The Indonesian police will only release terrorist Dr Azahari Husin’s body to his family after completing their investigations. However, it is not immediately known if any request has been made by Dr Azahari’s wife to claim the body. National police spokesman Soenarko Danu Ardhanto said there were certain procedures to follow.
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2005
Indonesians raid 'one of world's biggest drug plants'
Indonesian police have detained 12 people after raiding a factory making ecstasy pills and methamphetamines that officers described as one of the biggest such plants in the world. Police said anti-narcotics officers raided the factory on Friday near the city of Serang, about 75 kilometres west of Jakarta.
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2005
Azahari, hard work and stupidity
If there was ever an occasion when the words "terrorism" and "good news" can ever be used in the same sentence, then Wednesday's police raid that led to the death of bombmaker Dr. Azahari was certainly one of them. It had been a long time coming. The work of the notorious Demolition Man is believed ... (
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2004
Quake claims 6 lives in Nusa Tenggara Timur
A major earthquake early Friday shook eastern Indonesia's Alor Island, killing at least six people and injuring 21 others, a spokesman with Indonesia's Meteorological and Geophysical Agency said. According to the spokesman, the quake damaged the Kalabahi city airport and numerous buildings in the community. Kalabahi is the main population center on the island. The ... (
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2003
Megawati to visit Aceh in December
President Megawati Sukarnoputri will in December visit Aceh province for the first time since she placed the rebellious territory under martial law nearly six months ago, an official said Wednesday (12/11/03). Aceh Governor Abdullah Puteh said the president would inaugurate a number of projects during the visit and open a congress of about 4,000 Muslim ... (
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2003
Marijuana dealer shot dead, five kgs seized
South Jakarta Police shot a suspected drug dealer dead on Thursday, close to Lenteng Agung railway station in South Jakarta. A police detective of South Jakarta Police Precinct said that Tarmizi, 27, had been arrested on Monday. "We wanted to use him as bait to catch another big drug dealer. But, it seemed that the ... (
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2003
Government told to reconsider road project in Leuser park
Legislators urged the government on Tuesday to abandon its plan to continue construction on a Rp 1 trillion (US$1.2 million) highway cutting through Aceh province in Sumatra. "We do not see any urgency to build the road, at the cost of destroying the Leuser ecosystem," said legislator Zaenal Arifin on Tuesday, echoing what environmentalists said ... (
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2003
Officials at odds on search for flood victims
Authorities have issued conflicting statements on whether the search for more than 100 people still missing after a flash flood in North Sumatra province will be continued. Officials on Tuesday (11/11/03) said a total of 140 bodies had been found since the flood swept through the resort town of Bahorok in Bukit Lawang district on ... (
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2002
Foreign monitors in Aceh
Members of a foreign team have arrived in Indonesia's Aceh province to prepare to monitor a proposed ceasefire between security forces and separatist rebels, a mediation centre said. "Some of the foreign monitoring teams have been in Aceh to learn about the situation here," William Dowell, spokesman for the Henry Dunant Centre, told reporters.Dowell said ... (
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Other events on this day
2001
The Indonesian government congratulates Australian Prime Minister John Howard for his re-election, urging him to avoid his "megaphone diplomacy" such as trading accusations and blame through publications.
2001
Indonesia and the Philippines agree to strengthen security cooperation to fight terrorism and curb transnational crimes in the region by intensifying naval patrols along the border between the two countries.
2001
Some 7,000 people march to the Irian Jaya provincial legislature in Jayapura after laying out the body of proindependence leader Theys Hiyo Eluay in the building. They demand the murderers be arrested, charged and punished.
2000
A bomb explodes near an Indonesian Protestant Church (GKPI) and the Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) in Medan, North Sumatra, killing a 22 year-old woman and injuring four others.
2000
Adi Sasono, former state minister of cooperatives and small and medium enterprises, is elected chairman of the Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI) at its four-day congress in Jakarta, replacing former president B.J. Habibie.
1999
About 1,500 locals fell some 3,000 trees and loot the chopped teakwood which is about 48 years old from a forest in Jinggotan village north of the Central Java town of Pati.
1999
The Indonesian Committee for World Muslim Solidarity (KISDI) accuses President Abdurrahman Wahid and foreign minister Alwi Shihab of ignoring Muslim interests by making overtures toward Israel.
1999
Former West Java governor A'ang Kunaefi dies in Jakarta at that age of 77. His body was buried at the Cikutra Heroes Cemetery in Bandung, West Java, in a military ceremony.
1998
One police officer dies, and three students are wounded by gunfire while more than 120 others are injured when tens of thousands of students and a massive security cordon to march toward the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) building in Jakarta.
1998
Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Ginandjar Kartasasmita says Indonesia and the IMF had agreed on a new letter of intent that would secure the release of another US$1billion in bailout funds.
1997
Bambang Trihatmodjo withdraws his lawsuit against Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad and Central Bank Governor Soedradjad Djiwandono over the closure of his Bank Andromeda.
1996
Thousands of students in Jakarta and Semarang rally to demand that Dili Bishop Belo explain his savage criticism of the government and military in Der Spiegel magazine and that he be expelled.
1996
Vice President Try Sutrisno opens a four-day congress of the Indonesian Historical Society in Jakarta, warning historians against corrupting history for the sake of a particular cause.
1996
Retired Army officer Roch Basoeki Mangoenpoerojo forms the Generation of Founders and Heirs of the 1945 Values (GP2N45) in Jakarta to uphold and preserve the values of freedom fighters
1996
President Soeharto and King Hussein in Amman express concerns at the stalled Middle East talks resulting from Israel's uncompromising stand and urged Israel to withdraw its troops from Hebron.
1996
Former minister of foreign affairs Mochtar Kusumaatmadja is elected member of the 34-member International Law Commission for a five-year term beginning on Jan. 1, 1997.
1996
Danang Kukuh Wardoyo, an office worker of the unlicensed Independen magazine, regains his freedom after serving 20 months in prison.
1995
State aircraft manufacturer IPTN announces it has opened its first office in the Gulf to boost sales of its 135-seat passenger jets, the CN235. So far, 13 CN235s have been sold to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Oman.
1995
The Association of Intellectuals for Pancasila Development (PCPP) ends its first congress in Yogyakarta and elects Maj. Gen. (ret) Moehono as its chairman.
1994
Twenty-nine East Timor youths seek asylum at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta and ask to be sent to Portugal.
1994
U.S. President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton arrive in Jakarta to attend the APEC Summit in Bogor, West Java.
1992
An organization calling itself the Indonesian Association for Social Justice urges the members of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to nominate former Jakarta governor Lt. Gen. (Marine) Ali Sadikin to replace Soeharto as Indonesia's next president.
1992
East Timorese freedom fighters in the province's capital of Dili call on The Hague-based International Court of Justice to try Portugal for the massacre of East Timorese people during its 450-year colonization of the area.
1991
50 people are killed and dozens other injured in a clash between protesters and troops at Santa Cruz Cemetery in the East Timor capital of Dili following the stabbing of a military officer by a protester.
1990
French Prime Minister Michel Rocard meets with President Soeharto in Tokyo, Japan, to discuss ways of ending the Cambodian crisis.
1990
An official of the Indonesia's eye bank says that it has received 2,267 corneas from foreign countries over the past 22 years, mostly from Sri Lanka (2,245 corneas).
1989
KH As'ad Syamsul Arifin, a Nahdaltul Ulama Islamic organization leader, lashes out at monopolistic practices in the country as greedy and selfish, responding to finance minister JB Sumarlin's statement which allows monopoly in Indonesia.
1987
The Central Jakarta District Court sentences Mukhsin bin Alwi alias Udin Pelor, 25, to life imprisonment for robbing and murdering Mrs. Sulini Mulyatno, the widow of former justice minister, last March.
1987
The Indonesian team sweeps four of the five titles at the US$135,000 Indonesian Open badminton championships in Pontianak, Kalimantan, after defeating China.
1985
President Soeharto leaves for Rome to deliver a speech at FAO's anniversary in recognition of his success in agricultural development.
1984
U.S. astronaut Joe Allen, 47, with a rocket on his back, flying freely leaves the Discovery spaceship "to catch" the damaged-Palapa B-2 communication satellite in space.
1984
Indonesia places an order with Hughes Aircraft Company for a US$40m telecommunication satellite, the Palapa B-3, to replace the Palapa B-2 that was being retrieved by U.S. space shuttle Discovery.
1984
Hungarian President Pal Losconzi arrives in Jakarta for a seven-day visit to improve relations between the two nations, especially in trade and economy.
1984
Commander of the Armed Forces Gen. Leonardus B. Moerdani begins his a second week-long visit to some ulemas in Central Java from a pesantren (Islamic boarding school) in Demak.
1984
World Bank Director DC Rao visits village development projects in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, where the projects are partly financed by the World Bank.
1983
University of Indonesia student activists Sjahrir and Hariman Siregar, who were convicted on charges of antigovernment riots in 1974, appeal for pardon from President Soeharto.
1983
Thailand defends its supremacy in the sixth ASEAN Parachute-Jumping Championships in Bogor, West Java, winning four gold, five silver and two bronze medals.
1983
Brig. Gen. Bobby Rachman is installed as North Sumatra Police commander by National Police chief Lt. Gen. Anton Soedjarwo in the provincial capital of Medan, succeeding Brig. Gen. R. Sunarjo.
1982
Former information minister Syahbuddin Latif dies in Jakarta at 84.
1959
President Sukarno in Yogyakarta orders malaria eradication. The health minister declares the day Indonesian Health Day.
1949
Vice President Mohammad Hatta in Karachi, Pakistan, states that Indonesia is ready to recognize Communist China if the latter recognizes the Republic of the United States of Indonesia (RIS).
1946
The Central and Outer Island Council of the Militias is inaugurated in Yogyakarta to enhance cooperation among militias in the country.
1945
The British arrest 400 Indian Gurkhas in Jakarta for refusing to be sent to Surabaya to fight against local freedom fighters whom they believed were defending Indonesia's independence.
1945
The congress of the People's Security Force in Yogyakarta elects Col. Sudirman as its chief and Urip Sumohardjo its chief of staff.
1945
Indian students stage a protest at different places in Bombay against British military actions in Surabaya, East Java, but the demonstrators are violently dispersed by local police.
1926
The Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) takes up arms against the Dutch in several areas such as Jakarta, Surakarta, Banten and Priangan (Bandung).
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