Sydney – Indonesian opposition leader Amien Rais said Monday he could form a coalition government if elected to power but still insisted on major…
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September 28, 1998
Jakarta – About 15,000 Moslem youths packed the Senayan Sports Hall on Sunday for the launching of the Jakarta chapter of the Justice Party,…
Bogor – An expert has expressed concern that the rood crisis and malnutrition affecting an untold number of babies in various Indonesian areas…
Jakarta – A group of university graduates in the troubled territory of East Timor have set up a forum advocating a referendum on self…
Jakarta – Indonesian forestry companies grouped under Masyarakat Perhutanan Indonesia will launch an investigation of an estimated $2.04 billion…
Jakarta – A group in the remote Indonesian province of Irian Jaya has called for a mass rally in support of independence from…
September 27, 1998
Jakarta – A long-time critic of former president Suharto was allowed to return to Indonesia Sunday but the euphoria was overshadowed by fears of a…
September 25, 1998
Jenny Grant, Jakarta – Experts have advised separating the police from the armed forces and redefining the President's control over military…
Bogor – Hundreds of farmers took to the streets yesterday in this West Javanese hill town and in Jakarta to protest against the taking…
September 24, 1998
Jenny Grant, Jakarta – The mental and physical growth of a generation of children is under threat as Indonesia's economic crisis worsens. More…
Jenny Grant – Faced with increasing demonstrations, the Governor of North Sumatra has armed hundreds of his staff with rattan sticks.
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September 23, 1998
Louise Williams, Jakarta – Indonesia's former president has threatened to sue those claiming he abused his power to amass a personal fortune…
Jeffrey A. Winters, Chicago, Illinois – At the end of July 1997, the World Bank's country director, Dennis de Tray, and the vice president for…
William Mccall – Nike shareholders on Wednesday rejected a proposal to tie executive compensation more closely to the wages that are paid at the…
Paris – Indonesia took another step on its long road to recovery on Wednesday when it agreed to reschedule $4.2 billion in foreign debt and…
Shoeb Kagda, Medan – Indonesia's third largest city is bracing itself for further social unrest as between 2,000 and 3,000 farmers are expected to…
Jakarta - Students and farmers staged street rallies in several Indonesian cities on Wednesday despite the massive presence of security forces,…
Irwan Firdaus, Jakarta – Students protesting the policies of Indonesia's government demonstrated in three cities today, defying troops…
September 22, 1998
Jakarta – The government-sponsored fact-finding team investigating the May riots asserted on Monday that, despite some officials' denials, sexual…
Jakarta – Indonesia yesterday said that half of the country has been hit by food shortages. Food Minister A. M. Saefuddin told Parliament that 150…
Jakarta – The Indonesian military has named a former commander of the troubled territory of East Timor to head the armed forces'…
September 21, 1998
On Wednesday, 16 September a centre where street children are given refuge under the care of Father Sandyawan Sumardi was attacked for two hours…
Michael Richardson and Philip Segal, Singapore – As official Indonesian investigators prepare to question former President Suharto for the first…
September 20, 1998
Jakarta – East Timor can use Indonesia's offer of autonomy to the former Portuguese colony to create a "climate of tolerance" to prepare for self-…
Jakarta – Deeper instability is threatening Indonesia as confidence in the four-month-old government of President B.J. Habibie wanes, analysts say…
Bombay – Indonesian opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri said the country could break out into a fresh bout of violence if the government…
Dili – The nephew of an independence rebel leader has charged the Indonesian military were holding the former Fretelin commander and…
September 19, 1998
Jenny Grant, Jakarta – In the first case in which President Bacharuddin Habibie has taken legal offence at public criticism,…
Louise Williams, Jakarta – All ministers who served under the former president Soeharto, including President B.J. Habibie, have been ordered to…
Faced with food riots and student protests, Indonesia's President is tainted by his links with the hated former regime. David Jenkins reports on a…
Jakarta - Maj. Gen. (ret) Theo Syafei and Maj. Gen. (ret) Raja Kami Sembiring Meliala led an illustrious pack of former military officers, former…
Ratna Sarumpaet ignored a police summons which ordered her to appear for questioning today. But the Jakarta police are insisting that…
September 18, 1998
To Indonesians who can afford it, reform implies political and economic change. To millions of people flung into poverty since the Crisis began,…
Jakarta – Hundreds of angry villagers in Indonesia's Central Java province went on the rampage Friday and attacked the residences of…
Jakarta – The Indonesian government has set May 26 as the tentative date for parliamentary elections, which will be held under new…
September 17, 1998
Jakarta – Looters will be shot on sight in the densely-populated Indonesian province of East Java on orders from the police chief…
Jakarta – Hundreds of protesting Indonesian students and youths tested security forces Thursday, stepping up street demonstrations despite…
Jakarta – A former military officer in charge of distributing rice in Jakarta has admitted to syphoning off half of the food grain for profit as…
Jakarta – Indonesia's former president Suharto, facing questioning this week by a government probe into his wealth, says he doesn't have "even one…
Jakarta – Indonesia will release 15 East Timorese political prisoners next week, a visiting delegation from the International…
September 16, 1998
Jakarta – Twenty six East Timorese political prisoners ended on Monday their two-week long hunger strike to press for the release of…
Jakarta – About 100 people marched down busy streets here on Wednesday demanding that the Indonesian military give up its political role. The…
Grainne Mccarthy, Jakarta – Speculation that Indonesia is planning to implement capital controls roiled financial markets despite denials from the…
Jakarta – Rioting mobs burned shops and houses in Bagansiapi-api, a fishing town on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, news reports said Wednesday…
Bekasi – Idris strokes his grey, straggly moustache apologetically and says he would like to offer the three small pink cakes that have seen…
Cindy Shiner, Jakarta – Indonesia-Genoveva Misiati named her son Bima, after a traditional Indonesian shadow puppet character that symbolizes…
September 15, 1998
Jakarta – The Indonesian military is reviewing its role in the country's political life but has vowed to stay in the legislature where its members…
Macau – East Timorese Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate Jose Ramos Horta said on Tuesday that Jakarta was sending 3,000 new troops to his occupied…
Jakarta – Hundreds of people have looted rice from a government-owned warehouse in East Timor, while police arrested 54 people for…
Jakarta – Volunteers working with Indonesian victims of rape, especially those from the May riots, said they and their families are still being…




