BASING XII - CHAPTER 4 - NEWS ITEM

The Surabaya Police have arrested a man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via Instagram.

MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. He was found to have paid some Rp 3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three days old.

Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was conducted in Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.

“The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration,” Rudi said on Monday (The Jakarta Post, Tue, October 16, 2018)

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• To inform readers about arrested man for buying an infant

• To describe the important person for readers

• To argue that arresting the man is important

• To explain how police arrested the man

• To convince reader that buying infant is illegal

The Surabaya Police have arrested a man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via Instagram.

MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. He was found to have paid some Rp 3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three days old.

Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was conducted in Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.

“The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration,” Rudi said on Monday (The Jakarta Post, Tue, October 16, 2018)

“MN was arrested at his house…” The underlined word refers to a house belongs to…….

• The police officer

• The arrested man

• The infant parent

• A Surabaya administration officer

• A Semarang administration officer

The Surabaya Police have arrested a man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via Instagram.

MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. He was found to have paid some Rp 3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three days old.

Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was conducted in Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.

“The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration,” Rudi said on Monday (The Jakarta Post, Tue, October 16, 2018)

“…for allegedly buying an infant” The infant word has similar meaning with ……

• Adult

• Teenager

• Child

• Grown

• Man

The synonym of the word enlarge is...

• strengthen

• heighten

• expand

• threaten

The synonym of the word encourage is...

• represent

• ease

• declare

• boost

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• represent

• ease

• declare

• boost

The synonym of the word assistance is...

• threat

• graft

• probe

• aid

The synonym of the word take part is...

• involved

• established

• crashed

• led

The synonym of the word announced part is...

• declared

• established

• crashed

• vowed

The synonym of the word swear part is...

• declared

• established

• crashed

• vowed