Zhao said Xiongan will not engage

in “land finance”, referring to the practice of local governments’ reliance on revenue from selling land to developers for funding, and will effectively manage land prices, home prices and rents.

Policymakers are also stressing green development in Xiongan, which Zhao reinforced by saying there would be no “highrises, concrete jungles or glass curtains”.

“We must further free our minds ... and strive to draw the most beautiful picture on a piece of blank paper,” he wrote.(rtr)

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“ Lukat Gni ”, To maintain balance and purity of macrocosm and microcosm

Slate of data shows Germany economy barreling ahead In another sign for a continued upswing and improved labour demand, job vacancies hit an alltime high in the first three months of 2017.

The overall robust readouts are the latest in a batch of solid economic figures that are likely to help Chancellor Angela Merkel burnish her economic credentials ahead of a Sept. 24 federal election, when she will seek a fourth term.

Her gap with the main opposition Social Democrats has already been widening. The economic numbers also underline the strength of the German economy compared with its peers.

Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat in Merkel’s coalition, has urged her conservatives to adopt a less rigid stance in fiscal policy towards France after the election of the pro-reform centrist Emmanuel Macron as president.

“German exports had an impressive first quarter,” BGA trade association head Anton Boerner said, adding that business with other European Union countries and overseas markets such as China and the Unites Stated China was flourishing.

“It is astonishing how the German economy is defying global risks, whether politically or eco-

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Badung Govt Sends Sales Mission to MSME/ SME Product Event

Goverment of Badung through its tourism office continuously boosts the marketing of its tourism potential inside and outside the region as well as overseas. Moreover, currently the Badung district sends a sales mission to participate in the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises / Small and Medium Industry (SMI) and Regional Investment 2017 in Batam.

The event taking place on May 11-14 in Nagoya Hill Shopping Mall Batam becomes the target of tourism promotion for Badung district in an effort to increase tourist visits to the region that has many beautiful beaches. Hopefully, it will be more widely known by all the people or prospective travelers that will visit Badung in particular and Bali in general.

“To promote the tourism potential owned by the Badung district in the MSME/SMI Product Exhibition and Regional Investment 2017 in Batam, it sends eight staff and leaderships to Batam on May

10, led by the Head of the Badung Tourism Office Made Badra,” explained Ni Luh Rusmini, Promotion Section Chief of the Badung Tourism Office.

In this exhibition, the government of Badung leased two booths to display all the promotional media in the form of brochure and CD containing various tourist attractions, nature, coastal beauty, traditional art and culture in the Badung district. “The natural beauty of Bali Island, especially the Badung district remains a foremost destination for travelers wishing to enjoy the atmosphere of white sandy

beaches. Hopefully, the tourist visit to Bali can increase the regionally generated revenue, especially in Badung and Bali general,” hoped Rusmini.

Previously, Badung district has been doing tourism promotion to China by visiting two cities, namely Tianjin and Hohhot attended by 100 buyers coming from top travel agencies. The event showed the vivacity of Chinese citizens to vacation to Bali is very high because the Island of the God remains one of the prominent tourist destinations for this Bamboo Curtain country community.

In the meantime, the tourism promotion to Australia will be done in July 2017. Eight cities will become the target in the Kangaroo country. As for India, promotion will take place in New Delhi in August 2017. (kmb)

Prosecutors seek 11-years for man who gave advice in slaying

Residents of Satria Kawan Palace, Paksebali village, Dawan, organized the lukat gni or flame war tradition. This tradition is carried out through generations every year falling on new moon of the Balinese ninth month or at the night of Pengrupukan or the day before celebration of Nyepi, Monday (Mar. 27).

Lukat gni also called flame war is derived from two words, namely lukat and gni. Lukat or melukat means cleansing of all impurities and the unseen while gni means fire. Lukat gni can be interpreted as a tradition of cleansing or purifying the microcosm and macrocosm from any kind of impurities by means of fire. This tradition is also aimed at maintaining balance of nature and humans to result in harmony in the implementation of the catur bratha penyepian or five abstinences.

This lukat gni tradition begins with a joint worship at temples or family temple to invoke safety and smoothness for the implementation of lukat gni. Dozens of youths that take part in this activity are then heading for the catus pata or central intersection of the village to carry out the tradition. Here, the participants further slammed the fire of tied danyuh (dried coconut leaves) onto each opponent. No injuries are seen despite being hit by fire. Moreover, there is no resentment among the participants. The atmosphere is getting festive with the accompaniment of baleganjur orchestra.

Spiritual figure of Satria Kawan Palace, Mangku A.A. Gde Anom Merta, said that flame war is a heritage tradition of Satria Kawan Palace. “As younger generations, we must continue and preserve the traditions having been passed down by the elders here. This tradition has actually existed since around hundreds of years ago,” he said after the implementation of the lukat gni.

According to him, the lukat gni often known as flame war is one of the purificatory rites carried out to purify the macrocosm and microcosm. Implementation of this annual tradition is expected to be able to neutralize negative effects and create harmony in ourselves and the balance of the universe. “Through this lukat gni, we will create harmony and balance of the universe,” he said.

A participant of lukat gni, A.A. Gde Baskara Diningrat, said that he took this tradition to preserve the heritage. Armed with self-confidence, he said, the heat of the fire afflicting to the body will not be felt. Every fire is believed to eliminate all the impurities inside. “With the confidence I have, the more exposed to the fire, the more impurities will be missing from our body,” said Baskara who participates regularly in this tradition every year. (kmb)

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors in Chicago are asking for up to 11 years in prison for a man who offered advice to his cousin in the 2014 murder of a woman at an Indonesian resort.

Robert Bibbs did not directly participate in the slaying of Sheila von Wiese-Mack. However, prosecutors say text messages Bibbs sent to Tommy Schaefer and comments made to the FBI after the killing showed he encouraged the crime and expected to be rewarded.

Heather Mack is serving a 10-year sentence for helping her boyfriend, Schaefer, kill her mother at a Bali resort. Schaefer is serving an 18-year sentence.

According to the prosecutor’s Monday filing, Bibbs texted his girlfriend around the time of the slaying that they were “gonna be rich.” The 26year-old Bibbs is scheduled to be sentenced next week by U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer. (ap)

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Trump tower fated not to rise in Indonesian isle of the gods

Uninvited Taiwan says going to U.N. health meeting, warns China on ties

TANAH LOT — Thousands of people flock daily to the centuries-old, sacred Hindu temple at Tanah Lot, a rock formation that juts into the Indian Ocean. An island at high tide and flanked by sheer cliffs, it’s among Bali’s most photographed sites, particularly for the mesmerizing sunsets that transform the waters into a shimmering orange vista.

It’s getting a new neighbor, described as “Trump International Hotel and Tower” in the Trump Organization’s promotions for what will be its first resort in Asia.

They promise breathtaking views, a super-sized golf course overlooking the temple and an “enchanting and unrivaled getaway from the current luxury hotels” in Bali. For those weary of mere five-star opulence, it offers six.

Nothing that one might consider a tower is going to fly on Bali, where height restrictions prohibit structures higher than the island’s plentiful coconut palms — about 15 meters (49 feet).

Locals welcome new investment in the popular Indonesian resort island but are determined to preserve their unique traditions. Neighbors are resisting efforts to expand the Trump site. And if a tower ever starts rising, local authorities are ready to flatten it.

“If suddenly they build an unapproved tower, of course we will stop them and demolish it,” said Ida Bagus Wiratmaja, head of the district’s development and planning agency. “There are special rules for the temple and the temple area.”

Tanah Lot and other temples dotting the cliffs are more than a lure for tourists. They’re the heart of life in the surrounding Beraban village, where tradition and spirituality are woven into daily living.

The Balinese are proud that their island’s Hindu culture has flourished for centuries even as later arrivals — Islam and Christianity — supplanted it elsewhere in the Indonesian archipelago.

The height restriction is the key regulation the Trump hotel must contend with, since the 100 hectares (250 acres) where it will rise is already occupied by a golf course and aging resort owned

by President Donald Trump’s Indonesian business partner Hary Tanoesoedibjo, who also harbors presidential ambitions.

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A man casts his vote at a polling station during the presidential elections in Seoul, South Korea May 9, 2017.

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In this April 12, 2017 photo, Balinese men decorate a Hindu temple near the site which will be developed into a six-star resort managed by Trump Organization, in Beraban, Bali, Indonesia. Plans for a Trump hotel golf course overlooking a sacred Hindu temple that juts into the Indian Ocean are being reshaped by locals, who welcome new investment in the popular Indonesian resort island but are also determined to preserve their unique traditions.

At a cost of about $300 million, Tanoesoedibjo’s conglomerate MNC will redevelop the site. The Trump Organization will manage the new property under an agreement made with MNC in 2015. That was before Trump was elected, so it does not conflict with his pledge not to make new business deals as president.

The two groups are also working together near the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, to build a superluxury “Trump Community” in a 3,000-hectare (7,413-acre) minicity alongside a national park that is one of the area’s last refuges for endangered species.

MNC and the Trump Organization did not respond to requests for comment on the Bali project. MNC in March reportedly promised to respect height restrictions and says it is still designing the new resort

despite plans to shutter the existing one around the middle of the year.

Still, the Trump Organization continued to bill the project as a hotel and tower as recently as Thursday.

MNC will also have to work around a temple on the site, leaving it completely undisturbed.

“Whatever they build should not deviate from our Hindu culture because it is the soul of the Balinese people,” said Made Rumawa, the religious leader of Beraban. “As a priest, I insist they comply with the rules because they have been set out clearly,” said Rumawa, a towering man clad in white from head to toe. “So, whoever comes, whatever their intention, do not be blind and walk in the darkness.”

Plans to expand the land available to the resort, in part to accommodate a larger golf course, are struggling. Villagers said MNC

has had an offer on the table since 2015 to buy adjacent land, which is mostly used for growing rice and other crops. Wayan Surata, a former resort worker who helped MNC compile a list of landowners several years ago, said about 80 percent of the owners have rejected it.

Ketut Sukarjaya, who works at the old resort and is close to retirement, said land belonging to him and his brother has been in their family for several generations and they had no financial need to sell it.

Surata said he was one of the few who has agreed to sell. Pointing to a verdant stretch of land bordering the resort, he said he sold with a “heavy heart” because he urgently needed money for a garment business he had started.

MNC’s offer of 150 million rupiah ($11,290) per a Balinese mea-

sure of land that is equal to about 100 square meters (1,076 square feet) is far below what villagers believe is fair given the prime location, Surata said. Most think it’s worth three to seven times that.

Selling is also a fraught issue because the island’s farmland is gradually being depleted, increasing a lopsided reliance on tourism.

In Beraban, about 40 percent of arable land already is being used for housing and tourism. “We are optimistic it will be more difficult to buy land because the people are now more aware that land cannot be created,” said Made Sumawa, the village’s stern-faced guardian of custom and tradition. “The investors wanted to expand the area but after they learned of the people’s character here, they realized it’s difficult to buy the land from them.”(ap)

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South Koreans vote for new leader, look set for record turnout

SEOUL - South Koreans flocked to polling stations to elect a new leader on Tuesday, with a high turnout suggesting voters are eager to move on from a corruption scandal that brought down the former president and shook the political and business elite.

Unless there is a major upset, liberal Moon Jae-in - who calls for a moderate approach on North Korea, wants to reform powerful family-run conglomerates and boost fiscal spending to create jobs - will be elected president.

The vote will end a months-long leadership vacuum. Former president Park Geun-hye was ousted on charges of bribery and abuse of power in March to become South Korea’s first democratically elected president to be thrown out of office.

Park is in jail, on trial, but denies any wrongdoing. She had decided not to cast a vote, South Korean media reported.

The National Election Commission said turnout was 67.1 percent

by 4 p.m. (0700 GMT), exceeding the 65.2 percent at the same time in the previous presidential election, in 2012.

The commission expects final turnout of more than 80 percent, which would be the highest since President Kim Dae-jung was elected in 1997, when 80.7 percent of voters cast ballots.

The Democratic Party’s Moon, who lost narrowly to Park in 2012, has criticised the two former conservative governments for failing to stop North Korea’s weapons development. He advocates a two-track policy of dialogue while maintaining pressure and sanctions to encourage change.

He said in a YouTube live stream on Tuesday that South Korea

TAIPEI - Taiwan will send a delegation to a U.N. health meeting even though it does not have an invitation, the government said on Tuesday, as it warned China that efforts to exclude it could lead to “irreversible” damage to ties.

Self-ruled Taiwan wants to attend a May 22-31 annual meeting in Geneva of the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), but it has accused Beijing of obstructing its efforts.

China views democratic Taiwan as a renegade province to be taken back with the use of force, if necessary, and other countries and international organisations should not recognise it or treat as a separate country.

Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, which recognises “one China” centred on Beijing, and it never formally takes part in U.N. meetings. But it has in the past been given observer status at some conferences, with Beijing’s acquiescence.

But ties between the mainland and the island have become strained since the election last year of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, of the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), who has not acknowledged the “one China” principle, unlike the island’s previous China-friendly administration.

Beijing warned last year that Taiwan’s acceptance of the “one China” principle was a condition for the retention of its observer status at the World Health Assembly (WHA).

In an unusually assertive stand for the island, its foreign ministry said Chen Shih-chung, minister of health and welfare, would lead a delegation to Geneva for the meeting “to exchange views” with WHA members on global health and safety.

Taiwan’s top China policymaking office said Beijing’s “rigid and confrontational” approach would have serious consequences.

“Taiwan’s public opinion cannot be lightly insulted,” the island’s Mainland Affairs Council said in a statement.

“Beijing authorities should carefully consider the serious consequences of insisting that Taiwan not be allowed to participate in the WHA and to continue to pressure Taiwan’s international space ... (It will) result in irreversible damage to cross-Strait relations.” (rtr)

should take on a more active diplomatic role to curb North Korea’s nuclear threat and not watch idly as the United States and China talk to each other.

STRAIGHT TO WORK A Gallup Korea poll last week showed Moon had 38 percent support in a field of 13 candidates, with centrist Ahn Cheol-soo his nearest challenger on 20 percent.

The winner was expected to be sworn in on Wednesday after the release of the official result. Most candidates, including Moon and Ahn, have said they would skip a lavish inauguration ceremony and start work straight away.

Moon said he had “poured every last drop of energy” into the campaign, reassuring voters he was in good health despite sporting bruises on his hands and arms from being jostled in crowds during campaigning. (rtr)

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Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare’s, Office of International Cooperation director, Hsu Ming-hui (R), talks during a news conference on how Taiwan would react if it is not invited to the World Health Assembly (WHA), in Taipei, Taiwan May 8, 2017.

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Toshiba wrangles with Western Digital over chips unit sale

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The collectors of stone are still doing their activities on Klotok Beach in Klungkung.

TOKYO — Money-losing Japanese electronics company Toshiba is sparring with its U.S. joint venture partner Western Digital over the planned sale of Toshiba’s computer-chip business.

Tokyo-based Toshiba Corp. needs cash from such a sale to shore up its finances after it suffered massive losses in its nuclear power division.

Toshiba warned Western Digital to stop interfering, according to letters obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. The letters from the company’s lawyers, dated May 3, accused Western Digital of “improper” interference.

Western Digital bought SanDisk, Toshiba’s longtime partner in making flash memory chips, last year. It has argued the sale might violate terms of the joint venture with Toshiba, according to the letters.

Such sales can be sensitive because they involve the transfer of technology.

Calls to Western Digital in Asia went unanswered.

Several companies, including Western Digital, are reportedly interested in acquiring Toshiba’s prized chip-making business.

Another is Hon Hai of Taiwan, also known as Foxconn, a major supplier to Apple, which has acquired Japanese electronics company Sharp Corp.

South Korea’s SK Hynix is also reportedly a bidder. A Japanese consortium including government-affiliates like the Development Bank of Japan and the public-private Innovation Network Corp. of Japan are said to be preparing a bid with U.S. private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. The financial newspaper Nikkei reported last month that Western Digital might join that effort.

Toshiba is projecting a trillion yen ($9 billion) in losses for the fiscal year that ended in March, although auditors have refused to sign off on its earnings report. The company is also embroiled in an accounting scandal.

Further raising doubts over its future viability, Toshiba’s U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse Electric Co. filed for bankruptcy protection in March.

Four nuclear reactors that Westinghouse is helping to build in South Carolina and Georgia are behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget, as costs soar after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, six years ago. (rtr)

Illegal stone collecting continues as work program fails

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SEMARAPURA - Until now, people collecting stones on Watuklotok Beach for the mosaic industry continue to operate illegally. The District of Klungkung had promised to find other work for these people but so far this has not happened.

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In this April 11, 2017 file photo, Toshiba Corp.’s President Satoshi Tsunakawa bows during a press conference at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo. Money-losing Japanese electronics company Toshiba is sparring with its U.S. joint venture partner Western Digital over the planned sale of Toshiba’s computer-chip business.

Facebook removes accounts in fight against fake news

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In this April 18, 2017 file photo, conference workers speak in front of a demo booth at Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference in San Jose, Calif.

LONDON — Facebook says it has deleted tens of thousands of accounts in Britain ahead of the June 8 general election in a drive to battle fake news.

The tech giant also took out newspaper advertisements in Britain’s media offering advice on how to spot such stories. The ads suggest that readers should be “skeptical of headlines,” and to “look closely at the URL.” The company says it has made improvements to help them detect fake news accounts more effectively.

Simon Milner, the tech firm’s U.K. director of policy, says the platform wants to get to the “root of the problem” and is working with outside organizations to fact check and analyze content around the election.

Milner says Facebook is “doing everything we can to tackle the problem of false news.”

HATE POSTINGS

An Austrian court has ruled that Facebook must delete hate speech postings worldwide and that Austrian law can be applied to lawsuits against the social media website.

Maria Windhager, a lawyer for an Austrian politician, said Monday’s ruling is a rebuff to the social media giant’s claims that any court actions against it can be heard only in California or Ireland, where Facebook’s world and European headquarters are located.

Windhager represents Greens politician Eva Glawischnig, who went to court over comments about her posted through a fake profile.

The Austria Press Agency says Monday’s decision arose from Facebook’s appeal of a lower court ruling ordering it to delete the postings.

Facebook did not immediately comment on the decision. (ap)

As long as the government of Klungkung does nothing to find alternative work for these people, these workers will continue manually collecting mosaic stones.

Although it is illegal to pick

stones off Watuklotok Beach, it remains a common activity amongst those who have no other means of earning a living. On Monday (May 8), Deputy Chief of the Klungkung Police, Nengah Sadiarta, addressed

the matter saying that the stone collectors face serious risks as the waves on this beach can be dangerous, especially recently when the waves have been very large.

As time goes on the mosaic stones are harder to find and so the stone collectors must become more reckless appraoching the sea to get the stones. Chief Sadiarta has therefore asked the stone collectors

to take precautionary measures such as wearing life jackets or carrying buoys.

Chief of Klungkung Municipal Police, Nyoman Sucitra, said that the government of Klungkung has still not been able to find alternative work for the stone collectors, so these workers are still allowed to carry on with their manual work.

However according to an agree-

ment, they are not allowed to look for mosaic stones south of Watukklotok Temple.

“If the mosaic stone seekers get desperate and start collecting stones south of the temple, the supporting devotees (pengempon) of the temple will take action”, he explained, Monday (8/5). (dwa)

DENPASAR - Two transvestites named Akner Resa alias Resa, 26, and Munandar Muctar alias Windi, 33, were arrested by the Denpasar Police Drug Investigation Unit. The two were arrested for possesion of drugs and are suspected of having sold drugs to (mostly) foreingn nationals. They did not appear to feel guilty.

“They seem to be espacially targettting foreign tourits. Allegedly they are also dealers because it is easy for them to buy drugs, so we

suspect they are part of a syndicate”, said Chief of Denpasar Police Drug Investigation Unit, Wayan Arta Ariawan, on Monday (May 8).

When the case was first revealed, the suspect Windi interjected saying that their actions are not criminal: “we are not criminals, we are different that thieves”, said the transvetite from Sulawesi.

When interrogated by Arta Ariawan, Windi whose boarding house is located on Jalan Merdeka

Raya (Kuta) honestly admitted that a package of crystal meth had been ordered from his frined LK in Kerobokan Prison. “I ordered for us to use together” he said.

Both transvestites argued that they used crystal meth in order to increase their stamina while serving their clients who mostly consist of foreign citizens. The suspect Resa admitted to often target foreign tourists at nightspots, while Windi uses the internet to target

his clients. “I chat on the internet.

If the customers agrees, we meet at a hotel. For one date, I get paid USD 100”, he said.

As previously reported, drug users and members of drug syndicates continue to be arrested by the Denpasar police drug unit. On Friday (Apr. 28), the two transvestites were arrested on Jalan Sunset Road, Kuta.

When interrogated they admitted to belong to the syndicate of an inmate of Kerobokan Prisoner.

According to the police report, on Friday (Apr. 28) at 15:00, police stopped the two suspects who were riding a Honda Vario motorcycle on Jalan Sunset Road, Kuta. Akner tried to run away but tripped and fell. The police officers immediately arrested them and confiscated a bag of crytsal meth. The suspects claimed that they had bought the bag of crytals meth together for IDR 850,000 Munandar paid IDR 350,000 and Akner IDR 500,000. (kmb36)

The physical condition of a boy from Lebah hamlet, Suwug, Buleleng, named Gede Budha Utama, is quite challenging. From the age of 4 months, Utama has suffered paralysis of his legs, so he needs to be carried while he attends schoo at SDN 4 Suwug elementary school.

When visited at his home recently, this fourth-grader was very friendly with a warm genuine smile, like any other youngster of his age. His physical condition however makes it impossible for

him to spend his childhood playing games. Utama laughs freely but remains a spectator amid his cheerful friends.

This is not the only challenge that Utama faces. Sadely when he was six years old, his mother sperated from his father and left him motherless. Shorly thereafter, Utama’s father found work in a travel agency in Denpasar, so he moved away so he could provide for his family.

Without the loving arms of his

mother and father, Utama lives with his grandfater Mangku Sukita and grandmother Ketut Suci. His grandparents struggle to meet all his needs, including carrying himn to school everyday. “We have to piggy-back him to school” said Sukita.

Despite having a sense of responsibility for taking Utama to school everyday, Sukita is not always able to do so. Occasionally he has to work as a labourer in order to make ends meet. “Sometimes

his grandmother has to take him to school by motorcycle taxi. But if that is not possible then Utama is focred to stay home from school”, said grandfather Sukita.

Utama received a wheelchair from a private institution some time ago, however the chair is too small for him. The government should give attention to such cases to ensure that children like Utama can continue their education.

There is something inside Utama that drives him to pursue his

dreams. Despite his lack of physical mobility, Utama would like to become a professional mechanic.

“I really want to be a mechanic” he said with a sparkle in his eye.

The school Principal of SDN 4 Suwug elementary school, Ketut Suryani, said that the children at her school are quite smart and that Utama is no exception. She added that his reading abilities are the same as the other students and that he has the added gift of not being shy to make friends. (sos)

Two transvestites allegedly selling drugs to foreigners

Despite having a physical disability, Budha Utama wants to be a professional mechanic

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Govt needs to pay serious attention to security in Kuta

MANGUPURA - The area around Legian highway was recently the center of a security issue involving two tourists who got into a serious quarrel. This incident should serve as an example of the need for the government to organize and deal with nightspots in Kuta.

Chairman of LPM Kuta, Anak Agung Made Agung, said on Monday (May 8) that criminal cses are frequent in the area of Kuta. This needs to receive the attention of the government and other stakeholders. He added that he hopes that the most recent incident would spur relevant agencies to take immediate measures to curb the likelyhood of such incidents occuring.

“Commotions in night club are commonplace so the government should try to deal with it as any crime of fight that occurs will affect the image of tourism” he said.

In the near future, the people’s empowerment agency (LPM) of Kuta plans to invite the Badung

tourism office and other stakeholders to discuss the matter of the hours of operation of nightclubs in Kuta.

Many nightclub owners stay open longer than legally permitted.

“Based on the agreement or the MoU, nightspots in Kuta are only allowed to stay open until 03:00.

However, there are still premises that do not heed to the agreement made”, said Agung.

The responsibility of maintaining security in Kuta should not rest solely with police authorities. The government also needs to be firm –in this case the tourism office needs to play a more active role. The private security of nighspots should also be empowered to overcome criminal actions that may take place on the premises of these businesses.

“Without the assertiveness of the government, it will be difficult to maintain order. If nighclubs are not firmly regulated, they will certainly lean in favour of business profits rather that weak rules”,concluded Agung. (kmb23)

The tourist is sunbathing on Legian Beach, Kuta

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Mass vaccination, dogs left to stray are still common

SINGARAJA - Mass dog vaccinations started again on Monday (May 8) as a preventitive measure against the spead of rabbies. The vaccinations started at Kalibukbuk village, Buleleng, however they did not run smoothly as too many dog owners had left their dogs to stray.

Division Head of the Buleleng Livestock and Animal Health at the Buleleng Agriculture Agency, I Wayan Susila, explained that the vaccinations will be held until July 31. The agency estimated that as many as 91,000 dogs spread over nine subdistricts could be vaccinated. A total of 17 temas of vaccinatinos officers will be deployed, consisting of 9 regular teams and 8 ‘A-teams’.

The cadres of each village will also be supporting this endevour and will be in charge of seeking out unvaccinated dogs. “We aim to have at least 70 percent of dogs vaccinated with the help of two cadres in each village. If possible we would like to vaccinate even more dogs – as many as possible”, said Susila.

The simultaneous vaccination of dogs in all of Bali’s nine subdistricts is being supported with the requires materials, including some 7,000 doses of the anti-rabbies vaccine. “Our vaccines are being kept safe, there have been no problems” he added.

However as the vaccine program started to be implemented, there were still some obstacles. The main problem is that many dog owners are still allowing their dogs to roam freely, which makes it hard for the vaccine officers to do their job. The mountainous terrain of Buleleng also poses some challenges. “There are still many dogs that are left to stray, this makes it hard to vaccinate them”, Susila emphasised.

The plan to conduct mass dog vaccinatinos has been made public for some time. The dissemination of information regarding this program has been carried out by installing large banners as well as through public notices given to village authorities. “We have made it known that we will be vaccinated dogs and have asked people to keep their gods on leashes. Hopefully the mass media can make it known to people that they need to take this responsibility seriously” he explained.

Susila added that in order to reduce the number of stray dogs, each Traditional Village needs to organise systems of maintenance including sanctions in case of violation. “The village of Pejeng in Ginayar has been declared as a model for dog manintenance by the Government of Bali. Their methodes can also be applied in Buleleng” he concluded. (kmb45)

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Issa Rae says goodbye to anonymity after ‘Insecure’ success LOS ANGELES — Issa Rae is just starting to feel the side effects of having a hit show.

The creator, writer and star of HBO’s “Insecure” is getting more and more opportunities — and she’s also getting recognized on the streets of her suburban Los Angeles neighborhood.

“The true test for me was Inglewood. I live in Inglewood, and I walk in Inglewood all the time. I do a morning walk, and nobody recognized me,” Rae said Sunday as she arrived at the MTV Movie & TV Awards. “Then just a couple weeks ago I did my routine walk and I had three cars turn around and stop... One almost tried to follow me home. So I was like, oh, I can’t do this anymore in my own neighborhood.”

The 32-year-old star is seizing the opportunities that have come with such success, though, with at least two film projects in the works:

one as writer, another as actress.

“I’m taking it all in stride,” Rae said. “The show, ‘Insecure,’ occupies like eight or nine months out of the year. But I’m happy to be in this position. It’s a good problem to have.”

Rae plays a fictionalized version of herself on the show, a comedy about a young professional woman named Issa navigating her life.

As for “Insecure’s” second season, which starts July 23, Rae says it picks up right where the first season left off: with Issa’s relationship in shambles.

“We’re exploring the question: what does it mean to be doing what you’re supposed to be doing,” she said. “You’re supposed to break up; you’re supposed to be growing up with your friends; you’re supposed to be moving on. So in your 30s, what does it look like when you’re doing what you’re supposed to be doing?” (ap)

A supporter of Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama weeps near the court following his conviction of blasphemy in Jakarta, Indonesia May 9, 2017.

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Actor Charlie Hunnam poses at the premiere of “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX, in Hollywood, California, U.S., May 8, 2017.

King Arthur fights back to big screen, leading the resistance

LOS ANGELES - A new dawn, and possibly even a franchise, await the legend of British folklore hero King Arthur.

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In this May 7, 2017 file photo, actress Issa Rae arrives at the MTV Movie and TV Awards in Los Angeles. Rae is creator, writer and star of HBO’s “Insecure,” returning for a second season on July 23.

Warner Bros’ “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,” out in U.S. theaters on Friday, revives the tales of the legendary warrior, his famed knights of the round table, and the magician Merlin.

Directed by Guy Ritchie, “Legend of the Sword” goes back to the origins of Arthur, played by Charlie Hunnam, as he is plucked from the poverty in which he grew up as an orphan, and becomes a reluctant leader of a resistance against his uncle, King Vortigern, played by Jude Law. “Something that has been really,

really important in my life, and it’s one of the central themes of the film, is a person’s unquestionable ability to elevate themselves in life through conscious endeavor,” Hunnam told Reuters.

Arthur is the only one able to wield the magical sword Excalibur from the stone in which it is trapped and, with the guidance of friends and some wizardry from Merlin, the hero finds himself on a quest to save England from the tyrannical rule of a ruthless king.

While the folklore of King Arthur dates back to the Middle

Ages, the story of a civilian uprising is something that can apply to a modern-day audience, said Djimon Hounsou, who plays Arthur’s confidant Bedivere.

“It resonates loudly about what’s going on in America or, more importantly, about what’s going on in the world,” Hounsou said.

The legends of King Arthur have been adapted into numerous films over the years, from 1953’s “Knights of the Round Table” to 2015’s “Arthur and Merlin.”

Ritchie believes it has staying power, saying he has already envisioned several more films for his iteration of the folklore hero. (rtr)

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Jakarta’s Christian governor jailed for blasphemy against Islam

JAKARTA - Jakarta’s Christian governor was sentenced to two years in jail for blasphemy against Islam on Tuesday, a harsher than expected ruling that is being seen as a blow to religious tolerance in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslimmajority nation.

The guilty verdict comes amid concern about the growing influence of Islamist groups, who organised mass demonstrations during a tumultuous election campaign that ended with Basuki Tjahaja Purnama losing his bid for another term as governor.

President Joko Widodo was an ally of Purnama, an ethnic-Chinese Christian who is popularly known as “Ahok”, and the verdict will be a setback for a government that has sought to quell radical groups and soothe investors’ concerns that the country’s secular values were at risk. As thousands of supporters and opponents waited outside, the head judge of the Jakarta court, Dwiarso Budi Santiarto, said Purnama was

“found to have legitimately and convincingly conducted a criminal act of blasphemy, and because of that we have imposed two years of imprisonment”.

Andreas Harsono of Human Rights Watch described the verdict as “a huge setback” for Indonesia’s record of tolerance and for minorities.

“If someone like Ahok, the governor of the capital, backed by the country’s largest political party, ally of the president, can be jailed on groundless accusations, what will others do?,” Harsono said.

WEEPING SUPPORTERS Purnama told the court he would appeal the ruling. The governor was taken to an East Jakarta prison after the verdict and his lawyer Tommy Sihotang said he would remain there despite his appeal process unless a higher court suspended it.

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