The fire started on Sunday shortly after midnight, and videos were posted on social networks showing a large flame engulfing the refinery and a large explosion being heard, Reuters reports.

The agency states that they stated from Pertamine that the cause of the fire in the refinery is not known for now, but that it is suspected that a big storm may have caused this accident.

A company spokesman said that five people were transferred to the hospital because of the burns they received in the fire.

The state oil company said the refinery, which processes about 125,000 barrels a day, would be closed and oil flow controlled to prevent further expansion, and that fuel supplies would not be disrupted by the fire.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – – The Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Yasonna H Laoly, is leading an Indonesian delegation to Beograd on Saturday to strengthen bilateral relations and to follow up on the mutual legal assistance treaty Serbia.

According to a statement received on Saturday, the minister is expected to meet a number of Serbian ministers and law enforcement agencies during his visit.

The departure of Laoly, along with the Indonesian delegates, is a continuation of the meeting the Minister had with the Serbian Ambassador to Indonesia, Slobodan Marinkovic, last week.

During the meeting, the Minister and the Ambassador discussed the potential for cooperation between Indonesia and Serbia in the area of ​​the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, including mutual legal assistance (MLA) and extraditions.

“We have previously received and experienced the draft international MLA agreement from Serbia. This visit will include further discussion and reaching an agreement on compliance. I hope there is good news to bring home from the visit can, “said the Minister.

He also stated that legal and human rights cooperation with Serbia needs to be strengthened as part of efforts to deal with increasing global challenges, particularly drug crime and human trafficking, which are part of organized cross-border crimes.

From a diplomatic point of view, the cooperation could strengthen the bilateral relations that have existed since 1954 Serbia was still part of Yugoslavia.

“That being said, working together in legal and human rights sectors like the MLA and extradition treaties can also be beneficial in efforts to eradicate corruption and corruption.” [in terms of] Asset recovery, “he added.

Indonesia has previously signed eleven such agreements, seven of which have been ratified into state law. These include MLA agreements with Australia, China, South Korea, Hong Kong, India and Vietnam, and ASEAN.

Four other agreements that are currently being ratified exist with the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Switzerland and Russia.

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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – – The Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Yasonna Laoly, recalled the lengthy process that the Indonesian government had to go through to extradite the bank fraud suspect Maria Pauline Lumowa. According to the minister, there was one European country that Serbia had lobbied against Maria LumowaDelivery.

Yasonna even claims that stories from the Serbian Ministry of Justice suggest that Maria Lumowa’s lawyer even tried to use bribery. “There were attempts at bribery,” said Yasonna at a press conference on Thursday at Soekarno-Hatta Airport.

However, he did not reveal which country had tried to block the extradition of Lumowa – who was reportedly a Dutch national since 1979. The minister said Indonesia had twice applied for his extradition to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but had been refused.

This, Yasonna said, forced the government to pursue high-level diplomatic approaches between Indonesia and Serbia. This was a daunting task as the two countries have not yet signed an extradition treaty. The Indonesian government needed to act quickly as the arrest of Maria Lumowo in Serbia would end on July 16, after she was arrested by the country’s Interpol on July 16, 2019 for a red notice in December 2003.

Maria Lumowa is one of the suspects of the The Indonesian authorities had accused of embezzling loans from the state bank BNI between October 2002 and July 2003 amounting to 136 million US dollars and 56 million euros.

The Indonesian police claimed they used a forged “letter of credit” to obtain export credits for the mining and plantation company Gramarindo Group, which they founded with Adrian Waworuntu, who is serving his life in prison.

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