Qatar Airways To Add Extra Direct Flight to Bali

Qatar Airways is set to add an extra direct flight from Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali. The flight is scheduled to be available from from May 7, utilizing the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, configured for 22 business class and 232 economy class seats and will provide a full complimentary food and beverage service for its passengers. Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said the additional schedule will offer passengers “even greater access to this popular leisure destination.” In an official statement, the airline also expressed that it is certain the additional schedule will be popular among travelers from Europe, the Middle East and United States looking for flights to Bali with one stop at Hamad International Airport. Qatar opened its first Doha-Bali direct flight in 2014. It currently operates two Doha-Bali direct flights utilizing the Boeing 777 and Airbus A330 aircrafts, respectively.

Weekly reflection

Hello! Today I'm going to give comment on "Elephant Kills Tour Owner in Klungklung."

I don't belive that there is an evil animal on this earth. There are carnivore animal which eat meat but they never have the intention to harm the others. It is just their instinct. Animals want to protect themself from danger. Maybe the owner has been doing something wrong. Then the action considered by those elephant as an action which threatening them so the elephants attacked their owner whereas the owner didn't have the  intention to harm them. Even though it is not the owner who bothers them, there must be something else that bother them.

However I hope the police will find the truth behind this heartbreaking incident. Stay strong for the family who lost a husband and father.

Telkomsel Website Hacked

Customers of Telkomsel attempting to log on to its official website on Friday, were met with a black homepage emblazoned with a stern message, the result of a hack on the telecommunications company. The message, accompanied by a four-letter profanity, called on Telkomsel to reduce its internet fees. It has been replaced with an apology from the company and a brief explanation that the “website is under maintenance.” However, netizens are still able to view part of the hacker’s original message by entering telkomsel.com in a search engine. In his/her full message, the hacker expressed his/her disappointment over the company’s internet fees, and urged it to stop selling quotas for so many networks, namely 2G, 3G and 4G. The hacker also complained about the operator’s music quota and film streaming services, before slamming streaming service operators such as HOOQ and VIU. On behalf the company, Telkomsel Corporate Communication vice president Adita Irawati apologized for the incident, saying the company is investigating the hack and repairing its website. “Should Telkomsel consumers need product information and Telkomsel services, they can use other Telkomsel networks, such as the MyTelkomsel application, our call center or GraPARI,” she said.

Elephant Kills Tour Owner In Klungkung

The owner of a company that provides elephant facility tours was killed by one of the elephants at his park. I Nyoman Levi Suwitha, 60, was attacked by a male Lampung elephant on Friday at Bakas Levi Rafting and Elephant Tours in Bakas village, Klungkung regency, about 30 kilometers from Denpasar, Bali. Klungkung Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Arendra Wahyudi told that Nyoman Levi came to the elephant cage at around 10:20 a.m. local time soon after he arrived from Denpasar.  When he was feeding the elephant, the animal suddenly attacked him. During the incident, the elephant lifted up Nyoman Levi and slammed his body on the ground, leaving him unconscious. “The victim was rushed to Klungkung Hospital immediately after the incident.  However, a doctor at the hospital's emergency unit stated the victim had died when he arrived there,” Arendra said. Arendra further said the police were still investigating the case. “We have questioned several witnesses and will continue the investigation,” he said. Citing a witness, the police chief said the elephant was leashed inside the cage when the incident occurred.

Thai Woman Has No Anger Toward Facebook After Girl's Killing

The wife of a Thai man who hanged their 11-month-old daughter on Facebook Live said Wednesday her husband is the only person to blame, and she bears no anger toward the social media site or the users who shared the horrific video. The video showed 20-year-old Wuttisan Wongtalay killing his child. He then kills himself. It was broadcast Monday evening and made inaccessible by Facebook late Tuesday afternoon. "I am not angry at Facebook or blaming them on this," Chiranut Trairat, 21, told The Associated Press. "I understand that people shared the video because they were outraged and saddened by what happened." She said her husband had been abusive in the past and spent two years in prison before they started dating. Facebook has been seeking ways to block videos as quickly as possible after a series of gruesome images, including murder and sexual assault, were broadcast or posted. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said last week that his company has "a lot of work" to do on the problem. The murder in Phuket came less than two weeks after a man in Cleveland, Ohio, posted on Facebook footage of himself shooting a man to death. In Thailand, the potential for problems with Facebook Live became an issue last May when local media used the platform to broadcast live video of a university lecturer who was locked in a six-hour standoff with police who were seeking him in the shooting deaths of two colleagues. After negotiations for his surrender failed, he fatally shot himself, a moment that was shown live.

Russian Prosecutors Seek 3½ Years for 'Pokemon Go' Blogger

Russian prosecutors requested a 3½ year prison sentence Friday for a blogger charged with inciting religious hatred for playing "Pokemon Go" in a church. Prosecutors made the request as the trial of Ruslan Sokolovsky, 22, wrapped up in the city of Yekaterinburg. A judge said a verdict in the case would be issued May 11. Sokolovsky posted a video on his blog showing him playing the smartphone game in a church built on the supposed spot where the last Russian tsar and his family were killed. He has been in detention since October. He is charged with inciting religious hatred. It is the same offense that sent two women from the Pussy Riot punk collective to prison for two years in 2012. "Honestly, I'm really in shock that the state prosecutors asked for 3 ½ years," particularly because it wasn't a violent offense, Sokolovsky was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying. He said he is studying and working and could lose everything, if he is sent to prison. The state RIA Novosti news agency quoted his lawyer, Alexei Bushmakov, saying he hoped for acquittal or a suspended sentence.

ASEAN Shelves Declaration On Rights Of Migrant Workers

ASEAN member states have failed to reach a consensus on a highly anticipated migrant workers' protection instrument, prompting the region's senior officials to shelve the declaration for the next summit in November. For months Indonesia and the Philippines had played up the adoption of the ASEAN Declaration on the Promotion and Protection of Migrant Workers' Rights, an instrument that would provide robust protection for all migrant workers in the region. Now, Jakarta found itself in the minority of those who insist on the declaration's legally-binding nature, as even Manila was resigned to the idea of a non-enforceable instrument, said Jose AM Tavares, the Foreign Ministry's director general for ASEAN affairs, who said Indonesia would need to rethink its strategy on pursuing an enforceable instrument. "The issue will [be discussed] beyond the upcoming ASEAN summit, even though there will still be a statement pushing for its adoption by year's end," Jose said after concluding a preparatory ASEAN senior officials meeting in Manila on Thursday, emphasizing that ASEAN labor ministers would convene next month for a follow-up meeting. "We hope to conclude the instrument in the coming months, so that it can be tapped as an outcome document at the November leaders' summit," Jose added. ASEAN is currently split between sending states of migrant workers, like Indonesia and the Philippines, and receiving countries, like Malaysia and Brunei, on issues related to the protection of migrant workers, particularly the undocumented ones.