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Fish farmers’ loss in HSU due to murky river

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 11:35 PM PDT

AMUNTAI, South Kalimantan: Farmers of cage fish farming in North Hulu Sungai (HSU) suffer loss every year due to cultivation of which they develop many died as a result of changing conditions of Balangan turbid river, Antaranews reported.

One of the cage farmers in the village of Tangga Ulin Hulu, Ghazali Rahman, in Amuntai on Friday said that as a result of river water is often discolored the majority of tilapia in cages dead.

"Every year turbid river water can be up to three to five times, if it is so usually many tilapia in cages die," he said.

The changing color of river water, Ghazali said, could resulted by erosion occurred upstream due to frequent cutting of trees and lack of reforestation.

But reflecting on the case a few years ago, he said, the color changes to brown water river could also caused by industrial waste pollution. As a result the company is blamed and should pay compensation to the farmers.

Until now, there is still cage farmers demanded help to the company, if the cages fish they owned many died as a result of changes in river water.

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Remission for 375 Martapura prison inmates

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 05:41 PM PDT

MARTAPURA, South Kalimantan: As many as 375 inmates of Class IIA Children's Penitentiary Martapura receive remission coincides 69th RI Independence Anniversary,  Antaranews reported.

Coaching Section Head to Inmates and Protege of Class II Children's Penitentiary, Jaini, in Martapura on Saturday said hundreds of inmates received remissions ranging one month to six months.

"The proposed number of inmates receiving remission of the general and special remission 653 people, but we received an official letter from Kemenkumham (Ministry of Law and Human Rights) only 375 people were approved," he said.

The proposed 653 inmates proposed to receive remission of Indonesia's independence day, consisting of 236 inmates of common criminal cases and as many as 417 prisoners involved in special criminal.

Inmates involved in common criminal is a criminal such as theft, while the particular criminal is a criminal offense such as corruption and narcotics cases.

"Proposal for a general remission is granted entirely 236 inmates, while the special remission of 417 inmates were proposed, only 139 were approved," he said.

Of the 375 prisoners, five people get a remission of six months, 22 for five months, 14 for four months, 113 people for three months, remission of two months for 102 people and 107 people for a month remission.

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