Dayak Protesters Reject Senior FPI Officials Booted Out of Central Borneo
Thousands of Dayak tribal people here Saturday gathered in a rally at Palangka Raya’s Besar Roundabout to reject an FPI (Islam Defenders’ Front) presence in the city. A similar demonstration also took place at Cilik Riwut airport against the arrival of FPI founder Habib Rizieq to lead a tablig akbar (mass prayer service) in Palangka Raya.
The Dayak Customary Council meanwhile had sent a letter to the Central Kalimantan police headquarters requesting the latter to ban the opening of an FPI branch in the province. “We are afraid an FPI presence will disturb the local community’s peace because this organization often engages in activity that creates unrest in the community whereas inter-faith relations in Central kalimantan have always been harmonious,” a Council spokesman said.
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Lantern Parade At Cap Go Meh Festival Singkawang West Borneo
Vice Governor of West Kalimantan, Sanjaya Christiandy accompanied Singkawang Mayor Hasan Karman,
officially opened the event and take part Lantern Parade is attended by hundreds of vehicles decorated with colored lights, Saturday (04/02/2012).
Lantern parade activities start to take on the mayor’s office also attended the Chairman of DPRD Singkawang, Chui Tjhai Mie, community leaders, and a number of stakeholders, and community Singkawang. While the intended route is from the mayor’s office – Paradise Road Rais – Jl P Diponegoro – Kepol Machmud Jl – Jl Welfare – Saman Bujang Jl – Jl Trading – Jl Budi Utomo – Nusantara Jl – Jl Sudirman – Borneo Jl – Jl Setia Budi – GM Situt Road – finish at Happy building Building. Read more…
Police Continue to Investigate Massacre Orangutan East Borneo
East Kutai, East Kalimantan Police lose two teams to investigate those who were behind the massacre diiduga orangutans, in the PT and PT SRS CPS in Wahau Muara District. “Although the suspects involved are already in Security
Police of East Kutai, we promise to continue to conduct in-depth investigation of the deaths of Orang Utan. That is why the team down, “said Chief of Police of East Kutai, Adjunct Senior Commissioner Budi Santoso, Sik, through Kaur Binops Iptu Yumasri Rico, Tuesday (10 / 1).
It is said Binops Iptu Yusmari Rico, two teams that were derived for penyilidikan is the first team was in Samarinda to retrieve data about the existing framework to Mulawarman University research center. The second team, is now located at Jakarta Police Headquarters Forensic Laboratory Java Eastern Digital CPU checks to determine the possibility of data-management data about the process of Orang utan massacre.
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Coral Island Datu Severe Damage
Coral reefs in the waters of the island of Datu district, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, a bomb severely damaged by the use of fishing and trawling. Manufacture of ships damaged rumpon be a solution to fix the ecosystem. Head of Department of Marine and Fisheries of West Kalimantan Rudiyono Billy said, coral reefs in the waters of the island of Datu begin to deteriorate since the Thai boats fishing loot in the region using trawling in 1998 until 2000.
“The condition is then compounded by the use of fish bombs,” said Billy, Saturday (31/12/2011). The ships were used as rumpon fishing boats seized from Vietnam and the plundering of fish caught in the South China Sea. Read more…
Thousands of domestic and foreign tourists began to arrive there. The pageantry and the tatung attractions are the main attraction. One travel agency which includes the elderly in New York City Tour Ateng’s got 150-tourists.