Category: Internal Affairs

Personnel from the Border Security Task Force of Infantry Battalion 643/Wanara Sakti have thwarted an attempt to smuggle 350 oriental magpie-robins (Copsychus saularis) in Entikong Sub-district, Sanggau District, West Kalimantan Province.

“We managed to secure the 350 wild oriental magpie-robins during an inspection at the border post,” commander of the task force, Lieutenant Colonel Hendro Wicaksono, said in Sanggau District on Saturday.

The security personnel, led by Second Sergeant Toni, were conducting a routine inspection of vehicles at the post when they saw a suspicious car, he informed.

The car was found carrying hundreds of wild birds without official documents, he said.

“Furthermore, our personnel detained the driver of the car with the initials TN (46). In addition, we collected the data of the wild animals, which will be submitted to the Entikong Agricultural and Animal Quarantine Center for further processing,” the task force commander added.

The driver told the task force that the birds were received from a Malaysian resident in the border area, he informed.

“The oriental magpie-robins were brought into Indonesia through a discreet route to be sold in Sanggau District,” he said.

“We are committed to guarding the Indonesian border from any illegal acts, including the smuggling of wild animals,” Wicaksono added.

A representative from the Entikong Agricultural and Animal Quarantine Center, Syam Widartoko, lauded the task force, saying it has often thwarted wildlife smuggling in border areas and has acted as a deterrent for people still trying to traffic animals.

“We thank the task force for their good coordination and cooperation, so we can save another wildlife. In the near future, we will release these wild animals to their habitats,” he said.

Oriental magpie-robins are not protected by Indonesian law, he said. However, their popularity as cage-birds due to their beautiful singing has led to an increasing decline in their population in some areas, he added.

Source: Antara News

Deputy IV of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) Juri Ardiantoro has said that all parties must strengthen collaboration in order to promote Indonesia’s G20 Presidency in 2022.

He made the statement during the “Kick off Setneg Mantul Road to G20 Indonesia” event organized by the Ministry of State Secretariat online on Friday.

“One thing I want to emphasize is to build glorification about the 2022 G20 Presidency of Indonesia. We all strengthen collaboration in the context of joint glorification,” Ardiantoro said.

Collaboration should be carried out by all apparatuses together with all elements of society for promoting G20 activities in Indonesia, which started in December 2021 and will end in November 2022, he added.

“We have a government structure at the center, there are more than 30 ministries/institutions, there are 34 provinces, 514 districts/cities,” he noted.

If all government machines can be encouraged to become communicators, convey messages, promote G20 issues, then, throughout this year, there will be interesting presentations during G20 events in Indonesia, he said.

“We encourage local governments at the village and sub-district level to make the G20 issue a kind of daily menu in publishing various matters related to the chairmanship,” he explained.

KSP will work with the Ministry of State Secretariat, Ministry of Communication and Informatics, as well as all other ministries to promote Indonesia’s G20 Presidency, Ardiantoro affirmed.

Meanwhile, the Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry will use bamboos as the main material for preparing venues and infrastructures for the G20 Summit 2022 in Bali, Deputy Minister of PUPR, John Wempi Wetipo, informed earlier.

“To maintain the mangroves, we will mostly use bamboos, wood, and other natural elements to reduce the use of concrete to develop the summit venue,” he said while visiting the Suwung Estuary Dam, South Denpasar sub-district, Denpasar city, Bali province.

Infrastructure development in Bali has been accelerated since early January 2022, he informed.

The mangrove project is targeted to be completed in September 2022, so the province will be ready to showcase mangrove conservation efforts by October 2022, he said.

“The revitalization of the Ngurah Rai Mangrove Public Forest in the Nusa Dua Estuary Reservoir includes the construction of entrance gate, drop-off areas, viewing towers, pedestrians, seedling areas, and parking areas,” Wetipo added.

He said he hoped that concrete actions initiated by the Mangrove Clean Up Movement would encourage more sustainable attempts to preserve nature.

“Hence, there are a lot of tasks for the ministry’s Human Settlement as well as Highways and Roads directorate generals. We will synergize to complete the revitalization before the G20 summit,” he added.

Source: Antara News

The Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 2022 concerning Optimizing the Implementation of the National Health Insurance Program (JKN) is expected to boost data collaboration between government agencies.

Deputy Minister of Health, Dante Saksono Harbuwono, delivered these remarks here on Thursday.

“The heads of ministries and agencies must support the policy to optimize JKN, including data and information collaborations,” Harbuwono said.

Efforts to achieve universal health coverage in Indonesia need to involve various stakeholders and have been agreed to be implemented to achieve universal participation, he noted.

Several indicators and targets for achieving universal participation and the management of the JKN program still need to be finalized and improved through the collaboration of data and information, in line with the indicators and targets of the 2020–2024 Medium-Term National Development Plan (RPJMN), since 98 percent of the population is targeted to be covered by JKN, he explained.

He said the first Presidential Instruction in 2022 was aimed at encouraging relevant ministries and agencies and local governments to work hand in hand and synergize.

“The Presidential Instruction instructs 30 heads of ministries and agencies, including governors, heads of districts, and mayors to take various efforts, according to their functions and authorities to support the implementation of the JKN program,” he added.

Harbuwono said the Ministry of Health considers JKN optimization will achieve three basic needs.

First, Indonesia needs information systems for the national health insurance program between relevant ministries and institutions, he said.

Second, it needs to prioritize promotive and preventive services, he informed.

Third, there needs to be an increase in the implementation of coordination between insurance providers to optimize the role of private insurance, he added.

“This of course must be harmonized with related laws and regulations to make it possible to be reviewed, evaluated, and refined according to health services for the JKN program,” he said.

In addition, health service insurance for the community would also guarantee the quality of standardized health services, medicine availability, medical devices, facilities, and infrastructure, he added.

Source: Antara News