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☆ Russia's Lavrov dismisses AP report that he was taken to hospital at G20
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Stanley Widianto | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SummarySummary Companies Lavrov dismisses AP reportAP said Lavrov had been treated for heart conditionBali governor: Lavrov had checks in hospital, in good healthNUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday dismissed an Associated Press report that he had been taken to hospital with a heart condition, scolding Western journalists for what he cast as false reporting. Associated Press, citing Indonesian officials, said that Lavrov had been taken to hospital after arriving on the island of Bali for a Group of 20 summit. Zakharova posted a video of Lavrov, President Vladimir Putin's foreign minister since 2004, sitting outdoors on a patio, dressed in shorts and a T-shirt and reading documents. "Western journalists need to be more truthful - they need to write the truth." Lavrov said Western media routinely took a partial view of events and ignored Russia's point of view.

☆ Musk to join G20 summit in Indonesia virtually, CNBC Indonesia reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Elon Musk will join the G20 summit in Indonesia's Bali virtually rather than in person, an official from the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce told CNBC Indonesia on Saturday. "He is unable to attend because...there are incidents in the United States and he must be present there," Arsjad Rasyid, head of the chamber was quoted as saying, adding the Twitter and Tesla CEO would join virtually. Organisers of the event did not immediately respond to a request from Reuters for confirmationReporting by Stanley Widianto and Bernadette Christina Munthe; Writing by Kanupriya Kapoor; Editing by Martin PettyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Musk to join G20 summit in Indonesia virtually - CNBC Indonesia
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Elon Musk will join the G20 summit in Indonesia's Bali virtually rather than in person, an official from the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce told CNBC Indonesia on Saturday. Organisers of the event and Indonesian government officials did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for confirmation. Musk is due to speak at a business event related to the summit of the Group of 20 major economies. World leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are attending in person, while Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to attend virtually. After recently acquiring social media platform Twitter, Musk has been mired in a series of strategy and policy changes that have thrown the future of the company into doubt.

☆ ASEAN summit begins with Myanmar likely to dominate agenda; 'little progress expected'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Cambodian Prime Minister and ASEAN host Hun Sen addressed Friday's opening ceremony with a call for vigilance and wisdom during times of economic and geopolitical turmoil. The junta has blamed a lack of progress on the pandemic and obstruction from armed resistance movements that it calls terrorists. James Crabtree, Executive Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies-Asia, said ASEAN was struggling to cope with internal divisions over Myanmar and other issues. One Western diplomat who will attend the meeting said that while the bloc may try to make the Myanmar peace plan more action-oriented, "little progress is expected". G20 leaders are meeting in Bali next week and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum will take place in Bangkok after that.

☆ Indonesia suspends licences of two more drug firms amid probe into child deaths
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Southeast Asian country temporarily banned sales of some syrup-based medications in October after it identified the presence in some products of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol as possible factors for causing the illness. Penny K. Lukito, chief of the food and drugs agency (BPOM), told reporters the companies - PT Samco Farma and PT Ciubros Farma - used high levels of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol in their products. The companies had been ordered to pull the products and destroy remaining batches, she said, adding it also temporarily revoked their production licences. Earlier this week, BPOM suspended the distribution licences of three other companies making products that it said contained a high-level of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol. Reporting by Ananda Teresia and Stanley Widianto; Editing by Miyoung Kim and Ed DaviesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Retno Marsudi, foreign minister of Indonesia, which is due to chair the regional bloc next year, told Reuters that blame for a lack of progress lies with the junta. The Myanmar junta did not respond to requests for comment. Retno also said her Southeast Asian counterparts are coming up with fresh recommendations for the implementation of the peace plan ahead of the ASEAN leaders' summit next week. "We facilitate the national dialogue that will take Myanmar out of the political crisis. The bloc has barred Myanmar's generals from attending high-level meetings and the junta has not allowed non-political representatives to participate.

[1/4] Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi gestures during an interview at the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar UlfianaJAKARTA, Nov 3 (Reuters) - G20 summit host Indonesia is waiting to see if Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend, Indonesia's foreign minister said on Thursday, adding that differences over Ukraine had made preparations for the meeting particularly fraught. Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi told Reuters in an interview that Putin's attendance at the meeting might only become clear at the last minute. The grouping has failed to release joint communiques at several meetings this year, including a G20 foreign ministers' meeting in July. Retno said that while discussion of the Ukraine war was inevitable, the G20 remained "intact".

☆ Indonesia human rights body blames use of tear gas for soccer stampede
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JAKARTA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Indonesian police firing tear gas was the main trigger for a deadly soccer stampede at a stadium in East Java last month, the country's human rights commission found in a report on the incident released on Wednesday. Officials from the human rights commission (Komnas HAM) said 135 people had died in the stampede, mostly from asphyxiation, after the match at Kanjuruhan stadium on Oct. 1. Indonesian authorities and the Indonesian football Association (PSSI) have faced questions and criticism in recent weeks over why police fired tear gas inside the stadium, a crowd control measure banned by world soccer governing body FIFA. Komnas HAM commissioners specified seven violations human rights in one of the world's worst stadium disasters, including the excessive use of force and violation of children's rights. Reporting by Stanley Widianto and Ananda Teresia; Writing by Kate Lamb; Editing by Ed DaviesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Indonesia revokes firms' fever syrup licences amid probe into 150 deaths
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The two firms produced drugs with substandard raw materials, failed to report a change in ingredients and used some materials in excess of guidelines, Penny said. A lawyer with PT Universal Pharmaceutical Industries declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation. Indonesia has seen a surge in AKI cases among children since August, which its health minister said was most likely due to changes in the raw ingredients used in cough and fever syrups. Indonesia imports its raw ingredients for medicine mostly from China and India, according to the health ministry. BPOM said it would look into distributors of the two drug makers to see if they supplied materials to other pharmaceutical firms.

☆ Indonesia revokes firms' fever syrup licences amid inquiry into 150 deaths
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol can be toxic and lead to acute kidney injury. Penny said the two firms produced drugs with substandard raw materials, failed to report a change in ingredients and used some materials in excess of guidelines. Indonesia has seen a surge in AKI cases among children since August, which its health minister said was most likely due to changes in the raw ingredients used in cough and fever syrups. Indonesia imports its raw ingredients for medicine mostly from China and India, according to the health ministry. Dow Chemical Thailand said in a statement that "none of the suppliers mentioned by BPOM are our customers", and that its product does not contain ethylene glycol or diethylene glycol.

[1/3] Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn speaks during a meeting with Southeast Asian foreign ministers at the secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 27, 2022. Galih Pradipta/Pool via REUTERSJAKARTA, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government warned on Thursday that any pressure from its Southeast Asian neighbours to put a time frame on a peace plan would create "negative implications". No Myanmar representatives were present at the special meeting of the group's foreign ministers to discuss the stalled peace plan. Late on Thursday, Myanmar's military-appointed foreign ministry released a statement blaming armed resistance movements for violence and saying pressure to set a time frame will create more negative implications than positive ones. And Indonesia has mentioned that this request needs to be delivered to Tatmadaw (Myanmar's military) immediately," said Retno.

☆ SE Asian ministers discuss Myanmar crisis, without any Myanmar representative
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

JAKARTA, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian foreign ministers began meeting in Jakarta on Thursday to discuss how to kick-start a stalled peace process in military-ruled Myanmar, where dozens have been killed in recent weeks as violence escalated. The meeting at the secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the Indonesian capital will not be attended by any representatives from Myanmar. Myanmar had been invited to send a non-political representative to the meeting in Indonesia, but the junta did not agree, according to the host government. There was also interest among some ASEAN members to seek quiet negotiations with the junta, the source said. Reporting by Poppy McPherson in Bankok and Stanley Widianto in Jakarta Writing by Ed Davies Editing by Simon Cameron-MooreOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Indonesia says child deaths from acute kidney injury rise to 133
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JAKARTA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Indonesia's health minister said on Friday that the number of children who had died from acute kidney injury (AKI) rose to 133 from the previously reported 99. The deaths were among a total of 241 cases in 22 provinces, Budi Gunadi Sadikin said, adding that most patients were children under the age of five. Budi on Thursday said some medicinal syrups available in Indonesia contained ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol, ingredients that have been linked to fatal AKI in children. Indonesia has temporarily banned sales and prescription of all syrup-based medications and formed an expert team comprised of local health and paediatrics officials and World Health Organization (WHO) representatives to look into the AKI spike among children. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Stanley Widianto; Editing by Kanupriya KapoorOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Indonesia finds some medicines with ingredients linked to fatal child kidney injury
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JAKARTA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Some medicinal syrups available in Indonesia contained ingredients linked to fatal acute kidney injury (AKI) in children, its health minister said on Thursday, as it investigates a spike in cases and 99 child deaths this year. Indonesia has temporarily banned sales of all syrup-based medications and has been looking closely at paracetamol syrups used locally to treat fever in children that contain diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol. Gambia's government is also investigating child AKI deaths linked to paracetamol syrups after 70 fatalities there. As of Thursday, Indonesia has identified 206 AKI child cases of which 99 were fatalities this year. A health ministry spokesperson declined to say in how many child AKI patients the ingredients were detected, citing the ongoing investigation.

A street vendor sells papers with the news of Indonesian New Capital Nusantara (IKN) on its headline, during a traffic in Jakarta, March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File PhotoJAKARTA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Indonesia will offer generous incentives, including a 30-year tax break, for companies investing in a $32 billion project to build a new capital city in the country called Nusantara, an official said late on Tuesday. Bambang Susantono, head of the Nusantara National Capital Authority, made the comments at a gathering with hundreds of local and foreign investors in the current capital Jakarta. Susantono asked the gathering to consider investing in areas such as healthcare, education and entertainment in the new capital, promising that regulations on fiscal incentives would be released soon. A June survey of 170 experts by the Indonesian Centre for Strategic and International Studies found nearly 59% were unsure the Nusantara project would materialise, citing uncertainty over funding and management.

☆ Indonesia says 99 children have died from acute kidney injury this year
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

JAKARTA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Almost 100 children in Indonesia have died from acute kidney injury this year, a health ministry official told reporters on Wednesday. Health ministry spokesman Muhammad Syahril said that officials had identified 206 cases up to Oct. 18, with 99 fatalities recorded. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Ananda Teresia and Stanley Widianto; Writing by Kate Lamb; Editing by Ed DaviesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Indonesia says 74 children have died from acute kidney injury this year
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JAKARTA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - More than 70 children in Indonesia have died from acute kidney injury (AKI) since January this year, a health ministry official said on Wednesday, as a team of experts investigates the spike in cases. The development comes as health officials in Gambia said nearly 70 children had died from AKI after taking a locally sold paracetamol syrup used to treat fever. Health ministry official Siti Nadia Tarmizi said the ministry had identified 189 cases of AKI among Indonesian children, most aged under five years old, with 74 fatalities recorded since January. The health ministry has said it is talking to experts from the WHO that are investigating the cases in Gambia. The health ministry is expected to provide further details later on Wednesday.

☆ Indonesia to demolish soccer stadium where stampede killed over 130
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Stanley Widianto | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Flower petals are seen inside the Kanjuruhan stadium where a riot and stampede took place following a soccer match between Arema vs Persebaya, in Malang, East Java province, Indonesia, October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File PhotoJAKARTA, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Indonesia will demolish and rebuild a football stadium where a stampede killed more than 130 people this month, President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday as he vowed to "thoroughly transform" the sport in the soccer-mad nation. The president, popularly known as Jokowi, was speaking to reporters at the state palace after meeting Gianni Infantino, head of world soccer governing body FIFA. "Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang...we will demolish it and rebuild according to FIFA standards," he said. The president said he had agreed with Infantino on significant changes to how the sport was managed in Indonesia.

☆ Indonesia parliament passes long-awaited data protection bill
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Stanley Widianto | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the bill, which authorises the president to form an oversight body to fine data handlers for breaching rules on distributing or gathering personal data. The legislation stipulates individuals can be jailed for up to six years for falsifying personal data for personal gain or up to five years for gathering personal data illegally. Communications minister, Johnny G. Plate, said the bill's passage "marks a new era in the management of personal data in Indonesia." "One of the obligations for electronic data organisers, whether public or private, is to ensure protection of personal data in their system," he told reporters. Wahyudi Djafar, who researches data protection for the Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy, questioned whether the penalties were strict enough to force government bodies to improve their data handling.

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