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Turkey
Supports Bali Recovery
The
recovery program of Bali tourism after the
bombing tragedy of Kuta 12 October 2002,
the SARS virus, and Iraq-US war, had response
for several positive reaction from the tourism
agencies in Bali. They maximized all possible
efforts for such of success for the recovery
program. One of the efforts is by distributing
the information about situation and condition
of Bali newly to the global world.
For that aim, last Friday (11/7), five Turkish
reporters from well-known media in Turkey
visited Bali. They are Sebati Karakurt (Hurriyet
media), Marat Koksal (Milliyet), Rauf Gerz
(Aksam), Gagla Kolafat (Vatan), and Ahmet
Tungûs (Star).
The Turkish reporter group welcomed by Managing
Director PT Pacific World, Ida Bagus Lolec,
along with the tourist agencies and officers
of Bali, such as Nyoman Suamba (Bali Tourism
Office), I Wayan Suwena (Provincial Police
Officer of Bali) and Mr. Ang Beng Siong
(Singapore Airlines) who as the flight sponsor
agent for those journalists.
By chance, the Turkish newsmen posed several
questions about condition and situation
of Bali, especially after the bomb-blast,
SARS Virus and Iraq-US invasion. “The
tourism visit is drastically descended,
especially at the beginning of the tragedy,”
said Nyoman Suamba while adding that the
entire tourism institutions unites in handling
those problems. For example, like what they
did recently that is inviting the ally outsider
to come to Bali.
The serious question about was drugs also
posed by the journalist. “The drugs
problem had been coped of earlier, moreover
the Law Regulation is renewed that is a
dead penalty for the drugs dealer,”
said I Wayan Suwena, the police officer
who handle for drugs problem.
The group was in Bali for 4 days and had
visited several tourism objects in Bali.
Murat Koksal explained and confessed that
for his first trip to Bali, Bali is one
of the most charming and beautiful island.
In addition, when he arrives in his country,
he will express this visit in a form of
writing. (BTN 015/037)
The
Interest in Bali Bomber Trial
On
Australian media and public’s interest
in the process of the trial of Bali bombing
case continues. This can be seen from the
number of Australian media who have been
posting their journalis in Bali to cover
the trial.
Main mass media of Australia like ABC Radio/
TV, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald,
The Telegraph, The Australian, Australian
Associated Press (AAP) all have their journalists
coming and staying in Bali to cover the
trial. Other commercial TV channels like
Nine and Seven network come to Bali on selected
days of the trials.
The trial often has been interesting when
Australian survivor-victims of the Bali
bombing appeared in court as witness has
happened during Amrozi hearings few weeks
ago. Last week, officer of AFP, Nicholas
Klein appeared as an expert witness to give
his testimonies on the content of suspect
Imam Samudra’s laptop. Nicholas helped
Indonesian police to clone suspect’s
laptop in order to trace information related
to Bali bombing and other cases he might
had done.
On every day of the trial, between five
and ten Australians on average see the trial
held at Nari Graha Budding, at Renon, Denpasar.
They are usually guided by Australian Consulate
Officer in Bali and Australian Federal Police
(AFP) officers. Leane (27) and Samantha
(28), are two survivor-victims from Melbourne
who saw he trial on Wednesday (9/7). They
felt angry to see the accused bomber who
had turned life upside-down. “It is
also good to see the trial process on first
hand, rather than watch on TV and read on
newspapers back in Australia,” said
Leanne and Samantha who were at Paddy’s
Pub when the bomb exploded.
Georgia Lysaght from Wollonggong who lost
her brother Scott, came to Bali last week
with mixed feelings because she was initially
concern about security in Bali. But, once
she arrived here and watched the trail herself,
she feels all right because the condition
is very secure. She plans to come again
to Bali for several weeks at the end of
the year. The tragedy killed more than 200
people among whom 88 were Australians. (BTN/04)
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