From Luhut's "Spy" Monitoring, There Are Beach Club-Bars In Bali And Bandung Violating PPKM

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JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan revealed the findings of the team monitoring the implementation of health protocols at tourist attractions in Bali and Bandung.

As a result, there is a beach club type restaurant in Bali that operates in violation of PPKM provisions. This he conveyed in a statement related to the results of the limited meeting of the PPKM evaluation chaired by President Joko Widodo.

"We found several violations in the field, mainly in several restaurants and beach clubs in the Bali area," Luhut said in a Youtube video broadcast by the Presidential Secretariat, Monday, November 8.

Luhut said, the results of the "spy" findings to these tourist attractions, it was found that there were beach clubs in Bali that operated without capacity restrictions, there was no physical distancing, and there was no effort from the management to implement health protocols during activities.

Then, there is no obligation for visitors to scan the PeduliLindung QR code, so the numbers do not represent field conditions.

"Regarding this, we ask the local government to play an active and decisive role in cracking down on violations like this, and require all managers to have the PeduliLindung QR code and also ensure that guests scan the barcode," Luhut explained.

In addition, Luhut's team also found that a number of bars and nightclubs in Bandung City were still operating outside the provisions, including exceeding the operating hours, exceeding the maximum capacity limit and ignoring the provisions for filling out PeduliLindungi.

"They also use various ways to trick the officers, including turning off the headlights, separating the car park from the location and not allowing visitors to take pictures," he said.

On the other hand, Luhut continued, the enforcement of health protocols at tourist attractions in the city of Bandung is also still weak, and public awareness is also decreasing.

"For this reason, I ask the local Forkompimda in the region and other regions to take firm action against all forms of violations and not to play games by allowing this kind of thing to happen," he added.