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Singaporean faces life term for Batam fire
Batam :: Indonesia | 10 months ago
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Chrismant Panjaitan said on Wednesday that Gerri, who surrendered at the Batu Ampar precinct after the fire, was charged with reckless arson under Article 187 of the Criminal Code. Considering the fatality and the material losses, he may face a life
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Police confiscate drugs in diapers
Shanghai :: China | 10 months ago
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Comr. Anjan Pramuka Putra said on Thursday that the drugs were first detected by custom officials at Hang Nadim Airport in Batam. The investigation conducted by Riau Police's Narcotics division found that the diaper packages contained six bags of
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Food poisoning strikes 30 inmates in Batam Prison
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 10 months ago
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The organization, chaired by councilor Aida Zulaikah Nasution, provided 1,000 meals Several inmates vomited after eating the meals and were rushed to the penitentiary's clinic for treatment...To be sure of the cause, we will carry out a lab analysis,
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Bomb explodes in Batam, no injuries
Batam :: Indonesia | 11 months ago
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Locals residing about 200 meters from the location said that they heard the explosion at around 1 a.m. The Jakarta Post observed that some part of the cylinder shaped bomb remained intact despite the explosion. Some officers from the Riau Police bomb
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Batam wants to stop car imports
Batam :: Indonesia | 1 year ago
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Most of the import car trade manipulates consumers, as well as creates unnecessary traffic gridlock in Batam. The government should stop the policy, Batam Trade and Industry Agency chief Ahmad Hijazi told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday said. Under
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Man jailed for shipping 54 stolen Malaysian cars to Batam
Batam :: Indonesia | 1 year ago
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Ng Chong How, 47, had pleaded guilty on Wednesday to five charges of receiving and disposing of stolen property. A district court heard then that the 47-year-old Singaporean had been charged previously but was granted a discharge not amounting to an
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Leighton seeks emails, accounts
Batam :: Indonesia | 1 year ago
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Leonie Lamont May 2, 2012 Read later Lawyers acting in a conspiracy and fraud case brought by a Leighton subsidiary against a former project manager, Gavin Hodge, have sought access to his private email accounts and four bank accounts in the tax
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Police detain people smuggling ‘mastermind' in Batam
Johor Bahru :: Malaysia | 1 year ago
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Archipelago Police have arrested a man who is allegedly the mastermind behind a number of people-smuggling cases using Malaysia as a transit point to reach Indonesia. But the arrest of the man, who is identified as HZM, is unlikely to stop such cases
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Two weeks jail and fine for M'sian bird smuggler
Singapore :: Singapore | 1 year ago
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A Malaysian odd-job worker was jailed two weeks for bringing in 24 hatchlings each crammed in a tiny box hidden in a pouch attached to his waist. Lim Chia Ming, 55, was also fined $4,000 for causing unnecessary suffering to the hatchlings by
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Batam to build wastewater treatment center
Nagoya :: Japan | 1 year ago
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Archipelago Batam, Riau Islands, will build a wastewater management center to improve the city's santiation, an official says. Batam really needs wastewater treatment considering the number of industries that exist in the city, Batam Environmental
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