Sunday, May 19 2013, 14:27 PM

Jakarta

Governor and human rights body meet on Pluit, at long last

Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo went to the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Friday after declining to honor…

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  • Police question seven over killing of young woman

    JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Police detectives are questioning seven people as witnesses in connection with the murder and possible rape of a young woman whose body was found in her…

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  • Court cancels land seizure over technicality

    JAKARTA (JP): Karawang District Court canceled on Wednesday its plan to seize a 237.5 hectare plot of land currently occupied by national car producer PT Timor Putra Nasional (TPN) in…

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  • Police probe supermarket attack

    JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Police detectives are investigating Monday's night attack on a supermarket in Kebayoran Lama allegedly by 50 military men.

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  • Police arrest four students for murder

    JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Police detectives have arrested four senior high school students in the past two days over the killing of another student, Leo Henriyanto, 18, during a brawl…

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  • Man killed by mob on ship

    JAKARTA (JP): Angry passengers onboard the KM Bukit Siguntang mobbed a man to death on Tuesday after he was caught stabbing the ship's security guard two hours before it reached…

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  • Marzuki to submit written testimony at 'Time' hearing

    JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Marzuki Darusman will give his written testimony in the hearing of a legal dispute between New York-based Time magazine and former president Soeharto next week, t

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  • Soeharto had no intention of creating July 1996 unrest: Soeyono

    JAKARTA (JP): Unlike other retired generals who have testified against former president Soeharto, former Armed Forces (ABRI) chief of general affairs Lt. Gen. (ret) Soeyono said on Tuesday that the…

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  • Tangerang council fires speaker and deputies

    TANGERANG (JP): A plenary session held by 35 legislators of Tangerang Council on Monday dismissed speaker Gian Sugiharsono and three of his deputies following a mob attack at the council…

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  • Traveling councillors told not to visit Israel

    JAKARTA (JP): City Council Speaker Edy Waluyo has instructed 12 members of Commission C for financial affairs, who are on an overseas trip financed bythe city budget, to cancel their…

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  • Golden Truly closes earlier than scheduled

    JAKARTA (JP): PT Bima Nuansa Cempaka, the parent company of the Golden Truly department store chain, has closed its outlet on Jl. Fatmawati in South Jakarta some weeks earlier than…

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