Jakarta – A member of the Indonesian Military/National Police faction in the Aceh provincial council said rogue forces in the province had…
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February 21, 2001
Jakarta Post - February 21, 2001 (abridged)
Green Left Weekly - February 21, 2001
Max Lane – The Indonesian political elite is becoming increasingly fearful of a radicalisation of the country's masses, which is being provoked by…
Green Left Weekly - February 21, 2001
Jon Land – The Australian government is attempting to prevent East Timor from gaining full sovereign rights over vast oil and gas reserves in the…
South China Morning Post - February 21, 2001
Vaudine England, Jakarta – Prosecutors yesterday began questioning the eldest daughter of former dictator Suharto over corruption allegations…
Straits Times - February 21, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Dozens of Indonesian maids working in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia have fled their jobs due to sexual harassment or…
Reuters - February 21, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesia said yesterday that a number of mining companies have suspended exploration due to uncertainty over new regional…
Sydney Morning Herald - February 21, 2001
Indonesia's top economics minister left yesterday for crucial talks with the International Monetary Fund, after an advisory panel warned that the…
February 20, 2001
Agence France Presse - February 20, 2001
Jakarta – The civil servant who set off a national corruption scandal when he released 3.9 million dollars of state funds a year ago was convinced…
South China Morning Post - February 20, 2001
Vaudine England, Jakarta – The renewal of a ceasefire between secessionist rebels and the Government in Aceh was greeted by more violence, but…
Jakarta Post - February 20, 2001
Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung ruled out on Monday independence for Irian Jaya, dealing a blow to separatist rebel…
Agence France Presse - February 20, 2001 (abridged)
Banda Aceh – At least two people were killed and 10 others were wounded in the latest violence to hit the troubled Aceh province despite a new…
Agence France Presse - February 20, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesia's economy grew 4.77 percent last year but is likely to slow to around four percent this year, the government said Tuesday.…
February 19, 2001
Jakarta Post - February 19, 2001
Jakarta – After days of rallies – some of them violent, the capital enjoyed an arts performance on Sunday aimed at easing the political tension.…
Detik - February 19, 2001
Djoko Tjiptono/Hendra & GB, Jakarta – Students grouped in the Golkar Disbursement Alliance (ABG) wanted to take over the Jakarta offices of…
Jakarta Post - February 19, 2001
Jakarta – Police have increased the number of personnel guarding offices of the Golkar Party following an attack by hundreds of students on the…
Sydney Morning Herald - February 19, 2001
Mark Dodd – One of East Timor's most notorious militia leaders will today meet representatives of the community he left devastated to discuss his…
Indonesian Observer - February 19, 2001
Jakarta – Eighteen syndicates of illegal loggers operating from Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan cost the state an annual Rp1.2 trillion (US$125…
Jakarta Post - February 19, 2001
Jakarta – Chairman of the executive board of the Corps of Indonesian Muslim Students Alumni (KAHMI), Fuad Bawazier, warns of resurgent communism…
Indonesian Observer - February 19, 2001
Jakarta – Pro-reform organizations across Java and Sumatra yesterday stepped up their demands for the former ruling Golkar Party to be dissolved…
February 18, 2001
Jakarta Post - February 18, 2001
Tual – Humanitarian activists slammed on Saturday the Social Welfare Agency in Southeast Maluku for allegedly swindling approximately…
Straits Times - February 18, 2001
Derwin Pereira, Karta – Prominent international economic advisers yesterday called on Indonesia not to sever ties with the International Monetary…
Jakarta Post - February 18, 2001 (abridged)
Yogyakarta – Twelve students were arrested by Yogyakarta Police on Saturday following a protest against the political elite to mark the visit of…
Reuters - February 18, 2001
Geneva – Indonesian officials and rebel leaders from Aceh have agreed to extend their ceasefire indefinitely and to hold broad political dialogue…
February 17, 2001
Jakarta Post - February 17, 2001
Ambon – The Military Joint-Intelligence Task Force (SGI) stationed in Ambon seized on Friday hundreds of weaponry during an afternoon raid at a…
Jakarta Post - February 17, 2001
Yogyakarta – After eulogizing about the long road to democracy which Indonesia must travel, President Abdurrahman Wahid found out later on Friday…
Jakarta Post - February 17, 2001
Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office named former president Soeharto's daughter Siti Hardiyanti "Tutut" Rukmana on Friday as a suspect in a…
The Age - February 17, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – It was a poignant moment, full of irony. Megawati Sukarnoputri dons army fatigues and beret and climbs aboard a Scorpion…
Agence France Presse - February 17, 2001
Geneva – Indonesian government representatives and separatist Aceh rebels agreed Friday a security pact to replace the current…
Jakarta Post - February 17, 2001
Banda Aceh – Resolute rebel group Free Aceh Movement (GAM) has threatened to create trouble nationwide if the joint police and military operation…
Jakarta Post - February 17, 2001
Jakarta – The country could see another round of political probes into financial scandals if the National Awakening Party (PKB) has its way by…
Agence France Presse - February 17, 2001
Jakarta – Thousands of students took to the streets of three Indonesian cities Friday, calling on President Abdurrahman Wahid to resign, police…
Jakarta Post - February 17, 2001
Jakarta – Minister of Home Affairs and Regional Autonomy Surjadi Soedirdja installed Tursandi Alwi on Friday as acting Governor of Gorontalo and…
Jakarta Post - February 17, 2001
Jakarta – Some 500 students from various groups attacked Golkar Party's city chapter office on Jl. Cikini, Central Jakarta on Friday evening,…
February 16, 2001
Jakarta Post - February 16, 2001
Jakarta – Pressure over a housing scam allegedly involving Golkar Party chairman Akbar Tandjung is growing with National Police spokesman Brig.…
South China Morning Post - February 16, 2001
Vaudine England, Jakarta – Anti-corruption activists are backing government calls for the former ruling party, Golkar, to be investigated for…
Jakarta Post - February 16, 2001
Jakarta – Four local non-governmental organizations have threatened to call for a boycott by Indonesia's aid donors unless the government puts an…
Detik - February 16, 2001
Aulia Andri/GB, Jakarta – If the Golkar Party pointed the finger at the 'communist bogeyman' and specifically the People's Democratic Party (PRD)…
San Francisco Chronicle - February 16, 2001
Ian Timberlake – A telephone rings somewhere inside Eggi Sudjana's denim jacket. He pulls out two tiny cell phones and talks briefly into one, but…
Asiaweek - February 16, 2001
Warren Caragata – Before Indonesia can truly get back to the job of successfully running and economy, the nation needs a functioning financial…
Jakarta Post - February 16, 2001
Banda Aceh – The trial of Central Information for Aceh Referendum (SIRA) chief Muhammad Nazar remains up in the air after the…
February 15, 2001
Agence France Presse - February 15, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesia's chief economics minister Rizal Ramli lashed out at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Thursday over its dissatisfaction…
February 14, 2001
Sydney Morning Herald - February 14, 2001
Mark Dodd, Dili – East Timor could still press for a United Nations war crimes tribunal unless Indonesia brought to justice those responsible for…
Green Left Weekly - February 14, 2001
Kerryn Williams – On January 30 more than 500 high school students and 300 urban poor youth, with the help of 15 buses, mobilised in Jakarta for…
Agence France Presse - February 14, 2001
Jakarta – Around 1,000 high school students on Wednesday defied a ban on protests to call on President Abdurrahman Wahid to step down and denounce…
South China Morning Post - February 14, 2001
Vaudine England, Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid's aides were trying to put together a deal yesterday to fend off pressure for him to resign…
Jakarta Post - February 14, 2001
Jakarta – The wave of support for President Abdurrahman Wahid continued in Central Java on Tuesday with demands that the President remain in…
Green Left Weekly - February 14, 2001
Max Lane – During 2000, only the People's Democratic Party (PRD) championed the political slogan: "Smash the remnants of the New Order, leave…
Green Left Weekly - February 14, 2001
Max Lane – Golkar chairperson Akbar Tanjung has accused the People's Democratic Party and two student activist organisations, Forkot and Jarkot,…
Jakarta Post - February 14, 2001
Jakarta – Tensions in Aceh remain as three more civilians were shot during military and police operations against the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in…
Green Left Weekly - February 14, 2001
Vanya Tanaja, Dili – Public hearings held here January 14-24 to discuss the timetable for East Timor's transition to independence have revealed…