Sunday, May 19 2013, 05:41 AM

Editorial

  • Editorial: An unjust war on graft?

    The elites of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) finally allowed the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Wednesday to confiscate five cars believed to be connected to a money laundering case…

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  • Editorial: Hashimoto’s dirty, old mindset

    It is almost unthinkable that Toro Hashimoto, mayor of Osaka — Japan’s second largest city after Tokyo — has no sense of shame in repeating the irresponsible habits of several…

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  • Editorial: Beyond Oxford

    Support the President, scholars said, in a rare statement supporting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. In an open letter to Australia’s Foreign Minister Bob Carr, the scholars from campuses across Australia…

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  • Cops nab alleged bomb makers in Central Java

    Officers from the National Police’s Densus 88 counterterrorism unit arrested two alleged bomb makers in Purwokerto, Central Java, on Tuesday, a spokesman said.

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  • Editorial: Legal black hole in oil sector

    The Jakarta Corruption Court’s decision to imprison executives from two of PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia’s (CPI) contractors for their roles in a corruption case involving the US oil company’s environmental…

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  • The week in review: The perpetual terrorist threats

    Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism unit, Densus 88, went on a busy spree in five areas in Banten, West Java and Central Java provinces on Wednesday and Thursday to root out suspected…

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  • Editorial: Forgive, but do not forget

    It was not as heroic as the country’s Independence Day of Aug. 17, 1945, nor as dramatic and horrific as the Sept. 30, 1965, abortive coup blamed on the now…

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  • Editorial: Preemptive strikes count

    From a human rights perspective, the crackdown on terrorist cells across Java in the last couple of days may appear little more than a killing spree as seven suspects were…

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  • Editorial: Cunningly eluding justice

    Unconfirmed reports about wealthy inmates who have been given the luxury to leave prison have been now most definitely confirmed. Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin and his deputy…

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  • Editorial: Fundamentals apply

    One really bad piece of news most mainstream media (except yours truly) failed to highlight this week is that the economy slowed down in the first quarter of 2013. The…

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