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Thursday, September 7, 2017
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Two Japanese tourists injured by sharp objects
DENPASAR — Results of the external examination conducted by forensic medical installation of Sanglah Hospital on the body of Japanese tourists indicate there are several open injuries due to sharp objects. The bodies sent by national SAR agency (Basarnas) underwent external examination on Tuesday (Sep. 5) at 11:45. On both victims’ body were only found some burns on the back with a grade of 50-60 percent.
This was conveyed by the Head of Forensic Medicine Installation of Sanglah Hospital, Dudut Rustyadi. On the body of the 73-year-old man was found several injuries. There are open injuries wrapping around the neck, sliced injuries and several stabbed injuries and burns. “And most of the burns are on the back of the body,” he added. While on the body of the woman aged
70 years, there are several open injuries in the form of stabbed injuries on the neck and abdomen, and burns on the back. Based on the injuries found on both bodies, it can be determined that violence has been done more than once. Additionally, he could not confirm whether the victim died before being burned or after being burned. “To that end, we will conduct laboratory tests
to determine whether the victims died before being burned or not,” he explained. He could not ensure when the victims died because it can interfere with the investigation. “The cause of their death cannot be determined yet because the autopsy has not been done,” he said. Until now, both bodies are still entrusted in the mortuary of Sanglah Hospital. (kmb42)
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Paving installation on the road causes accident
AMLAPURA — Candrabuana Square has been ‘transformed’ into an art center. The road access around it has been installed with paving block to give beautiful impression to the location. However, the road access rising after being paved even caused accident for several times. Moreover, it claimed a fatality. Pavement of the road repeatedly resulted in a complaint of surrounding residents and was heard by local legislators. One of them is Komang Sudanta. On Tuesday (Sep. 5), he admitted to receive many complaints. The problems include the road access and paving block is too high and shocking the passing
motorcyclists. Unfortunately, at night many riders do not realize if the road section has been paved. As a result, many motorcyclists get bounced. “Moreover, around the paved road is dark, there is no street lighting,” said Sudanta, the PDI-P legislator. In addition to the dark condition,
there is no clear road marker that the road is installed with paving blocks. “Sloping road condition is suddenly higher due to the paving block itself, so many accidents occurred at the location,” said Sudanta. To prevent such accidents, the government of Karangasem through relevant agencies can fill the road marker as much as possible. So, the riders can be aware if the surrounding area is elevated. Moreover, it will be more dangerous for the people first going through the road. “Last Friday night, an accident occurred at the scene as most road
users do not know if the road is elevated after installed with paving block,” he said. He hoped the agency in charge can evaluate and improve the road condition and then address it. Related to this issue, the Head of Karangasem Culture Agency, Putu Arnawa, also received some information if accident frequently occurred at the location. He claimed to have repeatedly coordinated with the parties working on the paving installation before the accident claiming the fatality of motorcycle riders not long ago. However, until
now there has been no handling effort. Arnawa also said that the paving block installation is a continuation of the development of art center by central government. In the meantime, the first step taken by the culture agency is requesting the Karangasem transportation agency to fill in road marker as a sign for riders. This road marker has actually been installed by transportation agency, but has disappeared. Some pieces are transferred by irresponsible people. He has asked to transportation agency to refill it. (kmb31)
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi denounces terrorists, silent on Rohingya exodus
YANGON - Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday blamed “terrorists” for “a huge iceberg of misinformation” on the violence in Rakhine state but made no mention of the nearly 126,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled over the border to Bangladesh since Aug. 25. The leader of Buddhist-majority Myanmar has come under pressure from countries with Muslim populations over the crisis, and on Tuesday U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of the risk of ethnic cleansing and regional destabilisation. In a rare letter expressing concern that the violence that has raged for nearly two weeks in the northwestern state could spiral into a “humanitarian catastrophe”, Guterres urged the U.N. Security Council to press for restraint and calm. Suu Kyi spoke by telephone on Tuesday with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who has pressed world leaders to do more to help a population of roughly 1.1 million he says are facing genocide. In a statement issued by her office on Facebook, Suu Kyi said the government had “already started defending all the people in Rakhine in the best way possible” and warned against misinformation that could mar relations with other countries. She referred to images on Twitter of killings posted by Turkey’s deputy prime minister that he later deleted because they were not from
The road access around Candrabuana Square has been installed with paving block to give beautiful impression to the location.
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Myanmar. “She said that kind of fake information which was inflicted on the deputy prime minister was simply the tip of a huge iceberg of misinformation calculated to create a lot of problems between different countries and with the aim of promoting the interests of the terrorists,” her office said in the statement. The latest violence in Rakhine state began 12 days ago when Rohingya insurgents attacked dozens of police posts and an army base. The ensuing clashes and a military counter-offensive have killed at least 400 people and triggered the exodus of villagers to Bangladesh. Suu Kyi has been accused by Western critics of not speaking out for the minority that has long complained of persecution, and some have called for the Nobel Peace Prize she won in 1991 as a champion of democracy to be revoked. Myanmar says its security forces are fighting a legitimate campaign against “terrorists” responsible for a string of attacks on police posts and the army since last October. Myanmar officials blame Rohingya militants for the burning
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Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi talks during a news conference with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Naypyitaw, Myanmar September 6, 2017. of homes and civilian deaths. But rights monitors and Rohingya fleeing to neighbouring Bangladesh say the Myanmar army is trying to force them out with a campaign of arson and killings.
Reuters reporters saw hundreds more exhausted Rohingya arriving on boats near the Bangladeshi border village of Shamlapur on Tuesday, suggesting the exodus was far from over.
The latest estimate of the numbers that have crossed into Bangladesh, based on calculations by U.N. workers, is 125,960, some 80 percent of whom are women and children. (rtr)
Putin says progress on N.Korea impossible without dialogue
VLADIVOSTOK - Resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis is impossible with sanctions and pressure alone, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after meeting his South Korean counterpart on Wednesday, again urging dialogue to achieve progress. Putin met Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of an economic summit in the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok amid mounting international concerns that their shared neighbour plans more weapons tests, possibly a long-range missile launch ahead of a key weekend anniversary. Putin denounced Pyongyang’s sixth and largest nuclear bomb test on Sunday, saying Russia did not recognise North Korea’s nuclear status. “Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear programme is a crude violation of UN Security Council resolutions, undermines the non-
proliferation regime and creates a threat to the security of northeastern Asia,” Putin said at a joint news conference. “At the same time, it is clear that it is impossible to resolve the problem of the Korean peninsula only by sanctions and pressure,” he said. No headway could be made without political and diplomatic tools, Putin said. South Korea’s Moon, who came to power earlier this year advocating a policy of pursuing engagement with Pyongyang, has come under increasing pressure to take a harder line on North Korea. He and Putin “shared the understanding that resolving the North Korean issue is top priority”, Moon told reporters. Moon has asked the United Nations to consider tough new sanctions on North Korea after the latest nuclear test. He said on Wednesday
it was inevitable oil supplies to the North would be cut and asked Putin to cooperate.
“FREEZE FOR FREEZE” Sanctions have so far done little to stop North Korea boosting its nuclear and missile capacity as it faces off with U.S. President Donald Trump, who has vowed to stop Pyongyang from being able to hit the U.S. mainland with a nuclear weapon. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley accused North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday of “begging for war” with a series of nuclear bomb and missile tests. She urged the 15-member Security Council to impose the “strongest possible” sanctions to deter him and shut down his trading partners. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who will discuss North
Korea with Moon and Putin in Vladivostok, said on Wednesday he wanted the North to understand it has “no bright future” if it continues on its current path. China and Russia have advocated a “freeze for freeze” plan, where the United States and Seoul stop major military drills in exchange for North Korea halting its weapons programmes, but neither side is willing to budge. North Korea says it needs to develop its weapons to defend itself against what it sees as U.S. aggression. South Korea and the United States are technically still at war with North Korea after the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended with a truce, not a peace treaty. Beijing objects to both the military drills and the deployment in South Korea of an advanced U.S. missile defence system that has a
radar that can see deep into Chinese territory. The U.S. military said the four remaining Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) batteries would be deployed on a golf course in the south of the country on Thursday. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang reiterated China’s opposition to the THAAD system at a briefing in Beijing, saying it could only “severely damage” regional security and raise “tensions and antagonism”. “China expresses serious concern over the relevant movements,” Geng said. “China strongly urges the United States and South Korea to pay attention to China and other regional nations’ security interests and concerns, immediately halt the progress of the relevant deployment, and remove the relevant equipment,” he said. (rtr)