Agency for the Protection of Witnesses and Victims (LPSK). In its most recent disbursement of funds, the
LPSK allocated 37 victims of the two terrorist bombings more than Rp. 7.8 billion in compensation.
As reported by
NusaBali.com, the compensation package was handed by the chairman of the
LPSK, Hasto Atmojo Suroyo, and the Deputy Governor of Bali Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati (Cok Ace) to the victims in a symbolic ceremony. The handover took place in the Governor’s Office on Thursday, 04 February 2021.
The
LPSK Chairman said the 37 surviving victims receiving compensation were part of the 215 terrorism victims identified by his Agency and
Optimistic predictions for a moderate upturn in domestic tourism arrivals connected with the Christmas 2020 and New Years’ 2021 Holidays may now have to be revised downward. The re-forecast is necessitated following a range of government measures to deter domestic travel, including an emergency gubernatorial decree requiring
PCR Swab Tests for all arriving air passengers through 04 January 2020.
In reviewing the current situation, Bali’s Deputy-Governor Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati (Cok Ace), who also serves as the chairman of
Bali’s Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), said on Wednesday, 15 December 2020, he feels the contradiction of being both a bureaucrat and also a member of the Island’s tourism industry. Cok Ace said that he accepts and appreciates the greater need to deter tourism arrivals to control the