TWO NIGERIAN DRUG CONVICTS EXECUTED IN INDONESIA

     Indonesia executed two Nigerians, Samuel Iwuchukwu Okoye and Hansen Anthony Nwaolisa who have been on death row for dug offenses since 2001, in Nusakambangan Island, Central Java, at 11.30 pm local time Thursday night.
      According to Indonesia’s National News Agency ANTARA, the two Nigerians were executed before a firing squad in Nirbaya area, Nuskambangan Island, where a prison [...]

INDONESIA TO EXECUTE 57 DRUG OFFENDERS

      Jakarta, June 26 (ANTARA) -  Indonesian authorities plan to speed up the execution of at least 57 drug offenders, some of whom have been on death row since 1994.
      The plan to speed up the execution of the convicts, including two Nigerians who are likely to be executed Thursday night, came up at a State Palace [...]

INDONESIA UPBEAT OVER EXPORTS AMID GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN

      Jakarta, 24 (ANTARA) – Indonesia is still optimistic that its export performance will  remain encouraging in 2008 although the on-going economic crisis is slowing down global economic growth.
     “Non-oil export growth in 2008 is expected to reach the targeted 12.5 percent. Exports would continue to grow because the prospects of a number of processed industrial [...]

HIV/AIDS CASES IN INDONESIA MAY FAR EXCEED OFFICIAL FIGURES

      Jakarta, June 23 (ANTARA) – Indonesia is one of the countries where the number of HIV cases is growing fast while the figure for Asia is actually declining.
     According to National AIDS Commission (KPA) Secretary Dr Nafsiah Mboi, up to March 2008, the number of HIV/AIDS cases in Indonesia has been recorded at 17,998. [...]

JAKARTA POLICE DETAIN FORMER DEPUTY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF

 Jakarta, June 20 (ANTARA) – After two convicts are now put behind bars in the murder case of human right activist Munir Said Thalib, the Indonesian National Police Headquarters is now detaining former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief Maj Gen (ret) Muchdi Purwopranjono for alleged implications in the case.
     Police have served a summon [...]

INDONESIA IS QUESTIONING TOP PROSECUTORS FOR A BRIBERY SCANDAL

       Jakarta, June 17 (ANTARA) – The Indonesian Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is questioning several of its top officers for alleged links with a bribery case after a record of bugged conversations was released in last week’s corruption criminal court session.
         The AGO officials being investigated are Junior Attorney General for Civil and State Administrative [...]

RUDD’S VISIT REINFORCES JAKARTA-CANBERRA COOPERATION

Jakarta, June 13 (ANTARA) – Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s first state visit to Indonesia this week has re-affirmed and continued Canberra’s commitment to bilateral cooperation laid down by his predecessor John Howard.
         “Rudd’s visit to Indonesia is part of the new Australian government’s policy to continue the cooperation initiated during  John Howard’s administration,” Indonesian Foreign [...]

TEMASEK TO CHALLENGE JAKARTA COURT’S VERDICT

(Note: This news article was published by ANTARA news agency on May 13, 2008)
     Jakarta, May 13 (ANTARA) – Singapore’s state-owned investment firm Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd is planning to file an appeal with Indonesia’s Supreme Court after its objections against the country’s anti-trust body ruling that it had violated Indonesia’s anti-monopoly law were rejected [...]

PLAN TO PRIVATIZE STEEL COMPANY ‘KRAKATAU STEEL’ DRAWS MIXED REACTIONS

            Jakarta, June 6 (ANTARA) – The government’s plan to privatize state-owned steel company PT Krakatau Steel (KS) has drawn mixed reactions from various quarters.        While facing pressure to choose between privatizing through a strategic sale or through an initial public offering (IPO), the government is also under fire for planning to sell the company.
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JAKARTA QUESTIONING ‘ELEMENTS’ HAVING LINK WITH E TIMOR REBEL REINADO

(Note : This news article was published by ANTARA news agency on April 22, 2008)       
      Jakarta, April 22 (ANTARA) – The Indonesian government is still waiting for clarifications about whom Timor Leste President Ramos Horta meant when he said “elements in Indonesia” had had contacts with rebel leader Alfredo Reinado.
        Ramos Horta was quoted by the Associated Press [...]