Task 1

In order to analyze news reports in the three aspects, you will first need to have a
very good understanding of the contents. This is what you will do in Task 1.
1. First, you will read to understand the three news reports below. Make sure that
you know the meaning of every word and every part of each news report.

2. Then, read the news aloud as if you were a news anchor. Make sure you read
them meaningfully and fluently, with accurate pronunciation, word stress, and
intonation. Record your voice, and then email the recording to <email address>.

You may first need to learn how to do it by observing news reading at any news
websites, such as https://edition.cnn.com/specials/latest-news-videos or
http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/10462520/one-minute-
world-news.

News Report 1

Aussie man dies while surfing in Lombok

MATARAM: An Australian tourist named Andrew Richard
Wiseman has died after drowning while surfing at Tanjung Aan
Beach in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara.

Based on reports received by police, the 52-year-old man

went surfing alone around 11 a.m. on Sunday, Central Park
police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Kholilur Rochman said. Andrew was
found dead at around 1 p.m.

During his time in Lombok, Wiseman was living in a

homestay in Kuta village, Pujut district, in Central Lombok.

The police questioned two other foreign tourists, Eva, from

Germany and John Robert Haton, from Australia, who had seen
the incident firsthand.

“They were the ones who saw the victim drown. Based on
their information, the victim drowned directly below his
surfboard,” Kholilur said on Monday.

The two tourists, as well as local residents, immediately

brought Wiseman back to shore using a boat.

Wiseman was given emergency first aid for 25 minutes, but

he could not be resuscitated, Kholilur said.

Personnel from the Kuta Police came to the location after

receiving reports and brought Wiseman’s body to the local
health clinic.

The victim’s brother, Steven Wiseman, took the body and

 refused an autopsy. — JP

(Taken from Jakarta Post, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, p. 4)

News Report 2

Fire erupts at illegal oil well in Indonesia

26 April 2018 — 10:26am
Jakarta: A fire erupted at an illegal oil well site in Indonesia's northernmost province on
Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and injuring about 40 others, some of whom were badly
burnt, authorities said.
The fire broke out around 1.30am at a backyard well in a village in Aceh province, on the northern
tip of Sumatra Island, according to the National Disaster Management Agency.
Authorities were still trying to determine what had caused the fire. Local news reports said it may
have started with a spark from a blowtorch or a worker smoking a cigarette.
Television news footage and photos showed flames rising at least 10 metres into the air in the
farming village of Pasir Putih in East Aceh district, which is about 1600 kilometres north-west of
the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
Villagers had gathered at the well shortly after midnight, carrying buckets, jars and barrels, in
hopes of collecting crude oil after being told about a massive spill there, according to the disaster
agency.
"A group of people came to gather up oil and they weren't supposed to be there," the disaster
agency said in a statement.
At least five homes were gutted by the fire, the agency said. Firefighters and other emergency
personnel, along with villagers, were still trying to contain the blaze on Wednesday evening.
Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the state-owned oil company Pertamina
sent teams to Aceh, which has industrial oil and gas operations, to investigate the incident, said
Agung Pribadi, a ministry spokesman.
"This is a case of illegal drilling and the ones responsible for it must be dealt with by the law," he
said.
Agung said the well was being operated by local residents, adding that he was not sure if there were
other illegal wells in the area.
Lieutenant Colonel Wahyu Kuncoro, chief of the East Aceh district police, told reporters at the
scene that firefighters were trying to "break the chain of oxygen" in the well to stop the fire. He
confirmed the well operation was illegal, but he said many villagers depended on it for their
livelihood.
Illegal well operations are common in Indonesian regions where oil is present, including on the
islands of Sumatra and Java. In some cases, the wells were abandoned by the Dutch colonial
administration that once ruled Indonesia, and are now run by groups of villagers working around
the clock.
"Oil doesn't come up to the surface easily in these old wells, so they try to pump it up manually,
then try to separate the oil by distillation in barrels, and that's where they probably had the fire,"
said Mangantar Marpaung, former chief of the Indonesian Mining Fire and Rescue Agency.
"Then they sell it as kerosene to the local market, or for motorcycles and fishing boats," he said.
"Those are their customers. The local governments know, but because they can't provide any other
 jobs, they look the other way."
New York Times
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p4zbq0.html
Visited on 26 April 2018, 22:07

News Report 3

Elephant poachers arrested in Malaysia

MALAYSIA: Four heavily armed poachers who targetted wild
elephants in Malaysia have been caught, officials said
Tuesday, the second such arrest in less than two years.

Wildlife officials said the gang caught near the town of

Gerik in the nothern Malaysian state of Perak was found with
deer antlers and suspected tiger bones.

A joint police and wildlife department investigation also

led the agents to find an elephant shot dead by the poachers
in a nearby forest with its tusks ripped out.

“This crew is notorious. They hunt elephants,” wildlife

department chief Abdul Kadir Abdul Hashim told AFP.

“There are maybe two more [poaching] groups [in the

area]. We are working together with the police on this.”

A police statement said weapons including rifles and

homemade shotguns as well as animal snares were found
after they arrested the gang.

The elephant’s tusks were not found, with a wildlife official

believing that they were already sold.

He added that the gang – all locals – were believed to

have been operating since 2009, and were also active in the
nearby state of Kelantan.

The arrests come a year after a seven-man gang was

arrested in Kelantan, with explosives, guns and parts of
tusks seized.. – AFP

(Taken from The Jakarta Post, Thu, March 15, 2018, p.10)
Laporan Berita 1

Pria Australia meninggal saat berselancar di Lombok

MATARAM: Seorang turis Australia bernama Andrew Richard Wiseman telah meninggal setelah
tenggelam saat berselancar di Pantai Tanjung Aan di Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat.

Berdasarkan laporan yang diterima oleh polisi, pria berusia 52 tahun itu pergi berselancar sendiri
sekitar jam 11 pagi pada hari Minggu, Kepala Kepolisian Central Park Ajud. Sr. Comr. Kata Kholilur
Rochman. Andrew ditemukan tewas sekitar pukul 1 siang.

Selama berada di Lombok, Wiseman tinggal di sebuah homestay di desa Kuta, kabupaten Pujut, di
Lombok Tengah.

Polisi menanyai dua wisatawan asing lainnya, Eva, dari Jerman dan John Robert Haton, dari Australia,
yang telah melihat insiden itu secara langsung.

“Mereka adalah orang-orang yang melihat korban tenggelam. Berdasarkan informasi mereka,
korban tenggelam langsung di bawah papan seluncurnya, ”kata Kholilur, Senin.

Kedua wisatawan, serta penduduk setempat, segera membawa Wiseman kembali ke pantai
menggunakan perahu.

Wiseman diberi pertolongan pertama darurat selama 25 menit, tetapi dia tidak bisa diresusitasi, kata
Kholilur.

Personil dari Kepolisian Kuta datang ke lokasi setelah menerima laporan dan membawa mayat
Wiseman ke klinik kesehatan setempat.

Saudara korban, Steven Wiseman, mengambil mayat itu dan menolak otopsi. - JP

(Diambil dari Jakarta Post, Selasa, 20 Maret 2018, hlm. 4)

Laporan Berita 2

Kebakaran meletus di sumur minyak ilegal di Indonesia

26 April 2018 - 10:26 pagi

Jakarta: Kebakaran meletus di situs sumur minyak ilegal di provinsi paling utara Indonesia pada hari
Rabu, menewaskan sedikitnya 18 orang dan melukai sekitar 40 lainnya, beberapa di antaranya
terbakar parah, kata pihak berwenang.

Kebakaran terjadi sekitar pukul 1.30 pagi di sumur belakang di sebuah desa di provinsi Aceh, di ujung
utara Pulau Sumatra, menurut Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana.
Pihak berwenang masih berusaha menentukan apa yang menyebabkan kebakaran itu. Laporan
berita lokal mengatakan itu mungkin dimulai dengan percikan api dari obor atau pekerja yang
merokok.

Cuplikan berita televisi dan foto-foto menunjukkan api membumbung setidaknya 10 meter di udara
di desa pertanian Pasir Putih di kabupaten Aceh Timur, yang berjarak sekitar 1.600 kilometer barat
laut ibukota Indonesia, Jakarta.

Warga desa berkumpul di sumur tak lama setelah tengah malam, membawa ember, guci, dan barel,
dengan harapan mengumpulkan minyak mentah setelah diberi tahu tentang tumpahan besar-
besaran di sana, menurut lembaga bencana.

"Sekelompok orang datang untuk mengumpulkan minyak dan mereka tidak seharusnya ada di sana,"
kata badan bencana dalam sebuah pernyataan.

Setidaknya lima rumah hancur oleh api, kata agensi itu. Petugas pemadam kebakaran dan personel
darurat lainnya, bersama dengan penduduk desa, masih berusaha menahan api pada Rabu malam.

Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral Indonesia dan perusahaan minyak milik negara
Pertamina mengirim tim ke Aceh, yang memiliki operasi industri minyak dan gas, untuk menyelidiki
insiden itu, kata Agung Pribadi, juru bicara kementerian.

"Ini adalah kasus pengeboran ilegal dan yang bertanggung jawab harus ditangani oleh hukum,"
katanya.

Agung mengatakan sumur itu sedang dioperasikan oleh penduduk setempat, menambahkan bahwa
ia tidak yakin apakah ada sumur ilegal lain di daerah tersebut.

Letnan Kolonel Wahyu Kuncoro, kepala polisi kabupaten Aceh Timur, mengatakan kepada wartawan
di tempat kejadian bahwa petugas pemadam kebakaran berusaha untuk "memutus rantai oksigen"
di sumur untuk menghentikan api. Dia mengkonfirmasi operasi sumur itu ilegal, tetapi dia
mengatakan banyak penduduk desa bergantung padanya untuk penghidupan mereka.

Operasi sumur ilegal adalah umum di wilayah Indonesia di mana minyak hadir, termasuk di pulau
Sumatra dan Jawa. Dalam beberapa kasus, sumur-sumur ditinggalkan oleh pemerintah kolonial
Belanda yang pernah memerintah Indonesia, dan sekarang dijalankan oleh kelompok-kelompok
penduduk desa yang bekerja sepanjang waktu.

"Minyak tidak muncul ke permukaan dengan mudah di sumur-sumur tua ini, jadi mereka mencoba
untuk memompanya secara manual, kemudian mencoba memisahkan minyak dengan distilasi dalam
barel, dan di situlah mereka mungkin memiliki api," kata Mangantar Marpaung, mantan kepala
Badan Penanggulangan Kebakaran dan Penyelamatan Tambang Indonesia.

"Lalu mereka menjualnya sebagai minyak tanah ke pasar lokal, atau untuk sepeda motor dan kapal
nelayan," katanya. "Mereka adalah pelanggan mereka. Pemerintah daerah tahu, tetapi karena
mereka tidak dapat menyediakan pekerjaan lain, mereka melihat ke arah lain."

Waktu New York

https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/fire-erupts-at-illegal-oil-well-in-indonesia-20180426-
p4zbq0.html

Dikunjungi pada 26 April 2018, 22:07

Laporan Berita 3

Pemburu gajah ditangkap di Malaysia

MALAYSIA: Empat pemburu bersenjata berat yang mengincar gajah liar di Malaysia telah ditangkap,
kata para pejabat Selasa, penangkapan kedua seperti itu dalam waktu kurang dari dua tahun.

Pejabat margasatwa mengatakan geng yang ditangkap di dekat kota Gerik di negara bagian
Malaysia, Malaysia, ditemukan dengan tanduk rusa dan diduga tulang harimau.

Investigasi bersama polisi dan departemen margasatwa juga mengarahkan para agen untuk
menemukan seekor gajah yang ditembak mati oleh para pemburu liar di hutan terdekat dengan
gadingnya yang robek.

“Awak ini terkenal. Mereka memburu gajah, ”kata kepala departemen margasatwa Abdul Kadir
Abdul Hashim kepada AFP.

“Mungkin ada dua lagi kelompok [perburuan] [di daerah]. Kami bekerja sama dengan polisi dalam
hal ini. ”

Sebuah pernyataan polisi mengatakan senjata termasuk senapan dan senapan buatan sendiri serta
jerat binatang ditemukan setelah mereka menangkap geng itu.

Taring gajah tidak ditemukan, dengan pejabat satwa liar percaya bahwa mereka sudah dijual.

Dia menambahkan bahwa geng itu - semua penduduk setempat - diyakini telah beroperasi sejak
2009, dan juga aktif di negara bagian Kelantan di dekatnya.

Penangkapan itu terjadi setahun setelah geng beranggotakan tujuh orang ditangkap di Kelantan,
dengan bahan peledak, senjata, dan sebagian gading disita .. - AFP

(Diambil dari The Jakarta Post, Kamis, 15 Maret 2018, p.10)