Jakarta – Defence Minister Muhammad Mahfud has confirmed rumours that President Abdurrahman Wahid proposed to impose martial law prior…
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February 9, 2001
Straits Times - February 9, 2001
Jakarta Post - February 9, 2001 (abridged)
Surabaya – The supporters of President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid continued on Thursday to vent their rage against what they see as a conspiracy…
Detik - February 9, 2001
Kompas Cyber Media/Fitri & GB, Jakarta – Few people were surprised when Chairman of the Golkar Party Akbar Tandjung and Head of the party's…
Agance France-Presse - February 9, 2001
Banda Aceh – Separatist rebels on Friday shot dead an Acehnese army trooper and wounded 13 others in a pre-dawn ambush on the village prayer house…
February 8, 2001
Straits Times - February 8, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Cracks have appeared in President Abdurrahman Wahid's Cabinet, as his firing yesterday of an outspoken…
Straits Times - February 8, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – As 50,000 supporters of President Abdurrahman Wahid ran amok in Surabaya, burning Golkar buildings and the houses of…
South China Morning Post - February 8, 2001
Vaudine England, Surabaya and agencies in Jakarta – In a sign that President Abdurrahman Wahid's Government may be cracking under the pressure of…
Jakarta Post - February 8, 2001
Jakarta – Chairman of the East Java chapter of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) organization Ali Maschan Moesa supports police efforts to…
Jakarta Post - February 8, 2001
Surabaya – The anger of President Abdurrahman Wahid's supporters boiled over on Wednesday when they torched Golkar Party offices in Surabaya,…
Agence France Presse - February 8, 2001
Jakarta – Threatened with impeachment, Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid is playing a dangerous game by mobilising thousands of supporters in…
South China Morning Post - February 8, 2001
Police said they had found 1,400 bombs in a warehouse in the Indonesian capital. Two people, a guard and the owner of the warehouse in…
Financial Times - February 8, 2001
Stephen Fidler, Washington – The International Monetary Fund has warned Indonesia its proposed central bank reforms could jeopardise release of…
Jakarta Post - February 8, 2001
Jayapura – Willem Onde, the leader of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), released on Wednesday afternoon three hostages, including two Koreans, who…
February 7, 2001
Detik - February 7, 2001
MMI Ahyani/Hendra & GB, Bandung – Mass actions to support President Abdurrahman Wahid not only occurred in East Java today. Around 300 people…
Jakarta Post - February 7, 2001
Banda Aceh – A massive solidarity strike involving truck drivers and state oil company Pertamina workers has resulted in fuel supply shortages and…
Green Left Weekly - February 7, 2001
Jon Land – Imagine someone referring to prime minister John Howard and his foreign minister, Alexander Downer, as "more generous than Mother…
Sydney Morning Herald - February 7, 2001
Joanna Jolly, Dili – In a legal first for East Timor, United Nations prosecutors yesterday filed multiple rape charges against an Indonesian army…
Green Left Weekly - February 7, 2001
Max Lane – In an escalation of tensions between President Abdurrahman Wahid and right-wing forces in the country's parliament, a full session of…
The Age - February 7, 2001
Mark Dodd, Dili – An East Timorese independence fighter pleaded for acquittal yesterday at the end of his trial for the killing of a pro-…
South China Morning Post - February 7, 2001
Vaudine England in Surabaya and Agencies in Jakarta – Floundering President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday appeared to stave off a push to bring…
February 6, 2001
Sydney Morning Herald - February 6, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Scores of MPs backed a petition calling for the immediate convening of a special session of Parliament to force the…
Jakarta Post - February 6, 2001
Surabaya – Disgruntled supporters of the incumbent President Abdurrahman Wahid continued venting their anger in East Java on Monday by vandalizing…
Detik - February 6, 2001
Djoko Tjiptono/Hendra & GB, Jakarta – On Tuesday, around 1000 students from several student and youth groups under the banner of the Joint…
Kyodo News - February 6, 2001
Jakarta – East Timorese are expected later this month to begin preparations for a constituent assembly election likely to be held around August 30…
Detik - February 6, 2001
Yogi Arief Nugraha/Fitri & GB, Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has released its report on the causes of two…
South China Morning Post - February 6, 2001
Vaudine England, Jakarta – A Supreme Court ruling in Jakarta has staved off the prospect of former president Suharto facing corruption charges in…
Financial Times - February 6, 2001
Joe Leahy, Hong Kong – The Jakarta stock market has a reputation for defying gravity and the first few weeks of this year have been no exception…
Jakarta Post - February 6, 2001
Banda Aceh – The dossier on the detained chief of the Aceh Referendum Information Center (SIRA), Muhammad Nazar, has been handed over to the court…
February 5, 2001
Detik - February 5, 2001
Hestiana Dharmastuti/Hendra & GB, Jakarta – To keep sidewalk traders under control, the Jakarta special province government has reportedly…
Sydney Morning Herald - February 5, 2001
Jill Jolliffe – The house in East Timor's second city, Baucau, stands derelict, its windows boarded up and a tap running endlessly inside. The…
Straits Times - February 5, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – Labour unrest and strikes cost the Indonesian economy up to US$2 billion (S$3.5 billion) last year, analysts estimate.
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Associated Press - February 5, 2001
Jakarta – Fighting in Indonesia's restive Irian Jaya province killed four soldiers from the country's elite special forces and a separatist rebel…
Detik - February 5, 2001
Chaidir Anwar Tanjung/Fitri & GB, Pekanbaru – Tens of families from Betung village, Pangkalankuras subdistrict, Belelawan regency, Riau…
Indonesian Observer - February 5, 2001
Denpasar – Nearly 200 followers of different religions yesterday staged a rally in Denpasar, capital city of the resort island of Bali, calling…
South China Morning Post - February 5, 2001
Vaudine England, Jakarta – Thousands of members of Indonesia's largest Muslim group rallied in Jakarta in support of President Abdurrahman Wahid…
South China Morning Post - February 5, 2001
Vaudine England, Jakarta – Since becoming chairman of the Peoples' Consultative Assembly, Amien Rais' hair has gone grey. An impish-looking…
Jakarta Post - February 5, 2001
Jakarta – A Golkar Party branch office in Pasuruan, East Java was attacked as rallies in support for President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid…
Indonesian Observer - February 5, 2001
Jakarta – An association of minor Islamic political parties yesterday called on embattled president Abdurrahman Wahid to exercise greater wisdom,…
February 4, 2001
Jakarta Post - February 4, 2001
Jakarta – In a show of unity two days after being censured by the House of Representatives (DPR) for his alleged involvement in two financial…
Agence France Presse - February 4, 2001
Jakarta – Overshadowed by the tumultuous events in Indonesia this week the groups at the forefront of the overthrow of former dictator Suharto…
Jakarta Post - February 4, 2001
Jakarta – Thousands of residents the East Java's town of Situbondo Saturday built a roadblock on the Besuki-Banyuwangi road connecting…
February 3, 2001
Jakarta Post - February 3, 2001
Jakarta – The House of Representatives has agreed to drop the 1999 emergency law and to provide some time for the government to draft and…
Agence France Presse - February 3, 2001 (abridged)
Jakarta – Mohammand "Bob" Hasan, the timber tycoon and business partner of former Indonesian dictator Suharto, sentenced to two years jail for…
South China Morning Post - February 3, 2001
Vaudine England, Jakarta – Exuberant party politics is assumed to be a feature of post-Suharto Indonesia, making Parliament's censure of President…
Jakarta Post - February 3, 2001
Jakarta – Army Chief of Staff Gen. Endriartono Sutarto on Friday maintained the Indonesian Military's (TNI) stance in responding to the ongoing…
Jakarta Post - February 3, 2001
Jakarta – Persistent opponents of President Abdurrahman Wahid seemed to keep their word on Friday to continue rallying until their demand – that…
Jakarta Post - February 3, 2001
Ambon – One policeman was killed and 17 police and marine personnel injured during overnight gunfights between the two groups, an officer said on…
South China Morning Post - February 3, 2001
Vaudine England – Indonesia's politicians are eager to give the appearance that they are acting properly in following a process that could lead to…
International Herald Tribune - February 3, 2001
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Jakarta – When he took office in October 1999, President Abdurrahman Wahid of Indonesia described his relationship with Vice…
Jakarta Post - February 3, 2001
Banda Aceh – Truck drivers who use the Banda Aceh-Medan road have staged a strike since last Thursday in protest against rampant illegal levies…