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June 17, 2019
Former Indonesian first lady
Ani Yudhoyono dies at 66
ROHINGYA REFUGEES. The Thai navy searches a shipwrecked boat at Rawi island in Satun province,
south of Thailand. Thai officials discovered 65 ethnic Rohingya Muslim refugees who were shipwrecked and
stranded in Thailand. (Department of National Parks Wildlife and Plant Conservation via AP)
65 Rohingya Muslims found
shipwrecked in southern Thailand
Kanjanapan said the Thai navy took the
group away to be processed by
immigration officials.
Navy officer Cmdr. Thanapong Sudrak
said authorities will investigate whether
the incident involved human trafficking.
Rohingya originate in Rakhine state in
Myanmar, where they face extreme
persecution by authorities and majority
Buddhists, prompting their flight over the
years, many on rickety boats that were
sometimes pushed back into the open sea
by countries such as Thailand.
Attacks by Myanmar’s army in 2017
caused more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee
to overcrowded refugee camps in
neighboring Bangladesh and elsewhere for
safety.
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai officials say
they discovered 65 ethnic Rohingya
Muslim refugees who were shipwrecked
and stranded in southern Thailand.
The chief of Tarutao National Marine
Park, Kanjanapan Kamhaeng, said the
boat carrying the Rohingya was found
after several Thai and Myanmar citizens
told park officials their ship had broken
down. They initially denied they were
transporting Rohingya.
Kanjanapan said the boat was found
smashed on a rocky shore and a
preliminary check showed it was carrying
65 Rohingya and several Thai and
Myanmar citizens who were identified by
the Rohingya as in charge of operating the
ship.
Bridge in China collapses,
sending vehicles into river
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CHILDREN’S CHAMPION. Former Indonesian
first lady Kristiani Herrawati Yudhoyono is seen in this
file photo from 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
sive poverty, and widespread corruption.
Her father, Sarwo Edhie Wibowo, was
an Indonesian military leader who played
a role in directing troops during the Indo-
nesian army’s extermination campaign
that killed several hundred thousand
civilians during anti-communist hysteria
in the mid-1960s.
She was appointed vice chair of her
husband’s Democratic Party and cam-
paigned for him when he ran for president
in 2004 and 2009.
During her era as first lady, she
organized polio immunization campaigns
and “Smart Cars,” in which vans were
filled with books for children to read across
the country. She also assisted in relief
efforts when a massive earthquake hit
Indonesia in 2004 and spawned a giant
tsunami off Sumatra island, killing more
than 230,000 people in a dozen countries
— the majority in Indonesia.
She is survived by her husband, two
sons, and grandchildren.
Fans wonder how much is too much for Son to play for Korea
BEIJING (AP) — An entire section of a roadway bridge
has plunged into a wide river in southern China, sending
two vehicles into the water and leaving two people mis-
sing. Heyuan city police said a 390-foot section collapsed.
China’s Xinhua News Agency reported that two nearby
security guards rescued a 44-year-old man, and two other
people were missing.
Dramatic footage on state broadcaster CCTV showed
two arches of the six-arch bridge falling apart within
seconds and without any apparent warning. The bridge
spans the Dongjiang river in Guangdong province.
The cause is under investigation. Southern China has
been hit with heavy rains and flooding that has caused 61
deaths, but it wasn’t clear if swelling waters were a factor.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Former
Indonesian first lady Kristiani Herrawati
Yudhoyono has died of leukemia in a
Singapore hospital. She was 66 years old.
Singapore’s Foreign Ministry said in a
statement that the wife of former Presi-
dent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono died at
National University Hospital, where she
had been treated since February.
“She has left us forever in peace and the
family has sincerely let her go,” Hatta
Radjasa, a representative of the family,
told reporters at the hospital. He said
Yudhoyono had been at his wife’s bedside
throughout her treatment.
Radjasa,
the
father-in-law
of
Yudhoyono’s second son, said Indonesia’s
government ordered a state funeral at
Jakarta’s Kalibata heroes cemetery for the
former first lady.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo
expressed condolences at a news
conference at the presidential palace in
Bogor in West Java province.
“I call on Indonesians to pray together
for her, may she have the best place by god
and may the family left behind have
patience,” Widodo said.
Kristiani Herrawati Yudhoyono, a
politician who was known well by her
nickname, Ani, was first lady from 2004 to
2014. Her husband became Indonesia’s
sixth president after winning the country’s
first-ever direct elections for head of state
in 2004 amid high expectations that he
would fix the many problems saddling the
world’s most populous Muslim nation,
among them rising Islamic militancy, mas-
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By John Duerden
The Associated Press
S
on Heung-min has played a lot of soccer over the
last 12 months, with minutes on the field
seemingly outranked only by air miles.
It has some South Koreans wondering how much is too
much.
The recently completed season with Tottenham
Hotspur was intense enough, with almost 50 appearances
as the club placed fourth in the Premier League and
progressed to the Champions League final before losing
0-1 against Liverpool in Madrid.
Through it all, he maintained a taxing schedule with
South Korea’s national team that included trips to the
World Cup in Russia, the Asian Games in Indonesia, and
the Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates. And
international friendlies on top, too.
Despite all that, the 26-year-old Son was called once
again by South Korea coach Paulo Bento to fly from
Europe to play 90 minutes in a low-key friendly against
Australia and prepare for another exhibition against Iran
in Seoul. There have been calls for the player to be given a
break but that is unlikely to happen.
“All coaches want their best players ... we’re preparing
for the World Cup qualifiers, and this is an extremely
important stretch for the national team,” Bento said. “I
felt we needed Son to play at this juncture and develop
chemistry with others. I think that’s a positive for the
national team.”
Off the field demands are significant, with Son the main
figure in promotional campaigns that have helped sell out
the last seven home games, a run rarely seen since the
time surrounding the 2002 World Cup.
His popularity can get out of hand at times. Upon
arriving in Busan to face Australia, Son was met by
hundreds of fans at his hotel waiting for photos and
autographs. There was some push and shove and,
according to reports, some criticism of Son from people
who missed out.
The player later thanked fans for attending and
apologized that he could not take care of all of them.
“He is the most popular athlete in Korea,” according to
South Korean soccer commentator Seo Hyung-wook. “He
does need to be rested but then he said that he is fine and
nobody can leave him out of the squad against his will. He
is the kind of player who takes his international duty and
role model status very seriously.”
Son is used to being the center of attention on the field,
too. Recently he was heavily defended by the Australians,
and it was noted widely in the domestic news media.
TAXING TRAVEL. South Korea’s Son Heung-min (#7, right) is
challenged by Australia’s Bailey Wright (#13, left) during a friendly soc-
cer match between South Korea and Australia at Busan Asiad Main Sta-
dium in Busan, South Korea. (Han Jong-chan/Yonhap via AP)
Former Australia international Robbie Cornthwaite
spent three years with Korean club Chunnam Dragons
and has seen the demands that can be placed on Korean
stars.
“Son seems like the type of player whose whole life is
geared to play football, therefore he wants to play every
game,” Cornthwaite said. “I don’t think he needs a rest but
they just don’t know how to use him.”
Former players such as Park Ji-sung of Manchester
United struggled with the demands that come with
playing in Europe and representing their country.
Former national team captain Koo Ja-cheol recently
explained that a gruelling travel schedule was a reason he
retired from the national team at the age of 30 after more
than 70 international appearances.
Arriving in South Korea on Monday or Tuesday after a
weekend club game in Europe meant there was no chance
to get over jet lag before practice with the national team on
Wednesday or Thursday.
“We would then go to somewhere like Uzbekistan on
Saturday, train Sunday and Monday, and play on
Tuesday,” he said, “then it was back to Germany to arrive
Thursday morning and start training for the weekend’s
game.
“This was my life for years.”
It is Son’s life for now, too, and it shows few signs of
changing.