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2008
Former West Java governor arrested by anti-corruption agency
Since July 21, the former governor of West Java province, Danny Setiawan, was kept as a suspect by the anti-corruption agency KPK in a case related to heavy equipment and fire trucks bought by the West Java government with state funds in 2004. Yesterday, Danny Setiawan was officially arrested by the KPK.
At the time of ... (
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2007
Indonesia considers building its first casino on Bintan
Politicians in Indonesia are planning on building it's first casino on the island of Bintan, close to wealthy Singapore. It would be a potentially lucrative but highly sensitive venture in mostly Muslim Indonesia. Gambling is not allowed according to Islam and over 80 percent is Muslim in the country. Earlier plans to build casinos in ... (
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2006
Beheaded girls were Ramadan 'trophies'
Three Christian high school girls were beheaded as a Ramadan "trophy" by Indonesian militants who conceived the idea after a visit to Philippines jihadists, a court heard yesterday. The girls' severed heads were dumped in plastic bags in their village in Indonesia's strife-torn Central Sulawesi province, along with a handwritten note threatening more such attacks. ... (
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2006
Indonesia bans paroled son of Suharto from going abroad
The son of former Indonesian strongman Suharto, freed from prison last week after serving nearly five years for murder, was banned Friday from traveling abroad for one year as part of his parole, a local report said. Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, 44, a multi-millionaire businessman, left Jakarta's Cipinang Prison on October 30 after serving less ... (
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2006
Taiwan Buddhist group to launch TV station in Muslim Indonesia
A Taiwan Buddhist group plans to launch a television station in Muslim Indonesia to encourage Indonesians to care for poor people in their country, the group said Friday.
'We have obtained licence from the Indonesian government to launch a TV station which will be a branch of our Da-Ai [Big Love] TV,' said Ke Chuan-fu, a ... (
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2006
Russian aircraft damaged in Indonesia
A Russian aircraft was slightly damaged while landing at the airport in Banjarmasin in southern Kalimantan, Indonesia, a RIA Novosti correspondent said Friday. Two Be-200 amphibious aircraft from Russia's Emergencies Ministry have been involved in firefighting operations on Sumatra and Kalimantan.
"The aircraft overshot the runway by several meters in heavy rain," said Valery Kruze, ... (
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2005
Indonesia escalates hunt for terror leader
Police said they were narrowing in on a Southeast Asia terror ringleader Friday, with thousands of troops going door-to-door, checking cars, and combing railway and bus stations in central Indonesia. The discovery of more than 30 bombs inside Azahari‘s hideout, many of them small devices easily contained in backpacks, set off speculation that Jemaah Islamiyah ... (
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2005
Casuarina trees create hope for coastal villagers
Until five years ago, the coastal areas along the southern beaches of Bantul Regency were dry and infertile. No plants seemed to be able to survive the strong, burning wind and the land lay parched and barren. Agricultural efforts in the area were sporadic and often failed.
However, thanks to a reforestation program initiated by Yogyakarta's ... (
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2004
Indonesia's foreign investment falls 11 percent
Indonesia's foreign direct investment (FDI) fell 11 percent to 8.85 billion USD in the first 10 months of this year compared to 9.94 billion USD in the same period last year, according to statistics from the Indonesia Investment Coordination Committee (BKPM).
Of 969 FDI projects licensed in the reviewed period, 357 were in trade and maintenance ... (
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2003
Fire guts Hero supermarket in Menteng
Fire gutted the Hero supermarket on Jl. Cokroaminoto, Menteng, Central Jakarta on Tuesday morning, but no fatalities or injuries were reported. Sugeng Riyadi, an official from the South Jakarta firedepartment, said 23 fire trucks were sent to the scene. The fire started at around 4:30 a.m. It is investigating the cause of the fire. ... (
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2003
Water rate to increase by 30 percent
The Jakarta administration submitted to the City Council its proposal for a 30 percent increase in tap water rates starting Jan. 1, 2004. However, the hike may not guarantee better service because the money will be used to pay debts and cover inflation. Chairman of the City Water Regulatory Body Achmad Lanti said on Monday ... (
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2002
Thousands flee volcano in Indonesia
A volcano on Indonesia's main island of Java erupted Monday, forcing about 1,000 people to flee their villages, police said. The 9,250-foot Mount Papandayan volcano in West Java first spewed lava into the air at about 3 p.m., a police official said. Residents of two nearby villages moved to safer areas and authorities were prepared ... (
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2002
Military fires mortars at Aceh rebels
Separatist rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province, surrounded for more than a week in swampy terrain by some 1,000 government troops, said on Monday the military fired mortars at the group to make them surrender. The military confirmed the weekend attack at Paya Cot Trieng village in North Aceh despite previously saying it would give the ... (
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2002
Sutiyoso to continue with delayed MRT project
Governor Sutiyoso pledged on Monday that the ambitious Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project would be started in his second five-year term. "I will work hard to make it (the project) happen during my term," Sutiyoso told reporters after meeting the new Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Yutaka Limura at City Hall.
The governor discussed the continuation ... (
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2001
Poverty shadows 120m Indonesians: Who cares?
A new World Bank report says that as many as 120 million Indonesians are either living in abject poverty or are staring poverty in the face. But does any one really care? You would be forgiven for thinking that the nation's political elite are either ignorant or simply cannot be bothered with the issue. Poverty ... (
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2001
Chairman of the pro-independence Papuan Presidium Council (PDP), Theys Hiyo Eluay, 63, is found dead in his car at Muara Tami, a district west of Jayapura, Irian Jaya, triggering anger among the local populations in Abepantai and Sentani, his home town.
2000
The mass gathering involving around 50,000 people from all corners of the restive province of Aceh takes place peacefully at the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque yard in Banda Aceh peacefully, contrary to people's worry.
2000
200 House and People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) legislators attend an informal meeting in Jakarta, initiated by former coordinating minister for economy, finance and industry Kwik Kian Gie, offering Pres. Wahid 2 ways to exit.
1999
President Abdurrahman Wahid leaves for the United States to meet with President Bill Clinton in Washington and then to Salt Lake City, Utah, afterwards for treatment for his poor eyesight, embarking on his second foreign tour.
1999
Jakarta Police rearrest former actress Zarina Mirafsur and nine other drug suspects at the Hotel Mercure in West Jakarta, confiscating 835 ecstasy pills, 51.2 grams of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine), and 28 pornographic movies.
1999
Thousands of Irianese witness the raising of the Morning Star flag, in the grounds of a Catholic church in the district of Timika, Mimika regency, Irian Jaya, as an independence mood prevails in the natural resource-rich province.
1999
Twenty-nine people are killed and eight seriously injured in the most recent clashes between Muslims and Christians in the North Maluku towns of Soa Siu and Ternate.
1999
The Jakarta-based Japanese daily The Jakarta Shimbun hit the streets in the Bali capital of Denpasar with 4,500 copies.
1999
President Abdurrahman Wahid at a dinner gathering with 250 American investors, politicians and scholars at the Watergate Hotel, Washington DC, appeals for help for his government's efforts to rebuild the ravaged economy and establish a clean government.
1998
Five workers of a dam project in Tanggamus regency, Lampung are found dead and nine others remain trapped after a concrete structure they were building collapsed two days earlier.
1998
Nine soldiers, three photographers and two student protesters are injured when security forces clash with students protesting the Special Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) on Jl. Imam Bonjol in Central Jakarta.
1998
More than 200 journalists stage a protest at the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) against the beating by security personnel of three photo journalists during a student demonstration on Jl. Imam Bonjol in Central Jakarta.
1998
The Minister of Defense and Security/Armed Forces (ABRI) Commander defends his policy on the recruitment of civilian security guards for the Special Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).
1997
IMF managing director Michel Camdessus arrives in Jakarta for a two-day visit to show support for the country's reforms to tackle the monetary crisis.
1997
The congress of the Indonesian Bishops' Conference elects Bishop Jos Suwatan OSC, 57, of Manado, as its new chairman for the 1997-2000 period, replacing Cardinal Darmaatmadja.
1996
Humbelina Borromeu Duarte, 22, wins the Top Model Contest in Dili, the first ever beauty contest in E. Timor, and goes on to represent the province in the 1997 Elite Lux Model pageant in Jakarta.
1996
Megawati Soekarnoputri gives her first testimony in the trial of her supporters in Jakarta, saying that she knew of the planned forcible takeover of her party's HQ by Soerjadi loyalists two days before the event occurred on July 27.
1996
President Soeharto arrives in Amman to begin a four-day state visit to strengthen ties between Indonesia and Jordan.
1996
Government awards 16 East Timorese veterans the Satyalencana Perintis Kemerdekaan medal in Jakarta for their roles in fighting against Portuguese colonialism.
1993
President Soeharto opens the Ministerial Meeting on Population of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Nusa Dua, Bali.
1993
Several people are injured in a clash between security forces and thousands of students, linked to the Anti-SDSB Solidarity Front, who staged rallies at different places.
1993
The government bans a book entitled Madame D. Syuga, which contains nude pictures of Dewi Sukarno, on the grounds that its circulation could mar the image of her late husband, Indonesia's first president Sukarno.
1992
Mohammad Acib Latuconsina is installed as new governor of Maluku by home minister Rudini.
1992
Four people die and 13 others are injured after a two-meter high wall at a soccer pitch collapses in the middle of a game in Majalengka, West Java.
1990
Yuni Kartika of Indonesia wins the women's singles' title at the World Junior Badminton Invitation in Jakarta.
1990
Arifien C. Noer's Taksi wins the best film award at the 1990 Indonesian Film Festival, while Rano Karno and Meriem Bellina win the best actor and actress awards for their roles in the film.
1989
Veteran actor Rachmat Hidayat, 56, and the late Tuti Indra Malaon, 49, are respectively elected Best Actor and Actress at the 1989 Indonesian Film Festival in Jakarta.
1989
Pacar Ketinggalan Kereta (The Lover Missed The Train) directed by Teguh Karya wins the Best Film award at the 1989 Indonesian Film Festival in Jakarta.
1989
Eleven people, including two children, are drowned when their boat capsizes on the Citarum river in Bekasi, 50 km south of Jakarta.
1986
Maltese President Agatha Barbara arrives in Jakarta for a four-day visit to Indonesia to further expand bilateral trade and economic cooperation .
1985
President Soeharto leaves Jakarta for a four-day visit to Rome at the invitation of Food and Agriculture Organization director Edouard Saoma in recognition of Indonesia's success in achieving self-sufficiency in rice production.
1983
Air Marshal Kardono is elected the chairman of the All Indonesian Soccer Federation (PSSI) at a two-day extraordinary congress of the federation in Jakarta.
1983
Five people are killed when an Indonesian Air Force Cessna A-401 light aircraft crashes into a field on the outskirts of Bandung, West Java.
1981
The World Bank agrees to give a US$170 million loan for the development of a power plant in West Java.
1959
President Sukarno opens the Colombo Plan Consultative Committee Meeting in Yogyakarta.
1947
PM Amir Sjarifuddin reshuffles his cabinet by including the elements of Masyumi Islamic party like Mr. Samsudin as Deputy PM to strengthen the position of the cabinet in the light of negotiation with the Dutch.
1947
The Dutch openly violates the ceasefire order issued by the UNSC on Aug. 4 and Sept. 1, 1947, when its US-trained marine troops crossed the demarcation lines of Pamekasan in Madura Island, then entered Sumenep and other towns in the eastern Madura.
1947
Deputy Minister of Economy IJ Kasimo, who is also the chairman of the Catholic Party, in his address before the Indonesian parliament, blame the US and other certain strong countries for their stance to take a side to the Dutch.
1946
Gen. Soedirman and Lt. Gen. Oerip Soemohardjo are respectively elected commander-in-chief and chief of staff of the People's Security Forces (TKR).
1945
Despite parts of Surabaya falling into the hands of British troops, three British warships are attacked by local freedom fighters. The Allied Forces put a curfew into effect.
1945
President Sukarno accepts a proposal from the National Committee of Central Indonesia's task force to consider having Cabinet ministers accountable to the legislature.
1945
President Sukarno lodges a protest against Allied acts of aggression in Surabaya with U.S. President Harry S. Truman and British Prime Minister Clement Atlee in Washington, D.C.
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