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Yudhoyono concerned by militias (30/05/2006) #12376
The Jakarta Post, May 29, 2006
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta. Amid criticism for his alleged failure to take action,
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed concern about the growth of
militias who glorify violence in the name of religion or ethnicity.
THE SITUATION IN AMBON/MOLUCCAS - Report No. 512 (30/05/2006) #12375
Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina, Ambon, Mei 29, 2006
Due to various circumstances, it has been more than two months since we sent out
our latest report. We will try to update our readers on some topics that have
connection with the erstwile conflict. For more detailed information in Indonesian and
English languages we may refer to www.oocities.org/hoelaliejoe
Death toll rises, rescue efforts go on (30/05/2006) #12368
The Jakarta Post, May 29, 2006
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta. The death toll from Saturday's earthquake had reached
more than 4,600 as of late Sunday, as rescue workers continued to search for
survivors.
Timor's rebels start to surrender (30/05/2006) #12367
The Age, May 30, 2006
By Tom Allard, Dili. AUSTRALIAN forces have detained and disarmed more than 130
rebel police and military personnel after negotiations that involved senior Australian
military leaders and East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao.
Ambon mayor wins reelection (26/05/2006) #12366
The Jakarta Post, May 26, 2006
M. Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post, Ambon. Markus Jopie Papilaja has won a second
term as Ambon's mayor, despite allegations of violations during the May 15 election in
the Maluku provincial capital.
Baasyir due to leave jail soon (26/05/2006) #12360
Paras Indonesia, May, 24 2006 @ 08:27 pm
By: Roy Tupai. Radical cleric Abu Bakar Baasyir, who has always denied
accusations of leading regional terrorism network Jemaah Islamiyah, is due to be
released from jail next month after serving 29 months for his role in the Bali nightclub
bombings that killed 202 people.
Noordin's support structure needs dismantling (26/05/2006) #12359
Paras Indonesia, 05, 24 2006 @ 09:44 pm
Posted by: Roy Tupai. Police are closing in on Indonesia's most wanted terrorist,
Noordin Mohamed Top, but even if he is arrested, his support structure must still be
dismantled, according to a new report by the International Crisis Group (ICG).
43rd Papuan asylum seeker denied visa (26/05/2006) #12358
Paras Indonesia, May, 24 2006 @ 11:50 pm
By: Roy Tupai. The Australian government, eager to patch up a diplomatic rift with
Indonesia, has decided not to grant a temporary stay visa to the last member of a
boatload of 43 asylum seekers from Papua province.
Activists report Maftuh for slandering Ahmadiyah sect (26/05/2006) #12357
The Jakarta Post, May 26, 2006
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta. An non-governmental alliance protecting religious freedoms
reported the Religious Affairs Minister to the National Police on Monday, accusing
him of defaming the Ahmadiyah sect.
SE Asia vulnerable to cyber attack by terrorists: Experts (23/05/2006) #12356
The Jakarta Post, 5/22/2006 4:59:46 PM
KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Southeast Asia will inevitably face an Internet-based attack
by terrorists against key institutions, even though militant groups lack the technical
savvy so far, security experts said Monday.
Peaceful Ambon election brings praise (23/05/2006) #12355
The Jakarta Post, May 22, 2006
M. Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post, Ambon. Despite its image as a conflict-torn city,
Ambon's peaceful first direct election of its mayor last Monday suggests that its
residents are politically mature.
Hopes floated for new Ambon mayor (23/05/2006) #12354
The Jakarta Post, May 23, 2006
The Jakarta Post, Ambon. Historically, Ambon was a small town built by Portuguese
rulers some 400 years ago. With time, it developed into a multicultural city hosting
people of various ethnicities, cultures and religions. Then sectarian conflict in 1999
turned the city upside down, separating people in zones with religious labels.
Ambon residents protest election (19/05/2006) #12347
M. Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post, Ambon. Hundreds of angry supporters of losing
candidates in Ambon city's first direct election staged a protest Wednesday at the
Ambon General Elections Commission (KPUD) office, accusing that Monday's
election results were invalid.
Abepura trial begins in Papua (19/05/2006) #12345
The Jakarta Post, May 18, 2006
Nethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura. Jayapura District Court opened
Wednesday the proceedings against 16 Papuans allegedly involved in a March protest
against U.S. mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. that left five security
officers dead.
1,096 houses for Poso (19/05/2006) #12344
The Jakarta Post, May 18, 2006
MANADO, North Sulawesi: The central government will authorize the Indonesian
Military (TNI), with the assistance of local residents, to build 1,096 houses for families
displaced by sectarian conflict in the Central Sulawesi town of Poso.
Councillors involved in Tuban riot (19/05/2006) #12343
The Jakarta Post, May 18, 2006
SURABAYA, East Java: The police will question four Tuban regency councillors
allegedly involved in the April 29 Tuban riots.
INFID's Short News Overview No. VII/06: May 12-18, 2006 (19/05/2006) #12342
INFID, May 18, 2006
Students stage anti-Suharto protests: Protesters burned effigies of Indonesia's
former dictator Suharto who remained hospitalized in critical condition on May 15 and
demanded that the government reverse a decision to drop corruption charges.
Ambon's mayor looking safe in election (18/05/2006) #12338
The Jakarta Post, May 17, 2006
M. Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post, Ambon. University lecturer and Ambon Mayor MJ
Papilaja has proven his popularity in the city after gaining the most votes in Tuesday's
provisional vote count in the city's first-ever direct election Monday.
Protesters tried for deadly protest in Papua (18/05/2006) #12334
The Jakarta Post, 5/17/2006 2:38:27 PM
JAYAPURA (AP): The Jayapura District Court on Wednesday opened proceedings
against 16 Papuans allegedly involved in a protest against U.S. mining giant
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. that left five security officers dead.
Ambon residents head for polls to elect mayor (17/05/2006) #12328
The Jakarta Post, May 16, 2006
M. Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post, Ambon. Ambon city residents went to the polls
Monday to elect a city mayor and deputy mayor with hundreds enthusiastically
showing up to cast their votes.
Suspects in beheadings of Indonesian schoolgirls arrested (17/05/2006) #12324
Jubilee Campaign, May 16, 2006
Last October we reported an horrific act of terrorism against the Christian community
in Central Sulewesi, Indonesia. Four teenage girls were attacked on their way to
school by masked men wielding machetes; three of the girls were beheaded, while
the fourth received serious injuries yet survived. The murderers delivered the three
girls' heads (in black plastic bags) to a church and a police station, with notes
attached threatening more murders.
I want to die, says Bali bombing suspect (17/05/2006) #12323
The Sydney Morning Herald, May 16, 2006 - 9:30PM
An Islamic militant on trial for terrorist bombings last year on Indonesia's Bali island
said today that he is ready to die as a martyr and defended his right to make bombs.
Godfather of corruption Suharto stays above the law (16/05/2006) #12319
Paras Indonesia, May, 15 2006 @ 12:27 am
By: Roy Tupai. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's cornerstone policy of
combating top-level corruption was badly dented after the Attorney General's Office
dropped graft charges against former dictator Suharto in view of his poor health.
BOOK REVIEW (15/05/2006) #12311
Fear and reporting in Indonesia
Asia Times, May 13, 2006
Reviewed by Scott B MacDonald. Since the upheaval of the Asian financial crisis in
1997-98, Indonesia has been a country on the move - the old authoritarian regime of
Suharto was pushed from power, democratic government has taken root and the
economy has been stabilized. East Timor departed from Indonesia and a peace
settlement is in place in the formerly deeply troubled province of Aceh.
INFID's Short News Overview No. VII/05 (15/05/2006) #12308
INFID, May 12, 2006
Trial preparations on Abepura clashes: The Papua Provincial Prosecutors' Office
handed over case files on May 8 on the March 15, 2006 Abepura clashes between
protesters and security officers to the Jayapura District Court for trial. The case files
for the trial of 16 suspects in the clashes, where five security officers were killed, were
handed over by R. Novianto, the lead prosecutor, to R. Tukidjo of the Jayapura District
Court.
Woman recalls murder of family in Poso massacre (15/05/2006) #12307
The Jakarta Post, May 12, 2006
Ruslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, Poso. As authorities on Wednesday excavated a
suspected mass grave containing victims of a 2000 massacre in Poso, Rusdiati Arifin
cried out in anguish when police removed clothes she said belonged to one of her
murdered children.
Villagers fight off police to protect Poso suspect (15/05/2006) #12306
The Jakarta Post, May 11, 2006
The National Police appealed Wednesday to villagers in Lawangan to give up a man
accused of masterminding the 2005 beheadings of three Christian schoolgirls in Poso,
Central Sulawesi.
Police arrest five suspected terrorists in Central Sulawesi (09/05/2006) #12304
The Jakarta Post, 5/8/2006 11:56:33 AM
PALU, Central Sulawesi (AP): Indonesian police are questioning five men arrested on
Indonesia's Sulawesi Island over possible links to terrorism, officials said Monday.
Police claim arrested men are Noordin's accomplices (09/05/2006) #12303
The Jakarta Post, May 08, 2006
Ruslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, Palu, Central Sulawesi. Two of the five men
arrested Friday night in Tolitoli regency, Central Sulawesi, were accomplices of
Noordin M. Top, one of Asia's most wanted terror suspects, police said Sunday.
War Criminal Guterres Finally Jailed, Generals Still Free (08/05/2006) #12297
Paras Indonesia, May, 04 2006 @ 12:58 am
By: Roy Tupai. After an appeal process that dragged on for over three years, former
East Timorese pro-Indonesia militia leader Eurico Guterres has finally begun serving
his 10-year jail sentence for crimes against humanity, but the Indonesian generals
who ordered and financed his crimes remain free.
Terrorism in Indonesia: Noordin's Networks (08/05/2006) #12296
The International Crisis Group (ICG), 5 May 2006
Executive Summary. The Indonesian police are closing in on Noordin Mohammed
Top, South East Asia's most wanted terrorist. In a dramatic pre-dawn raid on 29 April
2006 in Wonosobo, Central Java, they shot and killed two members of his inner circle
and arrested two others. If and when they capture Noordin, they will have put the
person most determined to attack Western targets out of commission. But the
problem of Noordin's support structure will still have to be tackled.
Noordin's five aides arrested in Palu: Report (08/05/2006) #12295
The Jakarta Post, 5/7/2006 2:16:46 PM
PALU, Central Sulawesi (Antara): Police arrested five people, accused of being aides
of Noordin M. Top, who was claimed as the Southeast Asian number-one terror
leader, in the provincial capital of Palu, a report says.
Jakarta accuses Australian academics (08/05/2006) #12294
The Age, May 8, 2006
THE Indonesian Government has accused two Deakin University academics of
promoting separatism in West Papua and warned that the country's institutions will
have nothing more to do with the university.
Moluccas, Kalimantan risk new conflicts (08/05/2006) #12293
AsiaNews, 6 May, 2006
Ambon (AsiaNews/JP) – Conflicts between ethnic and religious communities in the
Indonesian provinces of the Moluccas and Kalimantan could re-ignite if the
government does not tackle problems of social injustice and tensions in the area. The
warning comes from an expert, Thung Ju Lan of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences
(LIPI). Last week, the expert took part in an international meeting on peace in these
provinces. Thung said beneath relative calm, unrest simmered in the Moluccas and
Kalimantan: the reasons that sparked earlier conflicts remain unresolved problems.
Thousands of Muslims rally in support of Palestine (08/05/2006) #12292
The Jakarta Post, 5/7/2006 11:58:11 AM
JAKARTA (Agencies): Thousands of Indonesian Muslims rallied in support of the
Hamas-led Palestinian government Sunday, demanding an end to the West's
economic boycott of the regime.
Labor Protesters Clash With Police, 13 Detained (08/05/2006) #12291
Paras Indonesia, 05, 03 2006 @ 12:56 am
Posted by: Enrico Aditjondro on 05, 03 2006 @ 12:56 am. After a massive May Day
rally at the beginning of the month, tens of thousands of workers hit streets again on
Wednesday (3/5/06) to reiterate their rejection of planned changes to labor laws. This
time they pushed down the main gate of the national parliament compound, while
some set fire to tires and threw stones at police. They were driven back by tear gas
and water cannons.
Managing Tensions on the Timor-Leste/Indonesia Border (05/05/2006) #12289
The International Crisis Group (ICG), 4 May 2006
Overview. The legacy of "losing" Timor-Leste (East Timor) continues to haunt
Indonesia, affecting attitudes toward Aceh and Papua, heightening suspicions about
foreign intervention, complicating relations with Australia and perpetuating fears for
territorial integrity. Despite this legacy, the shared land border has been mostly
peaceful: the policy focus there should be as much on establishing the infrastructure
for legal trade as on improving security.
Eurico Guterres to be jailed (05/05/2006) #12288
The Jakarta Post, May 04, 2006
JAKARTA: Former East Timor militia leader Eurico Guterres will begin serving a
10-year jail sentence for human rights abuses soon, after the Supreme Court rejected
his appeal, Antara reported Wednesday.
Students protest against alleged embezzlement (05/05/2006) #12287
of refugee funds
The Jakarta Post, May 04, 2006
M. Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post, Ambon. Students rallied at the Maluku governor's
office and the local prosecutor's office Wednesday to protest the alleged
misappropriation of reconstruction and resettlement funds.
Former East Timorese refugees in Maluku neglected... (05/05/2006) #12280
The Jakarta Post, May 03, 2006
M. Azis Tunny , The Jakarta Post, Ambon. At least 700 heads of families of former
East Timorese refugees, who fled to Maluku after a referendum in East Timor in 1999,
have been neglected by the government, one of their representatives said Tuesday.
Police detain terror suspect (05/05/2006) #12279
The Jakarta Post, May 04, 2006
JAKARTA: The National Police said Wednesday they had detained a man suspected
to be an accomplice of key terror suspect Noordin M. Top.
Bomb video found at Central Java hideout (05/05/2006) #12278
The Jakarta Post, May 03, 2006
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta. The National Police discovered a digital video recording
containing bomb-making instructions in last Saturday's raid on a terrorist hideout in
Wonosobo, Central Java.
Backpack bomb discovered by police in Indonesia (05/05/2006) #12277
ABC AUSTRALIA, Tuesday, 2 May , 2006 12:26:00
Reporter: Eleanor Hall. ELEANOR HALL: In Indonesia the discovery by local police of
a suicide bomb backpack similar to one of those used in the last Bali bombings has
intensified concerns about another terrorist attack.
Police asked to reenact Poso riots (05/05/2006) #12276
The Jakarta Post, May 03, 2006
JAKARTA: Lawyers for three men on death row for their roles in religious violence in
Poso, Central Sulawesi, are calling for the police to reinvestigate the attacks that led
to the men's convictions.
Government Plans Posthumous Honor For Pramoedya (05/05/2006) #12274
Paras Indonesia, May, 03 2006 @ 07:01 am
By: Roy Tupai. Indonesia's internationally renowned author Pramoedya Ananta Toer,
who died over the weekend after enduring years of imprisonment, censorship and
ostracism, will eventually receive government recognition for his services to literature
and culture.
Supreme Court Chief Retained Despite Scandals (05/05/2006) #12272
Paras Indonesia, May, 03 2006 @ 01:43 pm
By: Roy Tupai. Don't expect criticism of Indonesia's notoriously corrupt judiciary to
end any time soon. Supreme Court chief justice Bagir Manan, who is embroiled in a
bribery scandal and has a history of highly questionable verdicts, has been re-elected
to remain at the helm of the country's top judicial institution until 2011.
Eliza Kissya: Preserving the 'sasi' tradition against the odds (03/05/2006) #12268
The Jakarta Post, May 02, 2006
M. Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post, Ambon, Maluku. Eliza Kissya has for 27 years
dedicated his life as a kewang chief to guarding the land and waters around his village
on Haruku island in Central Maluku regency.
Indonesia: Muslim group threatens christian foundation (03/05/2006) #12264
Crosswalk.com, May 02 2006 12:01 AM
(Compass Direct) – A Muslim community group called Majlis Taklim on April 9
entered the premises of a Christian social institution in West Java, Indonesia,
demanding its closure for the fifth time this year.
What draws recruits to join Noordin's squad? (03/05/2006) #12263
The Jakarta Post, May 02, 2006
Noor Huda Ismail, St Andrews, Scotland. ...This is particularly true in the case of the
Seram attack on a paramilitary police post on May 16, 2005, that shows how a
disparate group of men linked through various networks can come together and form a
team of operatives.
RP praises Indonesian conviction of Islamic militant (03/05/2006) #12261
The Jakarta Post, 5/2/2006 4:09:09 PM
MANILA (AP): Philippine security officials on Tuesday welcomed an Indonesian
court's conviction of an Islamic militant who is believed to have helped raise funds and
plan terrorist attacks in the country.
Police discover bomb-making video (03/05/2006) #12260
The Jakarta Post, 5/2/2006 1:35:36 PM
JAKARTA (AP): Video footage seized in a raid on the hideout of Southeast Asia's
terror chief gives step-by-step instructions on how to assemble large bombs, police
said Tuesday, raising concerns that al-Qaida linked militants were planning an attack.
Police squad seizes powerful bomb (03/05/2006) #12259
The Jakarta Post, May 02, 2006
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta. A National Police counterterror squad has discovered a
powerful bomb almost identical to ones believed to have been used in the second Bali
bombings that killed 23 people in October last year.
Police name 41 suspects in the Tuban violence (03/05/2006) #12255
The Jakarta Post, May 02, 2006
Indra Harsaputra and Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Tuban, Magelang, Jakarta. The
police have identified 41 suspects in riots linked to the Tuban regental elections and
are focusing on seven people believed to have masterminded the unrest, National
Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Anton Bachrul Alam said Monday.
Interfaith dialog: agree to disagree (03/05/2006) #12254
The Jakarta Post, May 02, 2006
M. Adhiatera, Jakarta. Understanding each other's reasons for disagreement is the
first step toward an open, healthy interfaith dialogue. Without understanding, we are
blind.
Last chapter closes on an author's life (02/05/2006) #12252
marred by years of detention
The Sydney Morning Herald, May 2, 2006
THE writing studio was a small cubicle at the end of a dormitory hut, furnished with a
table and a chair made of packing-case timbers. A single light bulb hung over an old
typewriter, every bit of paint gone from its rusting steel.
Maluku, Kalimantan strife 'lingering' (02/05/2006) #12251
The Jakarta Post, May 01, 2006
Ridwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta. The smoldering, bloody sectarian
conflict in Maluku and ethnic warfare in Kalimantan may flare up again unless the
government addresses injustices and lingering tensions, an expert says.
Police tighten net to catch Noordin (02/05/2006) #12246
The Jakarta Post, May 01, 2006
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta. Police, believing that Southeast Asia's most wanted terror
suspect Noordin M. Top is still hiding in Central Java, are intensifying security to
prevent him eluding arrest again.
Court convicts three Islamic militants of terrorism (02/05/2006) #12245
The Jakarta Post, 5/1/2006 4:56:47 PM
JAKARTA (AP: Three Islamic militants were sentenced to up to seven years in prison
Monday for helping shelter Southeast Asia's top terrorist mastermind and financing
bombings in Indonesia.
Police discover explosives similar to (02/05/2006) #12244
those used in Bali bombings
The Jakarta Post, 5/1/2006 12:43:13 PM
JAKARTA (AP): An anti-terror unit found a backpack filled with explosives similar to
those used in the 2005 triple suicide bombings on the Indonesia resort island Bali that
killed 20 people, police said Monday.
Security tight as workers take to the streets in Asia (02/05/2006) #12243
The Jakarta Post, 5/1/2006 4:24:15 PM
JAKARTA (AP): Workers rallied Monday across Asia to press for better conditions -
from improving safety in notoriously dangerous factories to boosting wages - often
encountering a heavy police presence and, in some places, outright resistance.
Ahmadiyah mosque vandalized in Southeast Sulawesi (02/05/2006) #12241
The Jakarta Post, May 01, 2006
Hasrul, The Jakarta Post, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi. The chairman of a local
Ahmadiya group says dozens of unidentified people have vandalized the Nur Rabwah
mosque belonging to Ahmadiyah followers at Ranowila village, Konda district in the
South Sulawesi regency of South Konawe.
Indonesia's best known writer Pramoedya dies at 81 (01/05/2006) #12237
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Sunday April 30, 2006 5:53 PM
JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia's most celebrated novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer has
died at the age of 81, his family said.
Noordin gives police a slip yet again (01/05/2006) #12232
The Jakarta Post, April 30, 2006
Suherdjoko, Slamet Susanto and Dadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Wonosobo,
Kuwait City. Indonesia's most wanted terrorist suspect, Noordin M. Top, has again
eluded the police after a dramatic dawn raid on a hideout ended in the deaths of two of
his accomplices and the arrests of two others.
Noordin Top Escapes Raid, 2 Terror Suspects Killed (01/05/2006) #12231
Paras Indonesia, April, 29 2006 @ 11:18 pm
By: Roy Tupai. Indonesia's most wanted terror suspect Noordin Mohammad Top
escaped a police raid on his Central Java hideout on Saturday (29/4/06), while two
suspected terrorists inside the house were killed during and another two were
captured.
Political elites 'prolonging' Poso sectarian conflict (01/05/2006) #12230
The Jakarta Post, April 29, 2006
Ridwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta. For those people who wonder why
the sectarian conflict in Poso, Central Sulawesi remains smoldering, local Muslim and
Christian peace activists have a theory.
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