Indonesia Highlights: Daily Covid-19 Cases in Indonesia Hits New Highs Over Four-Day Period | Hong Kong Bans Flights From Indonesia During the Covid-19 Pandemic | Indonesian Court Sentences Firebrand

The Indonesian Foreign Ministry confirmed the ban. “All airline arrivals from Indonesian are not allowed to enter Hong Kong. However, this policy is temporary and subject to periodic reviews,” said the ministry in a press release.

“[Indonesian] migrant workers affected by the new regulation should contact their employers and agents. The Indonesian Consulate General in Hong Kong will ensure that the rights of Indonesian migrant workers will be met.”

Hong Kong employs thousands of migrant workers from Indonesia, the Philippines and other countries. The Chinese special administrative region has recorded over 11,800 cases and 210 deaths from the coronavirus.

Source:

https://go.kompas.com/read/2021/06/25/030703474/hong-kong-bans-flights-from-indonesia-during-the-covid-19-pandemic?page=all#page2. 

Indonesian Court Sentences Firebrand Islamic Cleric Rizieq Shihab to Four Years in Jail

The East Jakarta State Court has sentenced firebrand Islamic cleric Rizieq Shihab to four years in jail, for conspiring with the UMMI Hospital in the city of Bogor, West Java to obstruct the local branch of the Covid-19 Task force from carrying out a coronavirus swab on him in November 2020.

Aside from obstructing officials intent on confirming the results of his swab test, presiding Judge Khadwanto ruled that Rizieq “was found guilty of spreading misinformation and causing unrest,” he said. “[Rizieq] was also complicit in UMMI hospital’s effort to cover up for him.”

The verdict is less than the six-year sentence recommended by prosecutors.

The court ruled that the factors incriminating the founder and head of the banned Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) was his uncooperative behavior, his unwillingness to support the government’s efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, and his past offenses, including two arrests in in 2003 and 2008.

Rizieq insisted that the court set him and his accomplices Muhammad Hanif Alatas and Doctor Andi Tatat be freed and rehabilitate his name. He insisted that the legal cases he encountered his return from exile in Saudi Arabia in November 2020 was politically motivated

Source: https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2021/06/24/11065451/rizieq-shihab-divonis-4-tahun-penjara-terkait-kasus-tes-usap-rs-ummi?page=all#page2.