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Forty Percent Guilt

KPK Deputy Chair Lili Pintauli Siregar is proven to have assisted Tanjungbalai Mayor Muhammad Syahrial in a position trading bribery case. The police refused to treat it as a criminal case.

Another Delay of Crucial Refinery

The tender to build an olefin refinery at TPPI becomes a polemic because of lack of transparency. President Joko Widodo’s model of state capitalism proves to be inefficient.

The Competition for TNI Commander

Close to the appointment of a new TNI commander, two strong candidates for Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto’s successor are attacked by various unpleasant rumors. Gen. Andika Perkasa and Marshal Yudo Margono are reportedly maneuvering for support.

Opinion

Equal Partnership in Protecting Wildlife

The conservation of Sumatran tigers is threatened with failure because the government puts pressure on partner organizations. There needs to be a more equal relationship free of prejudice.

Opinion

Back Roads for the Commander

As Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto nears retirement age, President Joko Widodo has yet to put forward the name of his replacement to the DPR. There have been political maneuvers by high rank officers in with a chance of the job.

Opinion

Another Failure to Fight Corruption

Political reforms are needed to make the KPK strong again. What happened with commissioner Lili Pintauli Siregar is only the tip of the iceberg.

Cover Story

Senayan’s Favored Candidate

DPR’s discussion on the candidates for TNI commander intensifies. The 2024 general elections becomes one of the deciding factors.

Cover Story

The Generals’ Wealth

TNI commander candidates, Andika Perkasa and Yudo Margono, have a lustrous career. Both also have massive wealth.

Economy

Post Projects Fever

Rekayasa Industri’s portion in the consortium of TPPI’s olefin refinery megaproject is reportedly being eroded. The company’s poor financial performance report is to blame.

Economy

Ups and Downs over Olefin Refinery

Pertamina finally selected winners of the bid for the TPPI olefin refinery megaproject after months of uncertainty. It leaves behind embers of a dispute between the boards of commissioners and the directors over alleged irregularities in the project planning.

Law

Billions Rupiah-Worth Mistake

Former KPK investigator, Stepanus Robin Pattuju, asked corruption case defendants money to help with their legal problems. He claimed to have an extensive network.

Interview

We Must Not Lower Our Guard

An interview with a spokesperson for the national Covid-19 vaccination program, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, about the drastic decrease of the positivity rate of Covid-19 in Indonesia. How does that happen?

Science & Technology

Living Endangered Lives

A family of Sumatran tigers died after being caught in snare traps in Aceh. With a population of about 600, this endangered wild animal is threatened by poaching, loss of habitat, and conflict with humans.

Letters

The KPK’s Civic Knowledge Test

The KPK’s civic knowledge test makes failed investigators look like defeated soldiers.

The Pandemic's Ups and Downs

Cartoon: Yuyun Nurrachman

Outreach

Foretelling with Pig and Cow Hearts

Many Matotonan have embraced Islam. Yet, customary rituals sacrificing pigs led by a sikerei continues. People believe sikerei can make predictions using the heart of pigs and cows.

Sidelines

Distance

The pandemic has made me—and not only me—anxious about space and sensitive to distance. Maybe this is what the pandemic is shaping, slowly but surely: with these months-long rules about ‘keeping distance’, we are getting used to negotiating with space.