Just a Ripple, Not a Wave

A DPR working committee is to investigate the unconventional counter-trade purchase of Sukhoi jets.

July 1, 2003

SHRILL sounds of Sukhoi fighter jets can now be heard "shrieking" above the roof of the legislature complex in Jakarta's Senayan district. Of course, these sounds aren't actually caused by the sophisticated Russian-manufactured fighter jets performing a maneuver. The shrieking, in fact, comes from House of Representatives (DPR) members debating the counter-trade purchase of these fighter jets in exchange for several commodities. This week, the DP

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