Indonesia appoints Christian as new national police chief
Rights groups call on Protestant Listyo Sigit Prabowo to curb abuses allegedly committed by the force
Indonesia s parliament has approved the appointment of Listyo Sigit Prabowo, a Protestant, as the new national police chief. (Photo courtesy of polri.go.id)
Indonesia has named a Christian as the new national police chief, the third person from the religious minority to hold the post in the Muslim-majority nation.
Commissioner General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, a Protestant, was the only nominee and was approved by parliament on Jan. 20,
The new chief, who heads the National Police s Criminal Investigation Agency and is a close ally of Indonesian President Joko Widodo, will replace General Idham Azis, who recently retired.
Indonesia launches plasma donation campaign
Vice president says the drive aims to curb a Covid death rate above the global average despite fewer cases
Indonesia has stepped up its battle against the coronavirus pandemic by launching a national plasma donation campaign.
The move comes nearly a year after Covid-19 was first detected and has since killed tens of thousands in Southeast Asia’s worst-hit country.
The National Movement for Convalescent Plasma Donation campaign aims to evoke empathy among Covid-19 survivors in the hope that they will donate plasma to help lessen the number of deaths among seriously ill Covid-19 patients, according to Vice President Ma’aruf Amin.
By Katharina R. Lestari
Catholic and Protestant leaders in Indonesia have called on Christians not to lose hope almost a year after the Covid-19 pandemic arrived in the country.
Indonesia has been hit hard by the pandemic since early March last year. Ten months on, the country had recorded 772,103 Covid-19 cases and 22,734 deaths.
“We just said goodbye to 2020 which was full of challenges. It was a tough year because the Covid-19 pandemic left us suffering and sorrowful,” Reverend Gomar Gultom, chairman of the Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI), said in a statement.
“The Covid-19 pandemic continues to haunt us, but we must not be pessimistic. Instead, we must see this situation as the right moment to spread love. With this spirit, we must maintain hope so that the Covid-19 pandemic will not lead us into despair.
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