"That's the Kuwaiti government's affair"

April 26, 2005

THE name Muhammad Jusuf Kalla is now hot on the lips of Acehnese fishermen. It is in connection with the fate of 118 boats donated by Kuwait to Aceh that cannot be used. It is not surprising: the boat specifications are not suitable for the waves of the Aceh seas.

Rumor has it that the boats costing US$2,500 each that were made in Makassar were built by a contractor who was a relative of Indonesia's Vice President. "I heard it was built

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