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Text your say: Low-ranking officer with Rp 1t savings

Your comments on an investigation of an officer, who holds a bank account containing more than Rp 1 trillion (US$102…

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  • Comment: No-smoking stickers for city’s buses

    Representatives from the Coalition for a Smoke-Free Jakarta say that they plastered 13,000 no-smoking stickers on public transportation vehicles and bus stations on Tuesday.

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  • Text your say: Low-ranking cop with Rp 1 trillion savings

    Your comments on an investigation into a police officer who has bank accounts containing more than Rp 1 trillion (US$102 million), allegedly from illegal logging and fuel smuggling activities:

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  • Your letters: Oklahoma’s tornado

    The pain shown on a woman’s face carrying her child indicated the extent of the 320-kilometers-per-hour tornado passing through Oklahoma, the US, on Monday.

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  • Your letters: From bad to worse in Syria

    According to reports thousands of Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah fighters have launched a new offensive in the strategic and important city of Al Quasayr, which is situated near the…

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  • Your letters: MRT station at HI traffic circle

    It is surprising that no-one has clarified Governor Joko Widodo’s apparent misunderstanding as to the location of the mass rapid transit (MRT) underground station to be built at (near) the…

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  • Issue of the day: ‘Jokowi doesn’t deserve to be president’

    Senior Democratic Party politician Ruhut Sitompul said that the background of Jakarta Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo as a furniture businessman and mayor of a small town would barely make him…

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  • Your letters: Respect is an aspect of love

    I refer to an article titled “Officials angry at critics of award for SBY”, (The Jakarta Post, May 22, p4).First of all, respect is an aspect of love. This should…

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  • Comment: Officials angry at critics who oppose award

    Close aides of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono have blasted critics who said the President did not deserve the World Statesman Award due to his failure to guarantee religious freedom for…

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  • Comment: Wanted: Top cop with integrity

    Dubious bank accounts worth more than Rp 1 trillion (US$103 million) allegedly owned by a low-ranking Papua Police officer are the latest specimens of how deep the roots of corruption…

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  • Comment: RI among least racially tolerant countries

    Indonesia, a country that has been recognized for nurturing hostility against religious minorities, has now also been acknowledged for its low tolerance of people of different races.

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