Here is a brief look at Jemaah Islamiyah whose alleged leader, Abu Dujana, was arrested over the weekend.

Nabiha Shahab, Jakarta – Indonesian police said Wednesday they had captured a leader of the Southeast Asian terror network blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings and a string of other devastating attacks in recent years.

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The government finally unveiled Tuesday its long-awaited package of new economic policy reforms that will, among other things, provide tax incentives for publicly listed companies and facilitate easier access to bank loans for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Jon Lamb – The start of the official campaign period for East Timor's June 30 parliamentary elections has been marred by violence, including killings. The most serious incidents took place in Viqueque district, where two men were shot dead on June 3.

Samantha Brown, Jakarta – The new party of East Timor's ex-president Xanana Gusmao appears likely to head a government after parliamentary polls this month despite a lack of policies to lure voters, a report said Wednesday.

Max Lane – The Socialist Party of Timor (PST) is fielding 65 candidates in the June 30 parliamentary elections, and also has 25 candidates on the supplementary list (which comes into operation if candidates withdraw or die, or vacate their position after the election). Fourteen parties are contesting the elections.

There is little doubt that our police should have gone about their attempt to persuade retired Lieutenant General Sutiyoso, now Governor of Jakarta, to appear before the Balibo coronial enquiry differently, but in the main the apologies have been much overdone.

Jakarta – The New Indonesia Alliance (PIB) Party aims to participate in the 2009 elections, whether in a coalition or independently, with calls for the non-voting and apathetic communities to participate and establish a transparent elections system.

Geoff Thompson – A special representative to the United Nations (UN) secretary-general says there are credible reports that human rights defenders in the Indonesian province of Papua are being held, tortured and harassed.

The secretary-general's special representative on the situation of human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, has just completed a tour of West Papua.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Indonesia has branded calls to cut US aid to the country's military as superficial because they only represent the interests of a few human rights groups.

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Kudus – Thousands of people in the Central Java town of Kudus have again demonstrated against the contraction of the Muria nuclear power plant (PLTN) which they believe will endanger lives in the future.

Indra Harsaputra and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya/Malang – The marines on Monday defended the actions of soldiers involved in a shooting in Alas Tlogo village in Pasuruan, East Java, at the end of May that left four residents dead.

Jakarta – Street singer, sidewalk vendor, three-in-one jockey. Kiky Sarandi has done it all since starting to live on the streets four years ago.

"I will do anything to make money to survive," said 19-year-old Kiky, who prefers to be called Brebes, the name of his hometown in Central Java.

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – How much does it cost to become governor? The two hopefuls in Jakarta's upcoming gubernatorial election, Fauzi Bowo and Adang Daradjatun, may know the answer, but they aren't talking.

Jakarta – The government stepped into a controversial quagmire Monday when it announced that only six businesses met the criteria for classification as a military business from among the 1,500 that had previously been identified as Indonesian Military (TNI) businesses.

Abdul Khalik and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Jakarta says that unless Singapore agrees on the details of how it plans to conduct military training in Indonesian territory, it will not implement the defense and extradition treaties signed with the city-state.

Nurvita Indarini, Kudus – Indonesia is looking at using nuclear technology and the government is even planning to construct a nuclear power plant (PLTN) at Muria in Central Java. The plan has its supporters and opponents. The opponents of course are continuing to reject the construction that is planned to go into operation in 2015.

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Recent occurrences of violence allegedly involving members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) do not necessarily indicate the military has strayed from its path to reform, an analyst has said.

An apology from the Indonesian Military (TNI) concerning the recent shooting incident in Pasuruan, East Java, would benefit investigators and improve the image of members of the TNI, a rights monitoring group has said.

Tangerang – Some 300 workers of garment producer PT Miju went on strike Saturday, accusing the company of failing to pay their May salaries on June 5 as promised.

"We only received part of our April salary, but the company had promised to give us full payment for the May salaries," said one of the striking workers, Hamdan.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Indonesia's sovereignty over Papua and West Papua may face less of a challenge from the US Congress after a visiting delegation from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) outlined progress achieved in both provinces to congressmen.

Markus Makur, Timika – Papua has the seventh highest rate of illiteracy in Indonesia, with 200,000 people aged 12 to 45 years unable to read. In addition, more than 350,000 people over the age of 45 and living in rural areas in Papua cannot read and write.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Farmers in East Nusa Tenggara have lost 25 to 40 percent of their income due to irregular rainfall, while fishermen in the Maluku islands have complained of poor catches in recent years as they lose their ability to predict sea climate and fish movements.

Anne Barker – As the Balibo Five inquest winds up, there are calls for another coronial inquiry into a sixth Australian-based journalist who was murdered in East Timor in late 1975.

Darwin-based newsman Roger East has become the forgotten man in the Balibo saga that has dragged on for more than three decades.

Greg Ansley – Balibo sits astride a road weaving through the mountains of the far west of Timor-Leste (East Timor). To the north is an ancient Portuguese fort, its ramparts placed high on a peak as protection against attack.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Hundreds of Papuans rallied Friday in Papua and West Papua provinces during a one-day visit by special representative of the UN Secretary General on Human Rights Defenders Hina Jilani. In both provinces, Jilani was greeted with rallies.

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani and Industry Minister Fahmi Idris are now much richer than they used to be. On Friday the ministers updated their wealth figures with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Jakarta's neighboring cities has been irked by being named the nation's dirtiest in the Environment Ministry's annual cleanliness competition, officials said.

All of Jakarta's five municipalities won Adipura awards this year, a slight improvement over last year's haul of four awards.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The Indonesian Embassy in Washington is lobbying lawmakers in the US Congress in an effort to block a proposal to restrict US aid to the Indonesian Military (TNI) over alleged violations of human rights.

Jakarta – Activists and legislators said Friday that the state has acknowledged human rights at the policy level but has failed to implement its values in practice, especially in relation to protecting human rights defenders.

Jakarta – Attorney General Hendarman Supandji said Friday that his office is utilizing a new method of collecting evidence for the case review of the murder of rights activist Munir Said Thalib.

Jakarta – The struggle to make independent candidates (non-political parties) be included in the Jakarta Governors Election this year failed. Until the deadline of gubernatorial candidates registration yesterday (7/6), the Constitutional Court did not issue the decision to change the Regional Governance Decree, which does not give room for independent candidates.

Ted Sprague – In the midst of the hue and cry over the non-renewal of RCTV's license in Venezuela, freedom of speech is being blatantly violated in other parts of the world. In Indonesia, an event to discuss Marta Harnecker's book 'Understanding the Venezuelan Revolution' was disrupted through intimidation by the police and hooligans.

Jakarta – Police have performed the worst out of all public institutions over the last seven years, with many people complaining about undue delays, the National Ombudsman Commission revealed.

Dominikus DS, an assistant at the commission dealing with the improvement of public services, said Wednesday many people had filed complaints about the police.

Jakarta – Hundreds of people rallied Friday in West Papua, calling on the United Nations to put pressure on Jakarta to overturn a 1969 referendum that joined the territory to Indonesia, organisers said.

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang/Jakarta – More than 2,000 workers at two North Jakarta factories were fired without notice Tuesday after they demanded better salaries and benefits.

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office will proceed with its investigation and disregard the recent public statement made by Raymond "Ongen" Latuihamallo, one of the key witnesses in the murder of rights activist Munir Said Thalib.

Bruce Haigh – The NSW coronial inquest into the killing of five journalists in East Timor in 1975 has achieved far more than earlier government inquiries into the deaths.

The Deputy NSW Coroner, Dorelle Pinch, has been able to uncover facts that other investigations could not, and the inquest has confirmed the cover-up engaged in by successive Australian governments.

Loro Horta – After the relatively violence-free presidential elections in East Timor in April-May 2007, many hope that the country may finally be heading on a road to normality after more than two years of internal violence and chaos. But if the successful two-round presidential polls are an important first step, severe challenges lie ahead.

Australia's defence chief says a former Indonesian general who was invited to give evidence at the Balibo inquest during a visit to Sydney last month was not involved in the 1975 killing of five Australia-based journalists in East Timor.

Christine Kearney – Ugly. Rapacious. Bruising and governed by the narrowest definitions of national interest. These are a few of the descriptions that spring to mind after reading this devastating portrait of Australia's negotiations over oil and gas resources in the Timor Sea.

Criminals in East Timor will be offered the chance of clemency for crimes committed in the past year under a new bill passed by the fledgling nation's parliament this week.

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Indonesian Navy chief Admiral Slamet Soebijanto brushed off allegations of gross human rights abuse in last week's deadly clash between Marines and residents in Pasuruan, East Java, and maintained that the soldiers' behavior was justified.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Legislators from several political parties are busy collecting political support to back a motion urging the House of Representatives to make an official statement on the alleged use of illegal funds during the 2004 presidential election.

Jakarta – Ongen Latuihamalo, one of the key witnesses in the murder case of Munir Said Thalib, has confirmed that he saw Munir on his September 2004 flight to the Netherlands but denied being an acquaintance of the rights activist.

Banda Aceh – Angry residents in Indonesia's Aceh have disabled a tsunami warning system after a false alarm spread panic in a province still traumatized by the deadly 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, an official said on Thursday.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has criticized the planned construction of waste incinerators in the capital.

Executive director of Walhi's Jakarta chapter, Slamet Daroyni, said Tuesday the incinerators would pose a risk to the environment and public health. "The incinerators are not eco-friendly," he said.

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court is examining the 2000 Human Rights Court Law, as requested by a former unit commander of the Army's Special Forces (Kopasus) convicted of involvement in the forced disappearances of activists in 1997 and 1998.

Inadra Subagja, Jakarta – A key witness in the Munir murder case, Raymond Latuihamalo alias Ongen, has spoken for the first time about Munir's activities while he was in transit in Singapore. Ongen said he saw the late Munir sitting with a person at the Coffee Bean in Changi Airport.

Jakarta – The National Land Agency is avoiding taking any action on the Pasuruan land dispute case until the President meets with governors from across the country.

"We are intensively following developments. We want to facilitate a resolution, but we also have to consider other social matters, so we will wait until after the meeting," land agency chief Joyo Winoto said.