Ni Komang Erviani , The Jakarta Post , Bali

Bali Governor Wayan Koster has expressed his support for developing the former site of the Sari Club into a peace park, promising representatives of the 2002 Bali bombing victims, survivors and their families to assist in negotiations with the site’s owner.

The victims’ families and survivors have long been pushing for a peace park to commemorate the 202 people who were killed in the terrorist attack on Oct. 12, 2002, whereas the site’s owner plans to develop a five-story restaurant on the plot.The governor, who was installed in September 2018, conveyed his support on Thursday afternoon during a closed-door meeting at his Denpasar office to discuss the peace park. The meeting involved representatives of the Bali Peace Park Association (BPPA), the Isana Dewata Foundation for Indonesian ….