Jakarta — Semakin kuat desakan agar institusi Kepolisian segera melakukan reformasi diri. Pengamat Politik dan Pertahanan dari Universitas Nasional (UNAS) Jakarta Dr. Selamat Ginting berharap Kepolisian segera mereformasi diri. mengatakan bahawasanya kebencian dam kekecewaan masyarakat terhadap kepolisian belakangan ini semakin memuncak. Dan fenomena itu harus segera di perbaiki. Menurutnya, cukup banyak polisi yang baik. Namun diperhadapkan pada situasi yang tidak biasa, hingga terjadi tindakan yang tidak humanis saat pengamanan aksi unjuk rasa. Kepolisian dan DPR, kata Selamet adalah dua institusi yang dinilai memiliki tingkat kepuasan publik yang rendah. Bahkan sekarang ini kepolisian Indonesia sudah dicoret dari komunitas polisi humanis di dunia.
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‘’Saya lihat tanggal 28-30 Agustus nyaris lumpuh. Artinya polisi tidak ada di mana- mana. Dia konsentrasi untuk mengamankan dirinya,’’ tambahnya.
Sebelumnya mantan Wakapolri, Oegroseno juga mengkritisi sistem pengamanan unjuk rasa yang dilakukan oleh pihak kepolisian di lapangan. Bahkan menurutnya, seandainya semua anggota Kepolisian di seluruh Indonesia paham betul pedoman pengamanan unjuk rasa di lapangan, maka tragedi akhir Agustus tidak perlu terjadi. Oegro juga menjelaskan pentingnya ada tim gabungan pencari fakta untuk mengungkap peristiwa dibalik tragedi unjuk rasa di penghujung akhir bulan agustus tersebut hingga menelan korban jiwa sebanyak 10 orang belum termasuk korban luka luka lainnya. (ASA)
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The embattled casino giant confirmed it had struck a binding agreement with its Hong Kong-based joint venture partners Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and Far East Consortium.
“The Star is continuing to engage with the joint venture partners and will provide an update if there are any material developments regarding the parties’ respective interests,” it said.
Star offered a glimmer of hope when it indicated
that negotiations were continuing even though its
joint venture partners had declined to extend the deal deadline to next
week. “As of this morning, the parties have been unable to reach an agreement on a number of outstanding commercial issues, which in turn prevent the finalisation of long form documents,” Star
said in a statement to the ASX. The Hong Kong partners will pay A$53 million ($33.4 million) for Star’s 50%
stake in the Brisbane integrated casino complex, Hong Kong-listed Far
East said in a statement late Friday. “It’s time all three governments sat down with the company and its Queen’s Wharf joint venture partners and thrashed out one over-arching deal that sorts out the mess and resolves who will own and run the Sydney, Brisbane and Gold Coast casinos over the longer term,” he said.
In a statement to the ASX this morning, SEG said
its Heads of Agreement (HoA) deal with its joint venture partners – Chow
Tai Fook Enterprises Limited and Far East Consortium International Limited – had been terminated.
In a statement to the ASX today, Star announced it had failed to
reach an agreement with its Hong Kong-based joint venture partners Chow Tai Fook Enterprises
and Far East Consortium. The Star Entertainment Group announced on 5 April 2016 share
sale facilities that provided eligible small shareholders the opportunity to
sell their shares without incurring any brokerage or handling costs.
The Trans and gender-diverse communities are starting to feel vulnerable, so let’s continue to
work on making The Star a safe and inclusive place for everyone,
esp., for trans and gender-diverse team members. In a statement to the stock market this morning,
the casino operator confirmed talks were under way, but said no deal had yet been reached.
The ASX statement did say that SEG “is continuing to engage with the Joint Venture Partners and will provide an update if there are any material developments regarding the parties’ respective interests in DBC and DGCC”.
A Queensland government spokesperson said the deal between Star
and its joint venture partners — Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE) and Far East Consortium — was not yet finalised.
In March, in a bid to stave off insolvency, Star agreed to
sell its 50 per cent stake in Queen’s Wharf to its joint venture partners.
Star on Monday said it would provide an update when there were further material developments regarding its negotiations with
its joint venture partners, including any termination of the agreement,
which would take effect next Monday. According to a statement from
Far East at the time of the deal being announced,
it will receive an $18 million break fee from Star if the deal fails.
“Despite the receipt of this notice, The Star remains willing to continue negotiations with the joint venture partners to give effect to the transaction,” Star said.
The revised timeline was announced in an ASX statement in December, informing shareholders that DBC had reached a settlement in the Supreme Court with Multiplex
Constructions over cost blowouts and delays on the project.
Alliance for Gambling Reform chief advocate Tim Costello
said the public deserved to have access to the full plan given The Star’s history.
“The remediation plan is a Star Entertainment Group document which can only be distributed by them,” she said in a statement.
But just when things appeared to be improving for
Star, their joint venture partners suddenly announced they were terminating the agreement to buy
Queen’s Wharf, effective July 7. In March, desperate for money to stave off insolvency,
Star agreed to sell its 50 per cent stake in Queen’s
Wharf to its joint venture partners Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and Far East
Consortium for $53 million. Probity has been an issue
before, with the joint venture partners previously being investigated by the state, the
results of which had little impact. The Star is selling its 50 percent equity interest in the Destination Brisbane
Consortium (DBC) and transferring its other Brisbane properties
to its joint venture partners Chow Tai Fook (CTF) and Far East Consortium (FEC).
It enhances public access to the riverfront and includes extensive walkways and a plaza beneath the
footbridge across the river. Star said it is continuing to engage with joint venture partners and will provide an update if there are any material
developments. Star will have to repay the joint venture partners $10 million in proceeds by August 6 and $31 million in equity contributions by September 5.
In a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange, Far East Consortium said Star
must repay $10 million to the parties within 30
days of the termination, and failing that, it must transfer its third stake in the
Gold Coast hotel project. “Since the recent general meeting, the parties continued to negotiate with a view to finalising the long form documents but, as of this morning, have not reached an agreement on the outstanding commercial issues,” the company said
in a statement to the ASX. The group’s joint
venture partners have threatened to walk away from
the agreement struck to sell its stake in the Queen’s Wharf casino and hotel complex.
The deal was first struck in March this year, with the joint venture partners to take over Star Entertainment’s
stake in the Brisbane project for $53m. Click here
to download the Tax CalculatorClick here to access information on the Australian Taxation Office website Eligible shareholders who wished to sell their
shares under the Voluntary Share Sale Facility were required to return a Sale Instruction Form by
the Closing Date.
That’s unlikely to sway the court, particularly given Star’s rival,
Crown Entertainment, was slapped with a $450 million fine just two years ago for allowing
the same criminal gang to access its gaming rooms. In a statement
to the ASX, the company said that it previously had made it clear that “it continued to rely on the support of its lenders”, which included
covenant waivers after June 30. NSW Independent Casino chairman Phil Crawford
said in statement that the report vindicated the commission’s decision to hold a new
inquiry. According to information contained
in Tuesday’s filing, the long-form documentation supersedes the previous Heads of Agreement reached with the joint venture partners in March, although Star
noted that the key aspects of the transaction are “materially consistent” with that Heads of Agreement.
From today, access is open to the Neville Bonner Bridge from South Bank to Queen’s Wharf.
The company is reported to be waiting for access
to proceeds from its asset sales, which are currently waiting for state approval, as well as a separate “bridge loan”, before it can refinance itself.
The company has been served a statement of claim for a securities
class action in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Echo has two Hong Kong–based joint venture partners Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and Far East Consortium.
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