President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says he wants to know how the Rp 1 trillion (US$100 million) budget allocated to improving correctional facilities in Indonesia maintains safe and secure prison capacities in the country."I telephoned the Vice President [Boediono] from Lombok and told him we had drawn up a budget of Rp 1 trillion to improve the capacity of prisons, especially those ...
SBY I Found Out About Medan Prison Break From TV and Followed it on Social Media
Two women talk with inmates at Tanjung Gusta jail a day after a prison-wide riot left five dead at the North Sumatra facility. (AFP Photo / Kharisma Tarigan). The timing of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono?s recent move to become a ';true netizen'; by joining Facebook and Twitter has proved fortuitous after the president was left to resort to social media for rolling updates of a ...
Arsenal Delights Local Fans by Kicking Off Asia Tour in Jakarta
From left Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger, chief executive Ivan Gazidis and players Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott. (JG Photo/ Yudhi Sukma Wijaya) After more than 30 years since its first visit to Indonesia in 1982 the English Premier League side Arsenal arrived in Jakarta on Friday afternoon, bringing 24 of its players to battle the Indonesia Dream Team at Jakarta's Gelora Bung Karno main ...
Asian Chat Giants Covet ?Exciting? Mobile Market
The strong adoption of mobile social media, including chat apps,by Indonesian youths has seen major players from South Korea, Japan and China scrambling for a slice of the year ever-expanding market. (JG Photo/ Jurnasyanto Sukarno) Natasya Sandjojo is the quintessential Indonesian university student, constantly keeping in touch with her friends by firing off phone messages or calling them up. ...
Police confirm 212 inmates escaped in Tanjung Gusta prison breakout
The National Police said the number of prisoners who escaped following a riot at the Tanjung Gusta Penitentiary in Medan, North Sumatra, on Thursday, was 212."Following data collection led by Tanjung Gusta Penitentiary's warden at 7 p.m. local time on Friday, it was known that 2,384 out of the total 2,599 prisoners were present during the evening roll call. In total, 212 prisoners ...
Malaysian firm named suspect in Indonesian forest fires
A day after the Riau administration lifted the haze disaster emergency status, the Indonesian National Police announced on Thursday they were set to slap charges on a Malaysian firm believed to be responsible for the forest fires in the province. The police said that they had named PT ADEI Plantation and Industry, a subsidiary of Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhard (KLK), a suspect in ...
Teenager arrested for abducting Facebook ?friend?
The Jakarta Police have arrested a teenager, identified only as MI, 19, who allegedly kidnapped a 16-year-old girl he met through Facebook.Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said on Friday that MI and the girl had communicated through the social media since 2011.The girl, an 11th grade student who lives in Lampung, decided to meet MI, a drop-out from a private college in Jakarta. ...
Indonesian police hunt 131 in prison breakout
Indonesian police on Saturday expanded their search for 131 inmates including four militants who escaped from an overcrowded jail during a riot that left five dead, a spokesman said. Inmates began rampaging through the jail in Medan city on Sumatra island on Thursday, setting fires and hurling bottles at guards in anger over power cuts and water shortages at the facility. The Tanjung Gusta ...
Sex workers learn safe sex in Indonesia
It's early evening in the red light district of Rawa Bebek and 23-year-old Rosanti is waiting for clients in a mud alley next to the railway line. The lane is dark on purpose. Rosanti is one of the 21,000 sex workers earning a living in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. She is softly spoken and pretty. Her story echoes those of other women working in the district. She married young, ...
Indonesian men trapped up tree being chased into its branches by Sumatran tigers
Five Indonesian men remained trapped up a tree on Sunday, three days after being chased into its branches by Sumatran tigers who also mauled their friend to death, police said. Four of the snarling animals were still surrounding the base of the tree following their initial attack on Thursday, which they launched after the men accidentally killed a tiger cub. Humans and animals are ...
House deputy speaker accused of asking for bribe
House of Representatives' Deputy Speaker Taufik Kurniawan has been reported to the House ethics council for alleged bribery.According to ethics council chief Trimedya Panjaitan, a man named Burhanuddin filed a report against Taufik with the council on July 5. The report stated that Taufik, who is also secretary-general of the National Mandate Party (PAN), asked Burhanuddin to pay Rp 2.8 ...
Djoko?s assistants retract statements
Two witnesses who had earlier made statements incriminating former head of the National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas) Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo, the main suspect in the driving-simulator procurement graft case, have withdrawn their statements in court. The witnesses, Djoko's personal assistant Benita Pratiwi and deputy personal assistant Wasis Tri Pambudi, told the Jakarta Corruption Court ...
Terrorists utilize the Internet to spread hate recruit
Terror fugitive Santoso's recent video, posted on YouTube on Sunday, illustrates the contemporary methods used by terrorist cells to employ cyberspace -- and social networking in particular -- to incite hate. The six-minute video was viewed thousands of times before it was taken down on Wednesday, four days after it was uploaded. In the video Santoso, a terrorist suspect responsible for a ...
Govt steps up efforts in fight against spread of hepatitis
Concerned about the high prevalence of hepatitis B, the Health Ministry will carry out nationwide screening tests for pregnant women this year to prevent further spread of the disease.Tjandra Yoga Aditama, the Health Ministry's director general for disease control and environmental health said on Friday that the mass screening would be conducted in Jakarta first, in cooperation with ...
KPK holds key evidence in Emir case
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on Friday that it collected a piece of evidence that could be used against Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Izedrik Emir Moeis, in a bribery case surrounding the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Tarahan, Lampung. Prior to detaining Emir after he was questioned for the first time on Thursday, the antigraft ...
ASEAN to hold haze pollution meeting
Environment ministers from Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand will meet up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, next week for the 15th meeting of the sub-regional ministerial steering committee (MSC) on Transboundary Haze Pollution. The meeting, which was initiated in 2006, will mostly discuss strategic collaboration efforts to cope with the current haze crisis, which ...
Make Us an Offer for Merpati Dahlan
After several unsuccessful attempts, the government on Friday announced its plan to sell its stake in debt-ridden Merpati Nusantara Airlines. State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan revealed that offers would be open to prospective investors for the next two months. In a bid to draw interest, the government has set no terms, and is willing to listen to any offers, he said. "It is up to ...
Convicted IM2 Director Fights Ruling
President director of Internet service provider Indosat Mega Media Indar Atmanto filed an appeal on Friday with the Jakarta High Court against his four-year sentence over the company's failure to pay fees for a 3G telecommunications license. Alexander Rusli, president director of Indosat, the parent company of IM2, said that the court's ruling against Indar was unacceptable as the ...
RSPO Denials Are Smokescreen NGOs
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, a self-regulating industry body, has defended four out of five of its member companies accused of contributing to forest fires in Sumatra that blanketed Singapore, Malaysia and southern Thailand in thick smoke last month. A company accused of having nearly 100 fires burning on its land during the crisis, Jatim Jaya Perkasa, was notably absent from the ...
South African traditional initiation ceremonies leave 60 dead spark concerns over regulation
In this photo taken on Thursday, July 11, 2013, women arrive to celebrate the initiation ceremony of a relative near Qunu, South Africa. Initiation ceremonies in South Africa?s Eastern Cape province have led to the deaths of more than 60 young men since May and the hospitalization of hundreds, sparking concern from government and health officials about the lack of regulation of a national ...
Inside an Indonesian tempeh factory
A man carries a tray of fermenting soy beans at a small tempeh factory in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 12, 2013. Tempeh is an Indonesian staple made from fermented soy beans. The Indonesian government has said that it will increase food imports during the Ramadan fasting month to reduce inflation caused by increased food consumption during the month leading up to, and during the Eid Al Fitr holiday ...
?Heavyweight? Terror Convicts on the Run After Medan Prison Break
Four ';heavyweight'; terrorists remained at large on Friday night following Thursday?s mass prison break in Medan, North Sumatra, that left five people dead and around 200 convicts on the run, police ...
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