Singaporean found dead in Batam hotel room
 

BATAM (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A Singaporean national, Mohamed Isa bin Omar, 67, was found dead in his hotel room in Batam, Riau Islands, on Tuesday (Sept 6).

His body was found by the employees of the Lai Lai Hotel in Batam where he was staying. A room service worker had reported to his supervisor and then police about Omar's disappearance after he had not been seen for a few days having stayed at the hotel for the last two weeks.

Since Tuesday morning a rotting odour started to emanate from his room on the fourth floor of the small hotel, receptionist Lindawati said.

"We decided to break open his room with police in the afternoon. He was dead when we found him and part of his body had been rotting," she said adding that Omar had booked for a long stay.

Police investigators then conducted a crime scene investigation and brought the body to Bhayangkara Police Hospital for an autopsy.

Batu Ampar Police's crime investigations unit chief Adj. Comr. Kahardani said the police are still investigating the cause of death.

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Thanks, take your pick who you like:D :p

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peterpan - walau habis terang (best quality)

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Peterpan - Di Balik Awan

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I actually show one of my girl in Batam this video recently and we all have a good laugh. :p

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In group...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvcJk0QuV4g

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exchange rate for 11.09.2016 morning in Btm :

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Peterpan - Ku Katakan Dengan Indah

Pokeman dance / Pikachu Dance (Cari Pokemon) by Faiha
 

Just wish to keep in record of this song i heard in Batam on Sept 2016 .Its quite popular now in Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia,sang originally by a little girl from Indonesia,name Faiha. Below are the different version of the same song i find good.


There's even some dance moves to learn and lyrics to sing it too. Only about 3.5min per song,try listening to it.
(the Batam girls love it! :D )

Enjoy!

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This thai version one nice, the ladies inside also nice. Suitable for disco song. Hahahhah

10 refugees from Pakistan and Afghanistan arrested in Batam for working as gigolos
 

Ten male refugees, nine from Afghanistan and one from Pakistan, have been arrested on Batam Island for allegedly working as prostitutes, according to Indonesian immigration officials.

Also arrested was an Indonesian citizen, identified by his initials BS, who allegedly acted as the men’s pimp.

The director general of Immigration at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, Ronny Franky Sompie, said the eleven men had been arrested after they had received reports about them from the public. Supposedly the men were charging up to Rp 20 million ($1,500) for their services.

According to Ronny, the reports said the men looked for female Indonesian customers at a fitness center.

"There, communication and interaction occurred and there were cases related to sex," Ronny said on Wednesday as quoted by Tempo.

Batam Immigration Office Chief Agus Wijaya said that the men’s illicit activities were also revealed through ads posted onto social media. He said officers investigated the ads over the last three weeks before apprehending the the ten gigolos and their pimp. The arrests took place from mid-August to early September.

Immigration officials said that some of the men had already registered with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and were awaiting for placements in other countries.

The ten refugees are currently in holding at the Batam Immigration detention center for further questioning, while BS is being questioned by the local police.

There are hundreds of refugees in Indonesia who fled persecution and war in their own countries and ended up in legal limbo after being unable to continue their journeys, unable to legally work or resettle until they have been given a placement in another country by the UNHCR.

118 Indonesian police officers have tested positive for narcotics so far this year
 

While National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Budi Waseso has been ramping up his rhetoric this week, calling for Indonesia to step up its war on drugs by following the lead of Philippine's President Rodrigo Duterte and instituting a shoot-on-sight policy for dealers, the police have also acknowledged this that many of its own members are involved in the country’s drug trade, either as users or dealers.

According to Commissioner Irianto of the National Police’s internal affairs division, the number of police officers found to be involved with narcotics is already higher than in 2015, with 118 officers having tested positive for drug use in 2016. Out of those, 116 have tested positive for methamphetamines and two tested positive for ecstasy.

"Of the 118, five are dealers and 113 are users," he said on Wednesday as quoted by CNN Indonesia.

Irianto did not go into any details as to how those officers were punished, but stated that the police followed strict procedures to monitor their officers and educate them about the perils of becoming involved.

Irianto also acknowledged that some officers had been found to be criminally mishandling narcotics cases, including taking bribes from criminals and selling off drugs collected as evidence.

Police Ombudsman committee member Adrianus Meliala argued that there needed to be heavier penalties for policemen involved in the drug trade than facing dishonorable discharge and criminal charges. He said the temptation to profit off of the drug trade was very high for police officers, who generally have low salaries, and that only by giving them even harsher criminal penalties than civilians can create a proper deterrent effect.

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