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PAN top official comments on murder suspect member
National Mandate Party (PAN) deputy chairman Drajad Wibowo said he regretted the actions of party members in Muna Regency that resulted in the death of Amiluddin Kunsi.He said the incident was unnecessary and not in line with the party's code of conduct.Drajad's statement was in response to the fighting between two PAN Muna Regency branch secretaries, Amiluddin Kunsi and Ilhas ...
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Indonesias diesel demand expected to remain weak until end 2013 -trade
Thu May 23, 2013 6:56am EDT * Monthly diesel imports down by as much as 20 pct from last year * Demand from mining sector expected to be low until end of the year * Shift seen towards cheaper alternatives like natural gas and coal By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE, May 23 (Reuters) - Indonesia's diesel demand is expected to remain weak at least until the end of the year as a slowing economy, ...
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UPDATE 2-Indonesia union urges completion of probes into Freeport tunnel collapse
Thu May 23, 2013 6:43am EDT * Investigations must be wrapped up before workers return -union * Rescuers retrieve all 28 missing bodies by Wednesday * Union official says he does not know how long probe will take * Freeport says still has stocks for "number of days" By Yayat Supriatna and Michael Taylor JAKARTA, May 23 (Reuters) - All investigations into a tunnel collapse that killed 28 ...
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DM should be treated differently Kak Seto
National Commission for Child Protection consultative council chairman, Seto Mulyadi, said the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) should not treat DM, a senior high school student thought to be graft suspect Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq's wife, the same way as other people allegedly implicated in the case.The 18-year-old student has been summoned by the KPK twice as a witness for Luthfi. ...
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Indonesia to co-host enterprise fair
/enpproperty--> Indonesia is a co-host for this year's China International Small and Medium Enterprise Fair, as authorities from both countries signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province. Neddy Rafinaldy Halim, Indonesia's deputy minister of cooperatives and small and medium enterprises, said co-hosting the world's largest ...
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Indonesia arrests suspected embassy plot mastermind
JAKARTA, May 23, 2013 (AFP) - Indonesian police have arrested the alleged mastermind of a failed plot to bomb the Myanmar embassy and another man suspected of being the bombmaker, an official said Thursday. Sigit Indrajit was detained late Wednesday in Jakarta as he got off a boat that had arrived from Sumatra island, national police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar told AFP, adding that he was ...
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Papua police to investigate Freeport incident
The Papua police established an investigation into the cause of the collapsed tunnel at the Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport Indonesia mine, on May 14, an official said.Papua police chief Insp.Gen.Tito Karnavian said it was crucial to know whether negligence played a part in the accident that killed 28 workers and injured 10 others.He said the investigation team would ...
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Dems OK if PKS want to leave coalition
Democratic Party deputy chief Nurhayati Assegaf said the party would be fine if the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) intended to leave the coalition in response to mounting dissatisfaction. "Please do leave if you [the PKS] don't feel convenient being in the coalition," Nurhayati said. "I'm confident that the President will successfully lead the coalition without ...
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Indonesian police arrest 2 suspected militants
National police spokesman Brig. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said Sigit Indrajit was believed to have planned the foiled attack and was captured Wednesday night in northern Jakarta. The second militant, identified only as Rohadi, was taken early Thursday from his home in Tangerang in neighboring Banten province. Police also seized explosive substances such as sulphur powder, black powder and iron pipe ...
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Identity of Luthfi’s teenage wife must be kept confidential
Acting Padang-chapter Press Legal Aid Institute (LBH Pers) director, Rony Saputra, said on Wednesday that revealing the full identity of DM, 18, a senior high school student thought to be graft suspect Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq's wife, was a violation of the journalism code of ethics."This will affect her psychologically and can hamper her future," he said as quoted by kompas.com.Citing ...
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Former star offers morale booster to players in match against China
Indonesian players have been encouraged to look back to a victorious moment in 1989 for inspiration in their quarterfinal matches against China in the Sudirman Cup.The players suffered a 5-0 rout at the hands of the eight-time champion in the group matches and they will face the same opponent on Thursday at the Putera Stadium, Kuala Lumpur.It could be time for redemption or another ...
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BPOM destroys Rp 2.7 b worth illegal drugs and food
Serang-chapter Food and Drugs Monitoring Agency (BPOM) today destroyed a large stock of illegal drugs, cosmetics and food worth Rp 2.7 billion (US$276.299) taken from a post-market surveillance in 2013.The illegal products destroyed included 218,896 pieces of illegally-distributed cosmetics consisting 607 different items worth Rp 1.97 billion and 21,461 pieces of unregistered drugs worth Rp 20.9 ...
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Indonesia financial regulator expects new banking law completed in 2014
JAKARTA | Thu May 23, 2013 2:06am EDT JAKARTA May 23 (Reuters) - Indonesia's chief financial regulator, who will have oversight of the bank sector from next year, said a new banking law was certain to come into force in 2014. Legislators are already drafting the law which senior MPs told Reuters on Wednesday they expected to include a maximum 51 percent limit on the amount a ...
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Indonesian Hijabers buy into an Islamic economy
JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesian event organiser Risti Rahmadi wears an Islamic headscarf, uses halal lipstick and knows that it's time to pray when an app on her BlackBerry emits Koranic verses five times a day.The 37-year-old, who in her 20s would save up for the latest Guess clothes and Revlon make-up, now strictly buys products that show she is a proud Indonesian Muslim -- and she hopes to ...
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British tourist Cheznye Emmons 23 killed in Indonesia after drinking spiked gin
Cheznye Emmons, from Great Wakering, Essex, was travelling through Indonesia with her boyfriend Joe Cook, 21, when she started feeling ill after drinking from a bottle marked as gin from a local ...
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‘No signs of danger prior to incident’
After the remains of all the workers buried in a collapsed tunnel at the training facility at the Freeport Indonesia mine were removed from the site, the visiting CEO of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. said on Wednesday that the accident had been impossible to predict.Freeport-McMoRan president and CEO Richard C. Adkerson said in Jakarta on Wednesday that his company did not consider the ...
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Indonesia energy regulator trims 2014 oil target -media
JAKARTA | Thu May 23, 2013 12:29am EDT JAKARTA May 23 (Reuters) - Indonesia's energy regulator says the country's oil production target next year is too optimistic, and wants it scaled back between roughly 4 percent and 8 percent, domestic media reported on Thursday. The former OPEC member was once self-sufficient in oil and gas but has been struggling for years to attract ...
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IFC Conducts First Media Conference to Improve News Reporting on Corporate Governance
Jakarta, Indonesia, May 22, 2013 - (ACN Newswire) - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, in cooperation with Indonesia's official ANTARA News agency, conducted the first corporate governance media conference on May 21 to help raise the standard of press reporting on governance issues. Editors and senior journalists from about 50 media outlets attended the conference and discussed how the ...
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Fitch Upgrades Indonesias BCA Finance to AAA Outlook Stable
Fitch: Recession Concern Dampens European Investor Sentiment An increasing number of investors expect fundamental credit conditions will deteriorate across sectors, according to a Fitch Ratings investor survey. The more circumspect sentiment was most notable for the sovereign segment, where the proportion of survey respondents anticipating worsening conditions more than doubled to 55%, from 24% ...
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Police PHRI accelerate hotel security checks
Paper Edition | Page: 5 The Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Bali chapter and the Bali Police are working together to verify security management at star-rated hotels as part of the preparations for the APEC Summit in October.Ida Bagus Purwa Sidemen, PHRI executive director, said on Wednesday that verification of the four- and five-star hotels where APEC delegates were to be ...
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Press influenced by social media Survey
Paper Edition | Page: 4 The proliferation of social media in the country has influenced the way journalists do their job, according to a recent survey. The survey, released on Tuesday by public relations firm Maverick Indonesia in cooperation with Paramadina University, found that 84 percent of the 363 journalists they interviewed claimed to have written news stories based on issues discussed ...
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Aceh defends deforestation plan
Paper Edition | Page: 4 Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah on Wednesday defended his plan to clear the province's protected forests, saying it is necessary to develop the province and that it would not affect the 1.2 million hectares of forests that some environmentalists have claimed it would. "We have to clarify that the amount of 1.2 million hectares is not true," Zaini told ...
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Authorities to improve safety for Idul Fitri holiday
Paper Edition | Page: 4 The National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas) is preparing to roll out a traffic scheme to reduce the traveling time from Jakarta to a number of cities in Central Java during the Idul Fitri Holiday exodus, expected to fall on Aug. 7.Korlantas Deputy chief Brig. Gen. Agung Budi Maryoto said that the corps had received orders from the National Police chief Gen. Timur ...
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President inaugurates new army chief
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday installed Lt. Gen. Moeldoko as the new Army chief of staff, replacing Gen. Pramono Wibowo, who retired.The inauguration ceremony was conducted at the State Palace and attended by several Cabinet ministers. Moeldoko was Pramono's deputy and previously served as the deputy governor of the National Resilience Institute (Lemhannas) from August ...
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Hanura to pay for candidates campaigns
The People's Conscience Party (Hanura) will provide campaign funds to its legislative candidates who will compete in 2014."We have special funds for campaign financing to individual candidates. We're looking into the party's support in every electoral region," party secretary general Dossy Iskandar said as quoted by tribunnews.com.Dossy said the amount of financial ...
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Indonesia and Singapore: model of inter-dependence?
Indonesia is a regional power in South East Asia, but lacks the development and economic wealth of smaller nations, such as the tiny state of Singapore. Hence, it makes sense for the two countries to cooperate closely with one another as Indonesia has natural resources Singapore needs and Singapore has the financial strength Indonesia needs.
Indonesia is the sleeping giant of South East Asia. With a population of 288 million, a land mass the size of Mexico and territorial waters that could fill half of China, it’s an immense country and a regional power within the geopolitical organization known as ASEAN (the Association of South East Asian Nations). Indonesia takes up almost half the area occupied by the ASEAN countries and accounts for one third of its GDP. Read more
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