Ismira Lutfia – After enduring a police raid on Wednesday, exiled Burmese pro-democracy leaders in Jakarta managed to meet again on Thursday and agree on a proposal for reconciliation and democratization in the military-governed country.
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August 13, 2009
Farouk Arnaz – Indonesia's most wanted terrorist, Noordin M Top, may disguise himself by wearing a women's Islamic headscarf and a burqa, a former head of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) said during a book launch on Thursday.
Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Environmental groups said Wednesday inconsistency in government policies had played an important role in forest destruction, leading to continual forest fires and deforestation across the country.
Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Activists on Thursday said that a decision by the East Java Police to withdraw criminal charges against energy company PT Lapindo Brantas over the Sidoarjo mudflow disaster smacked of collusion and conspiracy.
Fadli, Batam – Over 90 percent of the 350,000 workers employed in Batam, Bintan and Karimun Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in the Riau Islands province have no access to adequate housing and live in slum areas.
Head of the provincial manpower agency Azman Taufik said most workers could not afford to rent apartments, as the rent would take up their entire monthly income.
Jakarta – The Press Council says the current State Secrecy Bill is an ironic twist on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's election commitment to uphold democracy and the rights of all citizens.
Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Society still strongly refuses to accept the lifestyle choices of gay men in Indonesia, causing many to lead double lives, a US scholar says.
Anita Rachman – Regional autonomy has been a failure, with just 10 percent of about 500 districts and municipalities in the country having developed successfully since the policy was introduced eight years ago, an autonomy watchdog said on Thursday.
Camelia Pasandaran – To fight terrorism fight poverty, Islamic scholars said on Thursday.
Speaking at a panel discussion called "Terrorism in Modern Society" at the Sultan Hotel in Central Jakarta, leading Islamic scholars called on the government to increase welfare programs to uproot extremism.
Lilian Budianto and Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The police on Wednesday banned an international meeting organized by members of the Burmese (Myanmarese) government-in-exile in Jakarta despite Indonesia's call for ASEAN to question the military junta's action against Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – Indonesia's government has stopped a group of exiled Myanmar opposition activists from holding a conference in the country, officials said Thursday, a day after the president voiced support for "credible" elections in the military dictatorship.
Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono secured his re-election Wednesday after the Constitutional Court issued a verdict dismissing allegations of electoral fraud filed by the losing candidates.
Jakarta – The Constitutional Court unanimously dismissed on Wednesday the complaints of Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Jusuf Kalla over the July 8 election.
August 12, 2009
Makassar – Some 50 students from the Makassar Solidarity for Polongbangkeng Residents group staged a protest on Tuesday before the office of state plantation company PT PTPN XIV, demanding the firm return the land it has rented for years to local residents.
Shohib Masykur, Jakarta – Thirteen protest actions will be held in Jakarta today. As usual, it seems that traffic jams will be unavoidable, particularly on roads such as Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat in Central Jakarta and HR Rasuna Said in South Jakarta, which will be the most frequent targets of the protests.
Suherdjoko, Semarang – There are 1.23 million people in Central Java unemployed says a manpower agency official.
Siswo Laksono, head of Central Java's Manpower, Transmigration and Population Agency, said this year only 15.46 million out of 16.69 million people will have jobs.
Suherdjoko, Semarang – Military officers will be deployed to monitor the closure of an illegal mining site on Mt. Merapi, Central Java, a legislator said Tuesday.
The move is to ensure that local miners do not cause any more damage to the environment, he said.
Candra Malik, Solo – There's an environmental drawback, after all, to the rising trend toward ecological tourism, where nature lovers flock to pristine natural sites.
Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The National Commission on Human Rights will go ahead with its lawsuit against the President and PT Lapindo Brantas Inc, despite police having suspended their investigations into the Sidoarjo mudflow.
The disaster has caused more than 10,000 families to lose their homes and work places.
Luh De Suriyani, Nusa Dua – A number of youth groups at the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) made a stand today for the rights of young people living with HIV/AIDS.
Ridwan Max Sijabat, Nusa Dua, Bali – Papua has intensified its campaign promoting the use of female condoms, after reports emerged of an increase in HIV/AIDS infections among residents.
Jakarta – The Constitutional Court issued a verdict on Wednesday against losing presidential candidates Megawati Soekarnoputri and Jusuf Kalla and their respective running mate Prabowo Subianto and Wiranto in the July 8 presidential election dispute.
Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) issued a report Tuesday alleging that suspended Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Antasari Azhar committed a series of ethical violations while at the head of the graft watchdog.
The ICW report was filed by staff at the KPK, including the current supervisor and advisor.
Putri Prameshwari – Despite the official peace agreement and apparent calm in Maluku, violence has continued to bubble beneath the surface of the province over the past eight years, a World Bank official said on Wednesday.
Jakarta – The Java and Lampung chapters of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) have issued a fatwa that debus, the Banten traditional martial art, is haram or forbidden under Islamic law if magical things are used during the performance.
The verdict was decided after 150 members of the organization gathered in Serang for a two-day meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – A suspected militant slain during a 16-hour siege with counterterrorism forces last week was not Indonesia's most-wanted militant Noordin Muhammad Top, police said Wednesday.
Tests comparing the body's DNA with members of Noordin's family came back negative, said Eddy Saparwoko, head of the national police victim identification unit.
August 11, 2009
Makassar – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) said Monday that police officers had committed human rights violations during a clash with local residents over a land dispute with a state plantation company in the South Sulawesi regency of Takalar.
Febriamy Hutapea – Experts and activists have warned that the country's fight against corruption will suffer a serious blow if the House of Representatives fails to pass the antigraft court bill into law before the end of next month.
Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The military would not try to influence President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in any decision he made to choose a new defence minister, Military Chief Gen. Djoko Santoso said on Tuesday.
Candra Malik & Febriamy Hutapea, Yogyakarta – Aggrieved nurses from around the country are expected to demonstrate outside the House of Representatives in Jakarta and in other city centers next week to demand the immediate ratification of the health care and nursing bills, the University Student Nurses Association said on Tuesday.
Heru Andriyanto – Although mention of "the communist threat" has disappeared from government propaganda since the downfall of long-serving President Suharto in 1998, prosecutors are still keeping a close eye on leftist and sectarian writings they think have the potential to cause conflict.
Tom Allard, Barung (West Java) – Dani Dwi Permana was a conscientious, basketball-loving young man, a solid student from a troubled family who, nonetheless, seemed to have a lifetime of promise to fulfil.
August 10, 2009
Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – The latest data from the Indonesian Central Securities Depository (KSEI) shows that foreign investors controlled 66.1 percent of assets in the local stock market, signaling a return of foreign investor confidence.
Takalar – A clash between local residents and police at a sugarcane plantation in Takalar regency, South Sulawesi wounded 10 people on Sunday.
The plantation is run by the State Plantation Company (PTPN) XIV. Six of the injured people were civilians and the rest were police officers.
In May, The Jakarta Post wrote in this column that many parties were gunning for the demise of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). The House of Representatives, responding to the arrest of KPK chairman Antasari Azhar in early May, demanded that the corruption watchdog suspend its investigations.
Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Military Chief Gen. Djoko Santoso said on Sunday that coordination between military and police commanders in conducting antiterrorism operations was running well, despite the absence of a law on the matter.
Ismira Lutfia – Several prominent women's activists are spearheading a campaign aimed at securing government ratification of the International Convention on Migrant Workers, which they say would protect the rights of workers and their families.
Anita Rachman – The government said it would throw its weight behind a newly launched coalition of labor unions that hopes to help migrant workers who would otherwise lack representation while employed abroad.
Voluntary Services Overseas (VOS), which is composed of seven unions from 18 regions across the country, officially began working as a coalition on Monday.
Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesian police were so close to catching fugitive Malaysian terrorist Noordin Mohammad Top that they even managed to photograph him outside a Jakarta safe house last Thursday.
Stephen Coates – Asian terror suspect Noordin Mohammed Top is probably still at large in Indonesia despite reports of his death, police said Monday, even as the net closed around his extremist network.
Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Police should revoke their recent order for cessation of investigations into who was responsible for the Lapindo mudflow disaster, the East Java chapter of the Forum for the Environment said on Monday.
Jakarta – The National Police has dismissed between 300 and 350 officers annually over the past few years due to human rights violations, a senior officer says.
August 9, 2009
A leading Southeast Asian terrorist suspect reportedly killed Saturday in a gun battle with police at a village hide-out was planning a suicide car bomb attack on Indonesia's president, the national police chief said.
But, police said they could not confirm that the body recovered from the house in central Java was that of Noordin M Top until DNA tests are complete.
Jakarta – The death of Malaysian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top would be a huge blow to his network but would not mean the end of Islamist suicide bombings in Indonesia, analysts and officials said.
Naila Firdausi and Achmad Sukarsono – The reported deaths of Noordin Mohammad Top, suspected of masterminding a series of bombings in Indonesia, and two of his associates may reduce risk of future attacks in the Southeast Asian nation, analysts said.
Eka Budianta, Cikarang (West Java) – The leading Indonesian poet and playwright, W.S. Rendra was buried in his very own backyard in Citayam, a relatively poor hamlet, near the town of Depok, West Java on Friday afternoon, Aug. 6, 2009. He is survived by his third wife, Ken Zuraida, 11 children and 10 grand children.
Camelia Pasandaran – There should be no change to the current allocation of legislative seats for the new House of Representatives, the Constitutional Court ruled on Friday.
Anti-graft activists urged the police to focus on investigating Nasruddin's murder case instead of following up on the written testimony of suspended chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Antasari Azhar.
The activists argued the testimony was baseless, and would only further weaken the KPK's fight against corruption.
Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesian police will today intensify their attempts to determine whether a man who identified himself as the terrorist Noordin Top, and who was killed in a raid in Central Java yesterday, is in fact the fugitive they believe to be responsible for the July 17 Jakarta bombings.
It appears Noordin Top has eluded capture in a third police raid, Tom Allard writes in Jakarta.