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November 12, 2009
Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Seventy-three legislators from seven parties in the House of Representatives have signed a petition requesting the establishment of an inquiry committee
Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – A former investigation director from the Corruption Eradication Committee (KPK) revealed flaws with the antigraft body during a hearing with the fact-finding
Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – About 2,000 traders at the Pasar Raya traditional market in Padang, West Sumatra, rallied Wednesday outside the city's legislative council building, prote
Dicky Christanto and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Reeling from a body blow delivered by a former police chief's testimony in antigraft official Antasari Azhar's trial, police made p
Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – A law expert and former counselor for the Constitutional Court (MK), Irmanputra Sidin said the replacing of all the police officers guarding the court W
Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Defense Ministry on Wednesday criticized a statement by activists and the Press Council calling for a rethinking of the State Secrecy Bill, saying that no
Dessy Sagita – The 2009 Law on Narcotics is too repressive and contains articles that could potentially violate human rights, the National AIDS Commission said on Wednesday.
Julia Zappei, Putrajaya – Indonesia's leader requested swift justice Thursday for maids allegedly abused while on the job in Malaysia – charges that have strained normally amicable rela
November 11, 2009
Emmy Fitri – Nine years ago, long before Al Gore warned the world about the "Inconvenient Truth" of global warming, Edy Hamdan and fellow fishermen in Krui, West Lampung, had already ac
Heru Andriyanto – The claim by a police officer that he had been forced to testify against former antigraft commission head Antasari Azhar could add fuel to the growing public opinion t
Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Muninggar Saraswati – Snowballing public support for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in its conflict with the National Police and the Attorney
Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Nivell Rayda – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will risk "tarnishing his credibility" if he allows the National Police and the Attorney General's Office
Multa Fidrus – An ongoing project to reclaim land from Lake Rawa Kayu Antap in Rempoa subdistrict, East Ciputat district, South Tangerang, by a housing developer has sparked protests fr
A lawmaker on the House of Representatives Commission III who demanded the Attorney General's Office immediately resolve his case on Wednesday got his wish – sort of.
Kinanti Pinta Karana – Claims of a police plot by Sr. Comr.
The National Police had a lot to explain after a co-defendant in the murder case of businessman Nasrudin Zulkarnaen, former South Jakarta Police Chief Sr. Comr.
Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Transparency International Indonesia on Wednesday slammed all the major political parties for refusing to divulge how they financed their campaigns for this y
Jakarta – Twenty employees of a company distributing fashion accessories will file charges against their employer after he allegedly abused and took them hostage, their lawyer said Tues
Jakarta – Environmental experts say the country is not a carbon emitter, countering a report sponsored by the World Bank and Britain's development arm that ranked the country the world'
Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Activists are warning against air pollution in Indonesian cities which they said had reached alarming levels.
It's all getting a bit out of hand. As the world's third-largest democracy, Indonesia's legal system seems to have taken on a Wild West character.
Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Driven by an increase in consumer spending, the country's economic growth accelerated faster in the third quarter after losing speed for more than a year on
November 10, 2009
Dian Ariffahmi, Yessar Rossendar & Teguh Prasetyo – Foreign manufacturers are joining the growing list of industries unhappy with Jakarta's ongoing blackouts, saying frequent work s
Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Rounds of blackouts have hit numerous manufacturers operating in Greater Jakarta, with garment producers already incurring penalties due to delayed deliverie
Ade Mardiyati – Augustin Sibarani, born in 1925 in Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra, had a reputation for being the most brilliant cartoonist in the country in his day.
Ismira Lutfia – Some 406 migrant workers were repatriated from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, with most complaining that they had not been paid by their employers.
April Aswadi & Febriamy Hutapea – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday swore in the new heads of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force with the new commander of the Indonesia
Semarang – Thousands of workers took to the streets of Central Java's capital on Tuesday to protest a Rp 50,000 difference in the proposed minimum monthly wage.
Jakarta – The South Kalimantan chapter of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has proposed an edict banning the use of loudspeakers if they are considered to be disturbing other people,
Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is facing mounting pressure, including from Indonesians abroad, to combat rampant mafia practices in the country's legal institutions.
Media experts on Monday said the international coverage of the conflict involving the nation's antigraft and law enforcement agencies showed that the rest of the world saw the issue as
Farouk Arnaz – The National Police claims to be in possession of solid evidence of bribery and abuse of power against two antigraft deputies, including videos from closed-circuit televi
Nivell Rayda & April Aswadi – The fact-finding team appointed to review the National Police's handling of two suspended members of the country's antigraft commission confirmed on Mo
November 9, 2009
Erwida Maulia and Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The presidential fact-finding team has said police do not have enough evidence to charge the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leader
Nurfika Osman – A seminar tasked with advising policy makers on domestic violence has stressed the need for victims to be given easier access to justice.
Erwida Maulia and Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – There is speculation at the medium-term reasons motivating a "sudden unexpected" move by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to install n
While the numbers of Facebook fans getting behind a page supporting anticorruption deputies Chandra M Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto is rising, three groups supporting the National Polic
Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – If how early people can drag themselves out of a comfortable Sunday morning sleep-in is any measure of dedication, then the people that traveled to the Hotel
November 8, 2009
Farouk Arnaz – Though under attack from the public for allegedly fabricating a case against the Corruption Eradication Commission, the National Police have seemingly begun a new investi
Febriami Hutapea & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Analysts are calling on the government to give more weight to public opinion of the scandal involving the Corruption Eradication Corrupt
Heru Andriyanto – Last week's resignations of two high-ranking officials should signal the start – not the end – of a cleanup of the country's major law-enforcement agencies, anticorrup
Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Information is still missing in investigations into an alleged plot to frame two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputies, a presidential fact-finding
Nurfika Osman – Thousands of people braved the hot sun at Jakarta's Hotel Indonesia circle to rally against corruption on Sunday morning.
Pandaya – Syam, the newspaper boy in our neighborhood, was approaching on his bike as I stepped out of my front gate the other day.
November 7, 2009
Camelia Pasandaran – In the context of the events of the past two weeks, an unusual event occurred on Friday – hundreds of people rallied at the Presidential Palace against the two susp
Sara Schonhardtm Jakarta – Thousands of Indonesians have taken to the streets in the past week to protest the arrests of two anti-corruption commissioners and demand that President Susi
Patrick Guntensperger, Jakarta – Only a few short months since Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was re-elected with an overwhelming mandate on an anti-corruption platform,
Jakarta Globe – The war between the Corruption Eradication Commission and almost every other government institution allegedly responsible for enforcing the nation's laws fulfills all th
Markus Junianto Sihaloho – In their first counterattack since being released from police detention in the wake of widespread public pressure, two antigraft commissioners on Friday refut
