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2009
Riau police stops 60 TKI from being sent abroad
The police in the Riau Archipelago has successfully stopped 60 soon-to-be
TKI (Indonesian Overseas Workers) that were about to be sent to Malaysia illegally. When the police came into action, some 60 people were safeguarded from being sent abroad. They were already in the international harbour of Batam Center, waiting for their boat to arrive.
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2009
Case against KPK members to be dropped
The Junior attorney general for special crimes, Marwan Effendi, has publicly said that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) is to drop the charges against the two suspended members of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M. Hamzah. Marwan said that his office would issue a letter in which the prosecution would ... (
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2007
Accessroad Soekarno-Hatta Airport flooded, flights delayed
More than 30 scheduled domestic flights from Soekarno-Hatta international airport west of Jakarta were delayed today. This was caused by the fact that most passengers showed up late to board their plane because the main toll road to the airport was flooded by seawater due to high tides.
More than 30 scheduled domestic flights were delayed ... (
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2006
Santos cuts Jeruk to 50 million barrels as woes mount
MORE than two years after indicating it had a massive oil discovery in Indonesia, Santos yesterday disclosed reserves at its Jeruk find were "most likely to be less than 50 million barrels". The sharp downgrade - to less than a third of the estimate only four months ago - adds to Santos's Indonesian woes with ... (
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2006
Independent Papua flag raised in PNG
The Morning Star flag of Papua has been raised in Port Moresby to commemorate a 1997 proclamation of independence by activists opposed to the region being part of Indonesia. Around 120 people gathered in the Papua New Guinea capital for the raising of the flag and to hear a message read from West Papua New ... (
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2006
The Philippines deports terrorist's wife to Indonesia
The desire of Istiada Oemar Sovie, alias Amenah Toha, the captured wife of Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist, to be deported to Indonesia, together with all of her children, will not be realized after all. Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. said the Philippine government will have to deport Toha on or before the ... (
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2006
Yogyakarta six months after the quake
Six months after a powerful earthquake reduced much of two Indonesian provinces to rubble, IOM is still building thousands of temporary homes, providing support services to badly injured survivors and transporting hundreds of metric tons of supplies into the quake-affected areas. The 27 May, 6.3 magnitude quake struck at dawn off the coast of Java, ... (
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2005
Indonesia reports new human bird flu case
A 16-year-old Indonesian boy has tested positive for the H5N1 avian flu virus, making him the 12th confirmed case among humans in the country, a health official says.
"We have received a laboratory test from Hong Kong and the results were positive," said Hariadi Wibisono, a seniorofficial at the Health Ministry, adding the patient was ... (
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2005
Indonesia deploys British arms against protesters
British military equipment is being used by the Indonesian authorities against civilians in remote parts of the country. Despite promises by Foreign Office ministers that UK arms exported to the country are not used for internal repression, a photograph seen by The Observer shows a British-made Tactica water cannon vehicle deployed in the troubled eastern ... (
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2004
Sulawesi: Back to Makassar
As soon as Tana Toraja was introduced to me, it was taken away as well. I still remember the fact that I agreed on those meagre four days in Tana Toraja ‘because my schedule is too tight’, as it always is. In the van, just leaving the hotel for the last time, I was asking ... (
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Other events on this day
2001
Five people are killed and five others are injured when fighting between the Laskar Jihad Muslim militia group and Christians spreads to Tabalu, Betalemba and Patiunga villages in Poso, C. Sulawesi, after first breaking out in Betalemba village at noon.
2001
Visiting East Timor leader Jose Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmao and former pro-Jakarta militia leader Joao Tavares agree in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, to put aside their differences and work together for peace in East Timor through reconciliation.
1999
Thousands of Timorese gather at the Dili Cathedral to pay their last respects to three slain priests whose bodies were found in a mass grave at Oeluli beach, near the Timor border.
1999
Irian Jaya Police Chief Brig. Gen. S.J. Wenas and Trikora Military Commander Brig. Gen. Albert Ingkiriwang prohibit any attempts to fly the separatist West Papua flag in the run-up to the rebel group's anniversary on Dec. 1.
1998
A poll involving 900 students and 100 lecturers in five large cities in Java, Oct. 12 to Nov. 22, reveals that 66.5 percent believe that the best way to settle East Timor's problems is to let the East Timorese decide their own fate.
1998
Falintil separatist rebels ambush and kill two soldiers out on patrol near Terema village in Bobonaro regency, 80 kilometers west the East Timor capital of Dili.
1997
The Bantul District Court in Yogyakarta releases Dwi Sumadji alias Iwik, who was charged with murdering Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin, a journalist at the city's Bernas daily
1997
President Soeharto and his family complete their minor pilgrimage (umrah) to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
1996
Information minister Harmoko and home minister Yogie S.M. advise Dili Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo to sue Germany's Der Spiegel magazine when accusing the magazine of twisting his comments.
1996
The Central Jakarta District Court sentences 115 supporters of the ousted Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) leader, Megawati Soekarnoputri, to four months and three days jail each for their involvement in the July 27 riot.
1994
The government gives awards to members of the Indonesian delegation, consisting of 65 marine experts including foreign minister Prof. Mochtar Kusuma-Atmadja and Hasyim Djalal.
1991
Minister of Social Service Haryati Soebadio in a hearing with the House of Representatives (DPR) states that the legal status of the state-sponsored lottery of SDSB is a controversy and debatable (khilafiyah).
1991
President Soeharto attends the G-15 Summit in Venezuela, criticizing the UN for a lack of democracy.
1989
Achmad Siddiq and Abdurrahman Wahid are each elected as the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Muslim organization's chairman of the legislative body (shuriah) and chairman of the executive body (tanfidziyah) at the organization's 28th congress in Yogyakarta.
1986
Australian foreign minister Bill Hayden when opening the 31st Colomba Plan meeting in Sydney, Australia, praises Indonesia for its success in creating a model of birth control in Asia.
1985
President of Garuda Indonesia Airways RAJ Lumenta reveals that the national flag-carrier reaped profits of Rp 55.5 billion.
1985
Veteran actor Rendra Karno dies of asthma and hypertension in Jakarta at 65.
1984
President Soeharto officially opens the 27 km Jakarta-Tangerang toll road.
1965
South Sumatra's Regional House of Representatives agrees to fulfill the Bengkulu people's demand to increase the status of Bengkulu to a province.
1945
The city of Bandung in West Java is divided into two parts - one area for the Allied Forces and the Dutch troops and another for Indonesians - to avoid conflict between both sides.
1945
The first war erupts in Padang, West Sumatra, when the Dutch troops, protected by the British troops, forcedly occupied a vocational senior high school in the city.
1945
The Central National Committee's second plenary meeting in Jakarta issues a resolution to strongly protest the Commander of British troops in Indonesia who had attacked Indonesian people, and asked the UN to withdraw the troops from Indonesia.
1945
The Allied Forces bomb Yogyakarta targeting the radio broadcasting station, the Sonobudoyo art building and the Public hall.
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