Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will not establish a new team to investigate Munir's murder case.

According to Yudhoyono, it would be better if the existing institutions carry out their respective functions.

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Director Rudi Soedjarwo was furious, but nervous at the same time.

The Film Censorship Board (LSF) recently ordered the withdrawal of the poster for Rudy's upcoming film Sembilan Naga (Nine Dragons) before it had even been released.

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – Her answers are barely audible and her eyes cast down at the floor as she holds tightly to the arms of her chair.

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Key economic ministers asserted that there was no plan to seek rescheduling on the payment of government debts and interest from overseas creditors, since the country was not in a desperate position to warrant seeking such a facility.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Thousands of people affected by the closure of churches will be able to attend Christmas services at schools and other buildings owned by Muhammadiyah, the country's second largest Muslim organization.

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Most Islamic boarding schools or pesantren are more than just educational institutions – they are also community drop-in centers and citizen's advice bureaus, which can offer a range of services from marriage counseling to drug rehabilitation.

Jakarta – Indonesia's president has ordered a probe into last year's poisoning of human rights activist Munir after a court convicted a pilot for the murder.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono also urged government bodies to cooperate in the investigation, he said, amid suspicions the national intelligence agency was involved.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered law enforcement officials to continue their investigation into the murder of human rights activist Munir to determine who orchestrated the killing.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Dozens of people barged into Graha Pena, the office of Indo Pos daily, in Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta on Tuesday evening, occupying the building for several hours and injuring two reporters.

Jakarta – Indonesia will not buy more jet fighters and submarines for 10 years despite the United States lifting its arms embargo on the country, the defense minister said Thursday.

Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said Indonesia will make its priority the purchase of transport aircraft to serve the thousands of islands that make up the vast Southeast Asian nation.

In one tsunami-devastated area of Aceh, a visitor asked a medical team, "Where are the midwives?" There were none, while only a few weeks after last December's tragedy, an official with the United Nations Population Fund revealed that at least 800 births were at risk.

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – While the President has set out to clean up politics, it seems the air in the nation's capital is only getting dirtier.

Denpasar – The increase in the number of applications for domestic and foreign investment shows Indonesia is recovering from a slump in investment, said the Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Muhammad Lutfi.

The murderer of Munir has been found guilty. Pending his appeal, Pollycarpus B. Priyanto is facing a 14-year incarceration for lacing the activist's food with arsenic during a flight to Amsterdam in September.

Two Garuda cabin crew members also face separate trials for their alleged roles in the murder.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Around 10,000 employees in Central Java could lose their jobs by the end of the year, most of them working for textile factories, an official said on Tuesday.

An Indonesian court has sentenced Garuda Airlines pilot Polycarpus Priyanto to 14 years jail for the murder of prominent human rights activist Munir Thalib. Munir was poisoned during a flight to Amsterdam in September, 2004.

Presenter/Interviewer: Peter Cave

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is under pressure to widen investigations into the murder of human rights activist Munir Thalib. The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced airline pilot Pollycarpus Priyanto to 14 years in jail for poisoning Munir on a Garuda flight to Amsterdam in September 2004.

Presenter/Interviewer: Sen Lam

The widow of a murdered Indonesian rights activist called Wednesday for a stepped-up probe into allegations that the man convicted in his poisoning death had links to the state intelligence agency.

Jakarta – The US government urged Indonesia to release the results of an independent probe into the murder of a prominent rights activist, and to prosecute all those involved in the crime, a statement said Wednesday.

Kathy Marks – An off-duty pilot with the state-owned carrier Garuda Indonesia has been jailed for 14 years for his part in the murder of the country's foremost human rights activist, who died after eating an in-flight meal of fried noodles laced with arsenic.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Labor activists have accused employers and the government of treating workers inhumanely by underpaying a great number of them. Jacob Nuwa Wea, chairman of the Confederation of All-Indonesian Workers Union (KSPSI), said the recent massive labor demonstrations were an expression of frustration over poor work conditions and unfair treatment.

Cimahi/Medan/Surabaya – Thousands of workers have jammed the streets of the main cities of Medan, Surabaya and Cimahi in massive protests over the newly set minimum wages, which they say are below the cost of living.

In the protests on Monday several workers were injured in Medan when security personnel tried to hold back the crowd.

The government will spend Rp 18 trillion (about US$1.82 billion) next year for a range of infrastructure projects including irrigation, roads, dams and bridges, to help drive higher economic growth and reduce employment.

Jakarta – The government will soon disburse Rp 75 billion (some US$7.5 million) in fresh funds to bail out ailing state-owned domestic airliner PT Merpati Nusantara to speed up its financial restructuring program, a top official says.

Australia is to resume training Indonesia's most feared Army unit, Kopassus, which has been linked to the murder of New Zealand soldier Private Leonard Manning in Timor, and to human rights abuses.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Over 1,000 village leaders from across Central Java staged a protest outside the governor's office on Monday, the latest in a series of protests demanding legal certainty over their positions.

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Public uproar over an alleged study tour by 15 lawmakers to Egypt heightened on Monday with a critical report of their activities from Cairo fueling admonishments from fellow legislators here.

Nurvita Indarini, Jakarta – Although Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto has been sentenced to 14 years jail, Munir's wife, Suciwati, appears not to care. Suciwati is instead asking that the mastermind behind Munir's murder be brought before the courts. Who is that?

Luhur Hertanto, Jakarta – Pollycarpus has been sentenced to 14 months jail by the Central Jakarta State Court. The verdict however, has failed to touch on the brains behind the murder of human rights activist Munir. The prosecution also failed to uncover the brains of the murder.

Nurvita Indarini, Jakarta – The sentencing of Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto was enlivened by a demonstration by hundreds of activists from the Solidarity Action Committee for Munir. But they were not demanding that Pollycarpus receive a heavier sentence – rather that the police investigate the other perpetrators of Munir's murder.

Fitraya Ramadhanny, Jakarta – Around 200 demonstrators from the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) held an action in front of the State Palace demanding that the government uncover the mastermind behind Munir's murder. The action – that ended at 3.45pm – was closed by a speech by Munir's wife, Suciwati.

Fitraya Ramadhanny, Jakarta – Dissatisfied with the court's decision to sentence Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto to 14 years jail, around 200 activist from the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) have urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) to try the mastermind behind the murder of human rights activist Munir.

Dean Yates and Ade Rina, Jakarta – An Indonesian court jailed an off-duty pilot for 14 years on Tuesday over the murder of the country's top human rights activist during a flight on the national carrier Garuda last year.

M. Azis Tunny, Ambon – A broadcasting regulator has condemned the closure of a radio station critical of the government and asked the station to continue broadcasting.

"The government has no right to close down the station because, according to the broadcasting law, that right is vested in us," said Izack Tulalessy, a member of the Maluku Broadcasting Commission.

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – Corrupt officers have undermined the police's largest crackdown on illegal logging ever this year and could further endanger the prospects for future operations, a top detective says.

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – After a relatively ineffective run this year, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration should make use of all political support it has enjoyed in the next two years to implement his suspended development policies, analysts said.

Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – The increase in fuel prices and a shortage of raw materials have left 23 metal factories in Cirebon on the brink of bankruptcy and hundreds of workers' jobs at risk, an official says.

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy may have to brace for interest rates of 14 percent in the first half of 2006 as the central bank continues its monetary policies designed to tame inflation and support the rupiah, analysts say.

Leony Aurora, Bandung – Despite the soaring oil prices, exploration activities in Indonesia remain low at between 60 percent and 75 percent of the plans submitted to the government, which seems to indicate less enthusiasm from the players in the sector.

Muchus Budi R., Jakarta – Pollycarpus, the defendant in the murder case of human rights defender Munir will soon be sentenced. The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) however, is pessimistic that the courts will be able to take further action to find and try the brains behind the murder.

Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, Hong Kong – Suciwati Munir looks every inch the modern, media-savvy campaigner, flying from country to country with her bags of matching red-and-black banners, buttons, T-shirts, pens and postcards.

But she is not running for office, nor is she selling anything – except for a message the Indonesian government may well prefer to keep quiet.

Hong Kong – Four Indonesians who took part in an anti-WTO sit-in that occupied a major thoroughfare in Hong Kong over the weekend have been charged with unlawful assembly, an activist said Monday.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A non-governmental organization (NGO) has reported that child trafficking and illegal adoptions were continuing in the tsunami-ravaged areas of Aceh and Nias.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid led thousands of Muslims in a march through the capital on Sunday to promote "Islam for Peace" and counter militant ideas.

Machendra Setyo AtmajaIntania Nur Kusuma, Jakarta – Symbols of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have been burnt by demonstrators from the Indonesian People's Anti-Imperialist Union (Perisai) who were demanding that the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla have the courage to leave the organisation.

Machhendra Setyo Atmaja, Jakarta – Calls for Indonesia to walkout of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are growing stronger as it is believed that the Indonesian government gains no benefits from an organisation that is driven by the advanced countries.

Ahmad Dani, Jakarta – Coinciding with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Level Conference (KTM) in Hong Kong, 2,000 farmers gathered at Victoria Park on Saturday December 17. They were commemorating Farmers' Day by holding an action opposing the WTO. Fifty of the demonstrators were from Indonesia.

Muhammad Nur Hayid, Jakarta – Around 100 people from the Indonesian People's Anti-Imperialist Union (Perisai) demonstrated in front of the State Palace on Sunday December 18. They were demanding that the Indonesian government leave the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and sever its relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Ahmad Dani, Jakarta – Actions opposing the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will also been held in Indonesia. The Indonesian People's Anti-Imperialist Union (Perisai) will hold a demonstration demanding that Indonesia leave the WTO.

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – The first thing on Sujono's mind when he decided to move from his hometown of Pacitan to Sidoarjo city six years ago, was to improve the financial state of his family. He and his family left Pacitan after a friend offered him a job in a leather tanning company in the industrial city, some 12 kilometers from East Java's capital of Surabaya.