Tuesday, May 21 2013, 18:08 PM

Jakarta

Resistance to eviction in Muara Baru from only a few

Two months after the first row of houses in Muara Baru, North Jakarta, as demolished by the city administration, dozens…

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  • PDI-P to follow up reports of corrupt city officials

    JAKARTA (JP): The City Council's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) faction announced on Wednesday the establishment of a teamto follow up reports of corruption by city officials

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  • Military makes no special plans over heightened political tension

    JAKARTA (JP): The city military command did not take special precautions over the continuing tension between President Abdurrahman Wahid and Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security Ge

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  • Prosecutors told to produce Lt. Agus in a drug trial

    JAKARTA (JP): A West Jakarta District Court judge urged prosecutors on Wednesday to summon Second Lt. Agus Isrok, alias Deky Setiawan, to appear as a key witness in the next…

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  • City official's car stolen at City Hall

    JAKARTA (JP): A city official's car was stolen in broad daylight from the City Hall parking lot on Tuesday after its lock system was deactivated.

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  • Suspected robber shot dead

    JAKARTA (JP): A North Jakarta Police officer shot and killed a 25-year-old suspected robber on Monday night on Jl. Yos Sudarso, a source at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital said on…

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  • PDAM hikes water rate by 46%

    BOGOR (JP): The Bogor tap water company (PDAM) confirmed on Tuesday a plan to hike water rates by 46 percent to cover its monthly losses.

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  • Army members allegedly behind eviction

    BOGOR (JP): Five Army personnel, one of them a captain, allegedly supporteda land broker to demolish a house and evict its 85-year-old lady owner named Arsih on Saturday afternoon in…

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  • City told to file suit against demolition

    JAKARTA (JP): A preservationist, a city councilor and a lawyer suggested onTuesday that the city administration should file a lawsuit against the Ministry of Finance for demolishing part of the…

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  • City urged to cancel plan to divert upstream rivers

    JAKARTA (JP): The government was urged on Tuesday to cancel its plan to alter the courses of upstream rivers into the Cisadane River, which flows to Tangerang.

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  • DPR bullet from hunting rifle, says officer

    JAKARTA (JP): A senior military officer said on Tuesday that the rifle thatfired the bullet that broke the window of a United Development Party (PPP) legislator's office on Monday was…

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