CANGGUWEEKLY www.cangguweekly.com No.292/26Aug-02Sep2022WeeklyMagazineForCanggu&Surroundings RIConfirmsFirstCaseofMonkeypox Balipost.comreportsthatIndonesiarecorded itsfirstmonkeypoxcaseina27-year-old manfromJakarta. MohammadSyahril,aspokespersonforthe MinistryofHealth,speakingatapress conferenceonSaturday,20August2022, saidatestperformedonFridayconfirmed theyoungman’sinfectionwiththevirus. Themanwasconfirmedtohaverecently traveledinternationallyandmanifestedfever andrashsymptoms.“Therewasafeverand swellingoflymphglands,buthisoverall conditionremainsgood,Heisnotseverelyill andisnotmanifestingskinwoundsonhis face,arms,legs,andgenitalia,”explained Syahril. Syahrilexpressedhisappreciationtothe ProvincialDepartmentofHealthinJakarta forrespondingrapidlywhenthefirst suspectedcaseofmonkeypoxwasdetected AsubsequentPCRtestconfirmedthe infection. Syahrilsaidthatbecausethepatientis sufferingfromamildcase,heisallowedto self-isolateathome.Healthauthoritiesare surveyingpeoplewithwhomthemanmay havehadclosepersonalcontact. Sincetheinternationaloutbreakof monkeypox,theIndonesianMinistryof Healthhasidentified23suspectedcasesof thedisease,withonlyonecaseconfirmedas “positive”forthevirususingPCRscreening. (Balidiscovery.com) FREEEDITION
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Theheadofthethree-judgepanel,I NyomanWiguna,saidthatEkaWiryastuti hadbeenentirelyandfairlyfoundguiltyof havingbribedYayaPurnomoandRifa Surya,staffofthe DirectorGeneralofthe MinistryofFinance,intheamountsofRp. 600millionandUS$55,300tosecuretheir
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endorsementoftheregency’sofficialbudget forregionalincentivesfortheRegencyof Tabananin2018. Duringthetrial,EkaWiryastutiheard prosecutorscallforafour-yearprison sentence. Inrenderingthesentence,thepanelof judgessaidtheirsentencingdecisionwas weightednegativelybythefactWiryastuti hadneveropenlyadmittedhercrime. Meanwhile,hersentencewasmitigated becauseheractionswereintendedtoassist thedevelopmentandimprovementofthe welfareofthepeopleofTabanan. Separately,Wiryastuti’sattorney,IGede
WiraKusuma,statedthatheappreciatedthe lightsentencebutregrettedthatthejudges’ finaldecisionwasfarremovedfromthefacts presentedtotheCourt. Continuing,Kusamapointedoutthat regardinggivingbribes,EkaWiryastutidid notknowYaya(Purnomo).Still,despitethis fact,thejudgesdeterminedthatwassome sortofagreementbetweenEkaand NyomanWiratmaja(formerspecialstafffor EkaWiryastuti)andEka. Wiryastutihasoneweekfromher sentencingtoadvisetheCourtifshe acceptshersentenceorwillfileanappeal.
OnTuesday,23August2022,atribunalof judgesinBali’scapitalofDenpasar sentencedtheformerRegentofTabanan,Ni PutuEkaWiryastuti,to2yearsinprisonand leviedafineofRp.50million.Failuretopay thefinewilladdonemonthtotheprison sentence. Asreportedby Beritabali.com, Eka Wiryastutisaidsheremainedthankful despitetheCourt’sguiltyverdictand sentence.“AlthoughIamwrong,Iam thankfulandproudthatIhavebeenableto dosomethingforTabanan,”Ekatoldthe mediafollowingthesentence.Adding:“Of course,Iamthankful(becausethesentence waslessthanthatdemandedby prosecutors).Inthislife,wehavemuchto bethankfulfor.”
(Balidiscovery.com) Ex-TabananBaliRegentJailedfor2Years
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Theexplosionofatankfilled withdieselfuelatamasscremationceremonyata graveyardintheVillageof Belega,BlahbatuhinGianyar Regency,Bali,onFriday,19 August,hasresultedinthe deathsoftwoandinjuriestoat leasteightothers. Thetwovictims,aged34and 15,diedonSaturdayand Sunday,20-21August2022, whileundergoingemergency treatmentfortheirburnsat
ProfessorIGNGNgoerah Hospital inDenpasar.Quoted by Kompas.com,Dr.AgusRoy RuslyHariantanaHamid,a memberofthehospital’splastic surgeryandaestheticstaff,said the34-year-oldvictimsuffered burnsto94%ofhisbodyasa resultoftheexplosion. Meanwhile,the15-year-old patient,identifiedonlybythe initialsIKG,diedat5:00pmon Sunday,burningover98%ofhis body.Dr.Hamidcontinued, confirmingthatbothpatients arrivedatthehospitalinagrave state,explainingthatpatients withburnscoveringmorethan 90%oftheirbodyhavea minimalsurvivalrateof1-3%. Fourothervictimsofthe explosionunderthehospital’s careareDP(32),incritical conditionwithburnsover70%of hisbody;NP(11)withburns over34%ofhisbody;AD(32) withburnsover54%ofhisbody; andMB(50)withburnsto44% ofhisbody.Thethreenotlisted incriticalconditionarecurrently stable.Allfoursurvivingpatients arescheduledfordebridement surgerytoremovedeadskinand tissueandperformskingraftsto speedthehealingprocessand preventinfection. Theaccidentalexplosion occurredatamasscremation ceremonyattendedby14family groupsjoiningeffortstocremate theremainsof64deceased membersoftheHindufaith. Afterthecremationhadbegun,a dieselfueltankexplosionthat policetheorizedwascausedby theproximityofthefueltankand thecompressorusedtoexcite theflames. (Balidicovery.com)
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