Beefed up security: A police officer uses a giant CCTV to monitor activity at the entrance of a busy tourist spot in Denpasar, Bali, on Tuesday. Last week’s terrorist bombings in Jakarta have prompted Bali police to source another 27 CCTV units in addition to the existing 27 to improve surveillance. JP/ZUL TRIO ANGGONO
Last Friday’s bombings of two hotels in Jakarta did not impact heavily on businesses, but must be solved within a month to prevent a potential decline, the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (Kadin) said Tuesday.
“A quick solution to the case is key to ensuring long-term stability in the business climate,” Kadin chairman M.S. Hidayat said at a press conference at the Jakarta Media Crisis Center in Kuningan, South Jakarta.
“Therefore it is very important for both the police and the government to solve the case as soon as possible. They need to solve it within a month.”
He added the tourism sector was slowly feeling the fallout from the attacks. Occupancy rates in five-star international hotels have dropped in the last four days.
This is being felt too in Bali, the heart of the nation's tourist industry, where the American luxury liner Sun Princess cancelled its planned stop there that would have brought 2,000 tourists eager to spend.
Suar Tour president director Jro Gde Karang Suarsana confirmed the cancellation Tuesday.
“They're now on the way to Australia, rather than visiting Bali,” he said in Denpasar.
He added the cancellation had caused his company major losses.
Kadin's Hidayat said tourism would be the sector hit hardest by the bombings.
“The bombings didn't have any significant effect on the financial market, retail and export-based industries," he said.
"However, we still condemn them regardless of the lack of impact on investment and business.
“Indonesia is currently regarded as one of the top three most attractive countries to invest in. It would be a shame if our country dropped out of the elite circle because of terrorism."
Kadin deputy for investment affairs, Chris Kanter, said he believed the bombings would not have any significant impact on foreign direct investment, because most foreign investors had already considered security issues.
Kadin’s call for a quick investigation came as the police announced major progress after a four-day period of relative lull.
The police performed DNA tests Tuesday on M. Nasir and Tumini, the parents of the alleged suicide bomber identified only as N and the aliases Nur Said, Nur Hasdi or Nur Aziz.
“We've performed DNA tests on the family from Temanggung, Central Java," National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Nanan Soekarna said at the Jakarta Media Crisis Center, as quoted by detik.com.
"They are the parents of the man named Nur Said. The results of the tests will be out within the next two or three days."
The suspect's parents and brother were picked up by police officers early Monday morning.
Also on Monday, National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Sulistiyo refused to confirm Nur's real name or affiliations.
Reports abound that Nur, educated at the Ngruki Islamic boarding school in Surakarta, Central
Java, was indeed one of the suicide bombers.
Ngruki’s most prominent graduates have been involved in several suicide bombings in the past.
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