Jokowi condemns Paris attacks
thejakartapost.com, Jakarta | National | Sat, November 14 2015, 1:47 PM
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. (kompas.com/Roderick Adrian Mozes)
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has condemned the multiple attacks in Paris, France, that have killed at least 120 people and promised to support counter-terrorism efforts.
He expressed his deep condolences to all the victims of the violence and also to the French government and people.
"Indonesia condemns the violence that took place in Paris," he said in a press statement on Saturday.
Jokowi said that any act of terrorism could not be tolerated and called for international cooperation in the war against terrorism.
"I urge all parties to strengthen the international cooperation in handling terrorism issues," he said at a press conference before departing to Turkey to attend the G20 Summit.
The Indonesian Embassy in Paris reported earlier that so far no Indonesian victims had been reported and said that it had opened a hotline for information regarding the attacks.
A series of attacks involving shootings, explosions and hostages took place on Friday night in the French capital.
French authorities have reported that at least 120 people died in the incident along with the attackers. (rin)
Jokowi condemns Paris attacks | The Jakarta Post
Indonesia Wants to Turn Crocodiles and Piranhas Into Prison Guards (for Real!)
BY
LUKE DARBY
NICK SULTANA
They're not even kidding.
Indonesia is a rough place for drug dealers. Most drug-related crimes carry death penalty sentences, since, as president
Joko Widodo put it, the country is facing “national emergency”-sized drug problems.
But the country is on the cutting edge of some novel prison reforms. By which we mean crocodile prison guards.
Budi Waseso, the head of Indonesian anti-drug efforts, told local news site Tempo that he wants to build a prison exclusively for drug traffickers, surrounded by a moat filled with crocodiles. “We will place as many crocodiles as we can there,” he told the site. “I will search for the most ferocious type of crocodile.”
Like any reasonable person, you may be thinking, “Obviously, this is a joke. No rational person in a position of authority would suggest solving problems with feral animals.”
“This is serious,” another official, Slamet Pribadi, told
Agence France-Presse. “This is not a joke.” On top of crocodiles, Waseso is considering incorporating piranhas and tigers into his new prison defense system, though how exactly the tri-species security will work remains a mystery. Like, can piranhas and crocodiles peacefully occupy the same moat? And you can’t just dump tigers in there too, right?
Lucky for Waseso, Indonesia is already home to saltwater crocodiles, the biggest reptile in the world. Reaching 20 feet in length and weighing up to 3,000 pounds, transporting them to a prison definitely wouldn’t cause any opening-scene-of-Jurassic
Jurassic-Park, “SHOOT HER” type situations.
A popular misconception about the
Crocodylidae family is that it’s unchanged since prehistoric times. In fact, they’re highly complex reptiles, and evolution has perfectly prepared them for careers as corrections officers. As Waseso explains, “You can’t bribe a crocodile.”
Indonesia Wants to Turn Crocodiles and Piranhas Into Prison Guards (for Real!) | GQ