Ukrainian Citizen Complains To Sandiaga About Odd PCR Results, PHRI: If There Are Persons, Prove Who It Is

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JAKARTA - Secretary General of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), Maulana Yusran opened his voice regarding the alleged PCR test results. This incident is said to have been experienced by a Ukrainian citizen who then complained to the Menparekraf Sandiaga Uno.

Maulana is concerned about the one-sided accusation that someone deliberately made a positive PCR test result. He also asked the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy to prove if there were individuals so as not to discredit hotels that serve quarantine for travelers from abroad.

"If there is an individual, prove who it is! So as not to be discredited, quarantine hotels are only 130 of a total of 30000 hotels in Indonesia. There is no evidence and it is far from hotel behavior," he told VOI, Semin, January 31.

His party has also reviewed the report of the Indonesian citizen from Ukraine and denied the existence of a quarantine mafia. According to him, the PCR test results are not the authority of the hotel, but the laboratory that takes samples and conducts tests in the lab.

"The Covidkan hotel game is absolutely impossible. You can see it in the PediliLindung application," he said.

Maulana said the hotel was carrying out its duties under strict supervision by the authorities. Meanwhile, the party responsible for quarantine regulations in hotels is the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) because it has the authority to issue a statement that the quarantine has been completed.

"So if we are positive during quarantine, we will move them to an isolation hotel. It should be underlined that quarantine hotels and isolation hotels are different," he stressed.

Previously, on Saturday, January 29, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno, uploaded an allegation of individuals who took advantage of the quarantine rules against foreign travellers.

In the upload, it was stated that a tourist from Ukraine who was going on vacation in Bali got a positive PCR test result on the final day of quarantine.

"I will not hesitate to take firm action against those who try to take advantage but tarnish the good name of Indonesia." Sandiaga said