The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has announced that it will arrest two suspects in the Hambalang case, namely Anas Urbaningrum and Andi Alfian Mallarangeng.Anas, former Democratic Party chairman, was named a suspect in the corruption case for allegedly accepting gratuities.Meanwhile Andi, a former youth and sports minister who is also the former Democratic Party's board of ...
Nazi-themed cafe in Indonesia sparks global outrage
Mr Henry Mulyana, the owner of Soldatenkaffe, The Soldiers' Cafe, stands in front of its entrance in Bandung on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. -- PHOTO: ...
New Film Shows U.S.-Backed Indonesian Death Squad Leaders Re-enacting Massacres
. The film is set in Indonesia, where beginning in 1965 the military and paramilitary slaughtered up to a million Indonesians after overthrowing the government. That military was backed by the United States and led by General Suharto, who would rule Indonesia for decades. There's been no truth and reconciliation commission. As the film says, Indonesia is a country where the killers are, to ...
IDI to open health posts along Idul Fitri exodus routes
The Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) will open health posts for Idul Fitri holiday travelers in several locations along exodus routes from Merak in Serang, Banten, to the northern Java coastal areas."It's our effort to help people on homebound journeys. We have routinely opened health posts during Idul Fitri the exodus every year since the 2000s," said IDI chairman Zainal ...
Watch Out for Police Impersonators After Traffic Scam Police
Jakarta Police conduct traffic checks during Ramadan in this file photo. (JG Photo/Tulus David) Police are warning motorists to be on the alert for traffic scams, after arresting two brothers in Bogor for trying to shake down a motorist for Rp 1 million ($ 99) by pretending to be police officers. Fajri Ferdiansyah, 27, and Fahmi Faturahman, 24, were nabbed by real police on Thursday night for ...
Chevron accuses Indonesias antigraft judges of ethics breach
PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia (CPI), the local subsidiary of US-based oil company Chevron, accused the panel of judges handling a graft case implicating four of their employees of ethical breaches. A legal representative of PT CPI, Maqdir Ismail, said on Friday that he had filed a report on Antonius Widijantono, one of the presiding judges handling the case, to the Judicial Commission. "We ...
Indonesia to focus on 5 major tourist markets
Indonesia's Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry is urging Bali and other tourist destinations in the country to focus on five major markets--Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, China and Japan, in 2013. I Gusti Ngurah Putra, secretary of the ministry's directorate general for tourism marketing, ...
Outrage over KPU decision to allow kids to campaign in 2014
The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) has lambasted the General Elections Commission (KPU) for planning to allow underage children to be involved in political campaigns during the 2014 election.The KPU recently said it would likely allow political parties to involve children in their campaigns, a decision it claimed was fully endorsed by members of the House of ...
Judges hesitant to apply reverse burden of proof principle
Antigraft judges have said they were reluctant to apply the reverse burden of proof principle in trials as there was no clear regulation regarding its implementation. During a discussion at the Supreme Court on Thursday, the judges said the legal principle was not clearly regulated in the 2010 Money Laundering Law or the 2001 Corruption Law and that a call for its implementation should come from ...
Komnas HAM renews calls for ICC ratification
The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) and human rights activists have again called on the government to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). They assured the government that Indonesia's accession to the ICC would not only show Indonesia's commitment to global justice but would also improve human rights conditions in the country. They also ...
Intl tribunal rule for RI in Century arbitration
The arbitration tribunal of Washington-based International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has ruled for Indonesia against British national Rafat Ali Rizvi, effectively blocking any bid by the shareholder to sue the Indonesian government over the bailout case.Attorney General Basrief Arief said that on July 16, the ICSID tribunal accepted the government's explanation ...
Andi questioned over Hambalang case
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Friday questioned former youth and sports minister and graft suspect Andi Alfian Mallarangeng in connection to a graft case centering on the construction of the Hambalang sports complex.Speaking after three hours of questioning, Andi said the KPK had asked him to confirm new developments in the case."I was asked to clarify new information ...
Bandung judge Setyabudi to stand trial soon
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Friday said that it had completed the dossier of a bribery case implicating former Bandung District Court deputy head Setyabudi Cahyono.KPK spokesman Johan Budi said the antigraft body's investigators had submitted the dossier to the prosecutors."The dossier is on Setyabudi, Asep Triana, Bandung Asset and Finance Management head Hery ...
Hajj Pilgrims Urged to Be Alert Against MERS in Mecca
A man, wearing a surgical mask as a precautionary measure against the novel coronavirus, walks near a hospital in Khobar city in Dammam May 21, 2013. (Reuters Photo) The Indonesian government insists it is taking both preventive and anticipatory steps to deal with the threat of a pilgrim-borne outbreak of a viral infection from Saudi Arabia that has already claimed 45 lives this year. Emil ...
UK revokes export licenses for Egypt?s military
The British government said Friday it has revoked five export licenses for equipment destined for Egypt?s military and police in light of recent unrest in the country that has led to the deaths of ? Full News here ...
Early Spring 2013 Ushers in Yoga Retreats To Maui Bali and El Salvador
The Travel Yogi, specialist in international yoga retreats and yoga adventures, announces late winter/early spring yoga programs in Bali, Maui and El Salvador. "We are gearing up for a banner 2013 season," says Jennifer Hoodevik, founder and director. "We are riding the wave of an industry experiencing tremendous growth and we are responding." According to July 2012 ...
Liverpool FC to thrill Jakarta in match vs. Indonesia?s national team
Following the Arsenal Football Club match in Jakarta, "the Gunners" from London - who successfully thrilled their Indonesian fans on July 14, 2013 - will be on the Indonesian football scene yet again, welcomed by another legendary football club from England, set to play against Indonesia's national team. On Saturday, July 20, 2013, the pride of Merseyside, Liverpool FC, will play ...
UAE Embassy holds mass iftar at Independence Mosque in Jakarta
WAM JAKARTA, July 19th, 2013 (WAM)--The UAE Embassy in cooperation with the Red Crescent Authority (RCA) held last Wednesday a mass iftar that brought together 2000 worshipers at the Independence Mosque in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. These charity efforts were appreciated by the beneficiaries. Walid Murad Darwish, Acting Charge d'Affaires at the UAE Embassy in Jakarta said the ...
Indonesia set to take more cattle
Federal Agriculture Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says Indonesia recently indicated it would boost live cattle imports from Australia over the next three months.And further increases could be announced later in the year."Importantly there is no weight restriction on the cattle to be exported, with Indonesia indicating that the animals should be ready for slaughter," Mr Fitzgibbon ...
Australia grants 4 military aircraft to Indonesia
Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro and Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Greg Moriarty signed an agreement to grant four C-130 type Hercules aircraft to Indonesia, on Friday."One of the aircraft, with tail number A97-006, is ready to be delivered," said Purnomo after the signing of ceremony at the Defense Ministry on Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat in Jakarta, as quoted by tempo.co.Three ...
Andi Meets KPK Investigators on Hambalang Corruption Case
Former youth and sports minister Andi Mallarangeng. (JG Photo/Safir Makki). Former Youth and Sports Minister Andi Mallarangeng on Friday met with the anti-corruption agency to discuss the graft-ridden Hambalang sports center project. Andi told reporters after his two-hour meeting that he ''was asked to confirm, clarify and explain new information received by the KPK [Corruption ...
Pilots go on strike in Indonesia some flights delayed cancelled
Hundreds of pilots of leading carrier Garuda Indonesia staged a strike on Thursday that cause flight delays and cancellations in several airports in the country.The strike started since midnight Thursday after the president of Garuda Pilot Association Stephanus Gerardus told his colleagues to stop flight."This morning (Thursday) at 03:15 a.m. Jakarta time we instructed (the pilots) not to ...
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