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S hip-hop group NERD (No one Ever Really Dies) have cancelled their Jakarta concert following an unpleasant experience in Malaysia, concert organizers announced Sunday, just hours before the concert's scheduled start. Java Festival Production and Urbanite-Sinjitos said NERD had called off their Jakarta gig after Malaysian authorities questioned them and took their passports following their show Saturday at the Sunburst KL International Music Festival.

Your comments:

They had a concert without permission from the authorities and still dare to complain? Can anyone enter the United States without a proper visa? Those hip-hop monkeys were refused the green light and still went ahead, a good thing Malaysia is a serious country and gave them a warning.

It confirms they are useless no-brain monkeys when they assume that what happened in Malaysia can happen in Jakarta, as if they were in the same country. Has anyone told them that Jakarta is in Indonesia and not in Malaysia?

I wonder whether they had authorization to play live in Jakarta. Better to let them leave Asia, as they have already done enough damage to local youth, making them resemble a bunch of brainless monkeys

Stefano

Rohingya and ASEAN

In regard to the article "Stooge diplomacy" (the Jakarta Post, March 20, p.6), let us not stop getting concerned with the Rohingya refugees lest it go on and on endlessly. Does it not remind us of something else more serious?

Why do we in ASEAN still tolerate political prisoners? Let us liberate Aung San Suu Kyi! A salute to those who have tried but failed. Don't stop trying! This is a big shame for us all. As a member of ASEAN, how long can we stand for this?

Moeljono Adikoesoemo

Jakarta

No more prison for drug users

March 20, Online

The Supreme Court has distributed notification letters to all provincial court judges to no longer sentence drug users with imprisonment, but instead to issue court orders for medical treatments and rehabilitation.

The letters were signed by Supreme Justice Bagir Manan on Tuesday and later distributed to all heads of provincial courts in the country, Supreme Court spokesperson Djoko Sarwoko said on Friday.

Your comments:

This is a very good decision by the court. I myself was a drug addict from aged 12 to 21 years old. I then went into a rehabilita-tion program and became a specia-list in treating drug addicts and alcoholics.

I became a well-respected psychotherapist when I was still living in Holland. Now, I am living in Bali. Born in 1952, I have lived more than eight years in Bali and I speak fluent Indonesian. If any institution rehabilitating drug addicts needs an expert, I am available.

Pieter Zwitser