Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Security forces were slow to react to the crisis in Central Kalimantan because ground commanders "misread" the intensity…
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March 5, 2001
March 4, 2001
Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Surojo Bimantoro said on Saturday that police had arrested 158 people in connection with the killings of…
March 3, 2001
Jakarta – Leading Indonesian politicians met at a Jakarta mosque for what media reports said Saturday were talks on dumping President Ambdurrahman…
Jakarta – The closed-door meeting between some of the nations top politicians at Al-Azhar Mosque in South Jakarta yesterday was an attempt to use…
Vaudine England, Jakarta – Anger is growing over the continued absence of President Abdurrahman Wahid at a time of ethnic slaughter on the island…
Palangkaraya – "I felt so strong; so powerful." These are the words of a 21-year-old Dayak as he narrated his experience in chopping off the heads…
Bandung – Around 100 West Java politicians and public figures at a ceremony at the Panghegar Hotel here on Friday signed up to the…
March 2, 2001
Down to Earth and TAPOL express deep concern about the horrific violence and ethnic cleansing in Central Kalimantan
Violence has again…
Khairul Ikhwan D/HD & HY, Medan – Around 300 workers of PT Cipta Prima staged a demonstration at north Sumatra Provincial Legislative Council…
March 1, 2001
Jake Lloyd-Smith, Batam/Vaudine England, Jakarta – Shirley Lau says she fled her home in fear of her life, clutching just a handful of possessions…
Less than three years after the fall of Suharto amid calls for "reformasi", there are serious signs that the democratically-elected government of…
Rohit Jaggi and Tom McCawley, Jakarta – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid's hold on power grew increasingly tenuous on Thursday after his…
An explosion of violence in Kalimantan in late February shook the entire province of Central Kalimantan. Thousands of Dayaks, armed with machetes…
February 28, 2001
Jonathan Head – The clashes in the Indonesian province of central Kalimantan are part of a pattern of violence between the indigenous inhabitants…
Agencies in Sampit, Palangkaraya and Jakarta – Security forces called in to quell ethnic violence on Borneo instead turned their guns on each…
Calvin Sims - Jakarta – The ethnic violence that erupted 10 days ago in the Indonesian section of Borneo, where hundreds of people have been…
Jakarta – Five major factions at the House of Representatives will recommend that faction members, who were on a special committee investigating…
February 27, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Indonesia is rushing hundreds of special force troops to its Borneo province in an attempt to end the slaughter of…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Footwear Association (Apresindo) was cautious on Monday in responding to reported labor abuses in Nike's Indonesian…
[The following is excerpts from a report prepared for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom which held a hearing on…
Jakarta – The rupiah dropped on Monday by 2 percent to its lowest level since October 1998 amid worsening ethnic violence in Central Kalimantan…
Jakarta – Head of the Food and Drug Control Agency Sampurno revealed on Monday that the government would increase the prices of generic drugs by…
Jakarta – A regulation has been issued specifically aimed at preventing forest fires by holding more parties, including forest concession holders…
February 26, 2001
Louise Williams – At the turn of the century a convention of tribal head hunters gathered beneath the towering canopy of the rainforests of Borneo…
As always, Singapore's senior minister Lee Kuan Yew is keeping a wary eye on the big powers in his region-especially Indonesia and China. In Davos…
Makassar – A skirmish erupted between student demonstrators and members of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Banser civilian guards at the Makassar Islamic…
Sonya Hepinstallm, Washington – The human rights picture in Indonesia has steadily deteriorated as Jakarta loses control over ethnic, social and…
Surabaya – Masudi Muali said he ran as fast as he could after seeing many of his friends beheaded by indigeneous Dayak tribesmen outside his…
Vaudine England – Megawati Sukarnoputri's father founded independent Indonesia and was its first president until deposed in 1966. Her constituency…
February 25, 2001
Madiun – Some 4,000 supporters of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid hit the streets in East Java on Sunday, resuming protests…
Reuters in Sampit – Terrified refugees crammed onto an Indonesian navy ship on Saturday to escape marauding mobs in Borneo as officials said the…
Jakarta – A man was killed and another was injured Friday night in a communal clash that broke out in Woja district, Dompu regency,…
February 24, 2001
Philip Bowring, Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid of Indonesia faces many crises, several of his own creation. But it would be wrong to assume…
Jakarta – Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) chief Lt. Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu confirmed on Friday he had assured Abdurrahman Wahid of his…
Agencies in Sampit and Palangkaraya – The death toll from six days of brutal ethnic clashes on Borneo island rose to at least 143 yesterday as the…
Hamish McDonald – The World Bank warned yesterday that if a political or economic crisis broke out in Indonesia it would cease all new lending…
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Most Indonesians will not be able to watch the coverage of inter-ethnic clashes like those in Central Kalimantan on their…
February 23, 2001
Jakarta – The official death toll from six days of brutal ethnic slayings on Borneo island rose to more than 200 Friday, a medical worker said.…
Associated Press in Portland – Workers at nine of Nike's contract factories in Indonesia have witnessed verbal and physical abuse by supervisors…
Tim Dodd, Jakarta – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid left Jakarta yesterday on an overseas trip which takes him out of the country for two…
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – The recent ethnic bloody violence in central Kalimantan was orchestrated by two civil servants who were furious at…
Jakarta – The government will proceed with its plan to raise fuel prices in April despite concerns that it could trigger a new wave of social…
Indonesia's stock market watchdog has issued a ruling allowing mainly listed firms to make substantial transactions without shareholder approval…
Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency disclosed on Thursday that it found 1,760 instances of financial irregularities involving a total sum of more…
Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Audit Board said yesterday that government departments, including the presidential office, had misused 8…
Washington – The International Monetary Fund sought Friday to reassure financial markets that it wasn't turning away from engagement with…
February 22, 2001
Danielle Knight, Washington DC – Indonesian pulp and paper facilities, supported in the 1990s by financial institutions in Europe, Japan and North…
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Jakarta plans a crackdown on separatist movements in Aceh and Irian Jaya that observers say will almost certainly end…
Jakarta – The police have found indications of the commission of a crime in an alleged land scam linked to House of Representatives Speaker and…
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – The thousands of students who have been protesting across Indonesia in the past few weeks might argue that replacing…