The Jakarta Post

Text your say Dealing with corrupt officials

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:13:25 +0700

The high-profile suspected criminalization of KPK leaders by other law enforcers shows the fight against graft faces serious challenges. Have you experienced problems with corrupt officials?

Money can't buy our rights as citizens

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:12:41 +0700

Musfihin Dahlan, a friend of mine who was a member of the 2004-2009 House of Representatives (DPR), representing the Golkar Party, was absolutely right.

Yudhoyono urged to sack Bambang and Hendarman

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:12:28 +0700

Calls for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to sack the National Police chief and the attorney general have intensified, with threats of a "people power" backlash hanging in the air.

PLN shake-up `a possibility', says SOE minister

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:12:22 +0700

The government has formed an inter-ministerial team to evaluate the performance of state electricity monopoly PT PLN, widely criticized for an ongoing power shortage, in a move that could lead to a

Law minister, NGOs slam trial of grandmother for cacao theft

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:12:18 +0700

While many big-time criminals evades justice across the country for corruption, an elderly woman in Banyumas, Central Java, faces the law for stealing three cacao fruits worth only Rp 1,500 (15 US

President appoints 10 special staff, including 6 new faces

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:48:52 +0700

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a presidential decree on the appointment of 10 special staff, six of whom are new faces.

Kuntoro told to lead fight against court mafia

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:48:46 +0700

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the presidential development monitoring and control unit chief (UKP4), Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, to coordinate efforts to eradicate court mafia.

Text your say: SBY's expected response

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:48:39 +0700

President Yudhoyono has promised to respond to the fact-finding team's recommendations on Nov. 23. Why so slow? How will the President respond?

KPK grills former health minister as witness

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:47:57 +0700

Antigraft officials questioned former health minister Siti Fadilah Supari on Thursday as a witness in graft cases related to the 2006 procurement of health equipment for bird flu patients.

City neglects children's right to play areas: Activist

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:47:37 +0700

On the side of a busy leafy street in Bendungan Hilir, Central Jakarta, a boy rode his push-bike Thursday, amid speeding motorcycles, loud bemo (three-wheeled minivans), public minivans and private