Day: June 27, 2023

We have successfully saved two baby boys who are about two weeks old (A) and one month old (B) Jakarta (ANTARA) – Officials from the National Police raided an apartment in Bekasi, which was suspected of housing children prior to their being sold, and saved two infants from falling victim to trafficking.Director of General Crimes at the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency, Brigadier General Djuhandhani Rahardjo Puro, conveyed the information at a press conference here on Tuesday. “We have successfully saved two baby boys who are about two weeks old (A) and one month old (B),” he informed. He said that his administration is also collaborating with the Social Affairs Ministry to provide proper care to the two infants. Four persons have been arrested in connection with the case–SA (50), E (54), DM (25), and Y (35), he disclosed. The raid was made after a report on the alleged kidnapping of A was sent to the Central Sulawesi Police Department, he informed. n investigation revealed that A was handed over by his own mother, SS, to another woman, F. “And then A was brought to Jakarta,” he added. The Central Sulawesi Police Department immediately issued a police report on alleged child trafficking and then coordinated with Bekasi Metro Police to raid an apartment suspected of being used to house the babies before they were sold, he informed. fter catching Y, police conducted further investigation and arrested three other perpetrators, he added. Providing details on the role of each perpetrator, Puro said that DM acted as a supplier of babies, and was assisted by another person, L. SA was the one who looked for babies and supplied them, he added. Meanwhile, E looked for the babies that were ordered by SA, and Y housed the babies and distributed them, he said. “From the result of the investigation, it is known that Y, since the end of 2022, has sold some 16 babies, with details of 5 baby boys and 11 baby girls,” he informed. The perpetrators were reportedly selling baby boys for Rp13 million to Rp15 million (US$866 to US$1 thousand), and baby girls for Rp15 million to Rp23 million (US$1 thousand to US$1,533), the brigadier general said. “The perpetrators generated a profit of some Rp500 thousand (US$33) to Rp2 million (US$133),” Puro added. He said that the perpetrators have violated Article 6 of Law Number 21 of 2007 about Human Trafficking Eradication, which carries a sentence of 315 years’ imprisonment and a fine of Rp120 million (US$ 8,001) to up to Rp600 million (US$40 thousand). The perpetrators have also violated Article 83 of Law Number 35 of 2014 about changes to Law Number 23 of 2022 about Child Protection, which carries a minimum sentence of 3 years and a maximum imprisonment of 15 years, as well as a minimum fine of Rp60 million (US$4 thousand) and a maximum fine of Rp300 million (Rp20 thousand), he said.

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Mataram (ANTARA) – As many as 109 international and national designers will participate in the 2023 Lombok International Modest Fashion Festival (LIMOFF), due to be held in Senggigi, West Lombok District, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province, onJuly 69.Niken Saptarini Widiyawati Zulkieflimansyah, head of the NTB Provincial Regional National Crafts Council (Dekranasda), conveyed the information during a coordination meeting on the international festival at the NTB Governor’s Office in Mataram city on Tuesday. “The enthusiasm is remarkable,” she noted. ccording to her, the festival will be attended by international designers from severalASEAN member countries, such as Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Brunei Darussalam. “Meanwhile, the national designers will come from various regions across Indonesia,” she said. Head of the Industry Office of NTB Nuryantiinformed that apart from the fashion exhibition, the 2023 LIMOFF will also serve as an opportunity to promote the province’s other featured sectors, including tourism, handicrafts, cosmetics, and halal culinary items. “We are pushing to package fashion, industrial, culinary, and cosmetics activities in a single event in order to promote the tourism sector of NTB,” she said. In addition to drawing international designers, the 2023 LIMOFF is also expected to attract representatives of craft councils from several regions of Indonesia, such as Yogyakarta, Jakarta, Palu (Central Sulawesi), North Kalimantan, North Sumatra, Bali, and Bengkulu. “Meanwhile, the NTBProvince will be represented by Dekranasda of the districtsof West Lombok, East Lombok, Central Lombok, Bima, and Sumbawa, as well as Bima City,” she informed. The international fashion festival will also feature a number of additional activities, including a “Begawe Nyesek” event, during which an attempt will be made for breaking the national record for the highest number of weavers.

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – Expanding financial access to unbanked people is a challenge for financial inclusion in Indonesia, according to Deputy Director of the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef)Eko Listiyanto.t a public discussion titled “The Future of Innovative Credit Scoring after the Financial Sector Development and Strengthening Law (UU P2SK)” here, Tuesday, he noted that opportunities should be provided to unbanked and underbanked people. It will cause inequality if only banked people are encouraged, while the same is not offered to unbanked people, he pointed out. ccording to Listiyanto, several micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country still have limited access to finance amid the increasing need for access to business capital. “Financial access can improve the community’s economic welfare. The bigger the MSMEs, the more they need access to finance,” he remarked. The result of the National Financial Literacy and Inclusion Survey (SNLK) conducted by the Financial Services Authority (OJK) showed that the financial inclusion index in Indonesia had improved with each passing year. In 2013, the financial inclusion index in Indonesia stood at 60 percent and then increased to 68 percent in 2016, 76 percent in 2019, and again rose to 85 percent in 2022. Listiyanto explained that based on the survey, 85 percent of Indonesian citizens already have access to financial services, while 15 percent of citizens are categorized as unbanked. “Actually, financial inclusion in Indonesia is improving from time to time, but we have a higher target, (namely reaching) 90 percent next year,” he remarked. Nevertheless, he said, the national achievement is still behind that of several other nations and even Southeast Asian countries. Based on the World Bank report, Indonesia’s financial inclusion stood at 51 percent in 2021, or below several other Southeast Asian countries, such as Vietnam, with around 58 percent; Malaysia, at 90 percent; Thailand, 95 percent; and Singapore, 98 percent. “Thus, more extra efforts from the government and all stakeholders are needed, so that our inclusion index can improve. It is already in an upward trend, but (we) still need to work hard,” he remarked.

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The goal is to test digital finance innovation organizers to ensure that the organizers had met the IKD criteria as stipulated within POJK 13/2018 Solo, Central Java (ANTARA) – Digital finance innovation (IKD) should be arranged to prioritize consumer protection and facilitate effective and efficient digital infrastructure development, according to the Financial Services Authority (OJK).The OJK conducts a testing mechanism known as Regulatory Sandbox to evaluate the reliability of business process, business model, financial instrument, and governance, Director of OJK’s Financial Service Institution’s Monitoring Department, Ridiani Kurnia, noted in Yogyakarta, Tuesday. “The goal is to test digital finance innovation organizers to ensure that the organizers had met the IKD criteria as stipulated within POJK 13/2018,” he explained. Meanwhile, consumer protection that has been conducted is a preventive effort through education with good literacy. Through this, potential consumers can understand the benefits and risks of transaction using a P2P (peer-to-peer) lending platform, choose legal P2P lending platform, calculate loan repayment capability, loan for productive purpose, and understand contract contents, he elaborated. Principally, the cooperation between bank and fintech can provide benefits in the development of innovative solutions to confront digitalization, improve the quality of analysis toward customers and potential customers, and increase the number of products that customers can use. In relation to digital finance, the OJK recorded 102 licensed platforms, including seven platforms with the sharia system, until the end of January 2023. Meanwhile, the number of user accounts had reached 105.7 million, with loan accumulation of Rp546.80 trillion, with an outstanding figure of Rp5.03 trillion at the end of January 2023 and total assets of Rp6.42 trillion. Director of OJK’s Financial Service Entrepreneurs Behavior Monitoring Department, Imam Cahyono, stated that legal online loan can only access three aspects of customers: camera, location, and microphone. “No more than that. If they can access contact, gallery, and others, beyond those three, report to OJK. We can take action,” he emphasized. The OJK can have these online loans’ operational license revoked as a penalty, he remarked. Cahyono stressed that whether or not the users’ data is shared should be an option.

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) is cooperating with the European Union (EU) to strengthen the commission’s role in eradicating violence against women and advancing women’s rights.This cooperation will extend for almost 2.5 years in the future, Komnas PerempuanChief Andy Yentriyani informed during a seminar on “Fighting Torture and Challenges in Implementing Laws related to Sexual Violence” here on Tuesday. The EU support would also allow for the continuity of efforts made in cooperation with six institutions within the Cooperation for Torture Prevention (KuPP). It may also help continue capacity support to service institutions for assisting women sexual violence victims, which will be distributed through the Pundi Perempuan mechanism managed by the commission along with Indonesia for Humanity, she informed. Earlier, KuPP urged the government to immediately ratify the Optional Protocol Convention Against Torture (OPCAT). This would underline the country’s commitment to fulfilling the Constitutional right to be free from torture as a right that cannot be reduced under any circumstances, Deputy Chief of Komnas Perempuan Mariana Amiruddinsaid at a press conference on Monday The commission said the OPCAT ratification is important given that it has been 25 years since Indonesia ratified the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment through Law No.5 of 1998. In an effort to prevent and fight against torture, the commission, along with five other state institutions, formed the KuPP in 2016. The institutions comprise the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK), Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI), Ombudsman, and National Commission on Disabilities (Komnas Disabilitas).

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