Indonesian-flagged vessel, MV Holy Light, which was hijacked by pirates in Somalia successfully released within six days 46. This is the fastest time of the release of hostages in piracy-prone waters of Somalia that.
"Piracy has become a large industrial vessels, and involvesorganized groups of various groups. exemption period is morethan 500 days, while the shortest period of 60 days," said VicePresident Director of PT Samudera Indonesia, David Coal, in a press conference in his office, Jl S. Parman, Slipi, Jakarta, Sunday(01/05/2011).
Kapuspen TNI Rear Admiral Iskandar Sitompul said the release ofhostages from boat Holy Light is the fastest release. Indonesian flagged ship acquisition process only takes 46 days.
"There is no any country that succeeded in freeing hostages lessthan 60 days. Sinar Holy successfully released within 46 days,"said Iskandar in the same place.
Iskandar told, President Yudhoyono has ordered the TNI chief toconduct military operations. However, because circumstances are always changing and the government and the ship owner company,PT Samudra Indonesia prioritize the safety of ship's Men, military operations are suspended.
"Hostages not put together and always removable. This is oneobstacle why the military operation is not done," he said.
PT Samudera Indonesia in a press statement confirming his freeMV Sinar Kudus. Liberation is the result of a collaborative processand work together between governments and PT SamuderaIndonesia.
"Liberation is the result after 46 days of intensive communicationbetween the company with the pirates," said David Batubara.
Return Code river overflowed, Residents Evacuated
Code river that crosses the city of Yogyakarta tonightagain overflowed. As a result a number of houses along the banks of the river flooded and residents evacuated.Code river overflow due to heavy rain which flushedthe area northof Yogyakarta , especially in the area of the slopes of Merapi from17:00 to 18:00 o'clock pm . While in the city of Yogyakarta, heavy rain accompanied by strong winds just happened around 19:00pm.
Some rivers that disgorge at Merapi like Kali Boyong which isupstream of the Code river, Kali Kuning, Opak and Gandol alsooverflowed. Floods in the Code are mostly mud and sand brown.
While at Opak and Gendol in the region Cangkringan District,Sleman Ngemplak flooding that occurred in addition to bringing the material in the form of sand and rocks of Merapi is alsoaccompanied by the stinging smell of sulfur.
AFP monitoring, along the banks of the Code River inundatedhundreds of houses with a height of between 20-100 meters in the villages of Gondolayu and Jogoyudan, District Jetis, Terbanvillage, District Gondokusuman, Kampung Tukangan, GemblakanDanurejan District, Kampong Jagalan, District Pakualaman.
During a flood in mutual help citizens evacuate to safety. Residentsalso raised levee with sandbags along the river bank. Beingsubmerged homes, possessions and valuables are secured first.
"Residents have been evacuated in the points safe. We also haveprepared all the equipment if the water continues to rise," Nonosaid one volunteer citizens in the District Bridge DanurejanCashew Jl Mas Mas Suharto, Yogyakarta.
Today it continues to conduct monitoring of the bridge andcontinue to communicate with the observers in the northern region."At this time the rain had started to subside and the water levelsalso are declining," he said.
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