June 9, 2015 edition
National
A police action in Gayatri hamlet, Poso, Central Sulawesi, on Sunday two weeks ago has the group led by Santoso, alias Abu Wardah, with its back against the wall. Two platoons of the police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) attacked seven men believed to be group members as dusk fell.
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Economy
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Love
Law
Ruyati Darwin's patience has reached the breaking point. For a dozen years the 67-year-old has waited for the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to identify those responsible for the death of her third child, Eten Karyana. "The AGO just doesn't seem to care," Ruyati said last Wednesday.
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Economy
Inflation
May Inflation Highest Since 2009
The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) says the rate of inflation in May 2015 was 0.5 percent, the highest rate in the month of May for the last six years. "The previous high for inflation in May was in 2008, at 1.41 percent," said BPS Chief Suryamin in Jakarta last Monday. Accordingly, the annuali inflation rate has been booked at 7.15 percent.
Suryamin cited an increase in the price of a variety of foodstuff, such as chili peppers (22.22 percent), poultry (5.09 percent), onions (6.19 percent) and eggs (6.13 percent), as the reason for the high inflation rate. An electricity-rate hike of 0.62 percent has also pushed it up. "This is because electricity has a high weighting of 3.4 percent in the consumer price index."
May Inflation Highest Since 2009
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Interview
THE recent uproar over the sale of plastic rice in markets last May is slowly dying down. Trade Minister Rachmat Gobel said the government was unable to find any plastic in the samples of rice inspected by five organizations, among them the Drug and Food Supervisory Board (BPOM) and the National Police forensic laboratory.
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Indicator
THE Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) is waging a guerrilla war against Youth and Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi's decree, which has frozen its operations. PSSI Chairman La Nyalla Mattalitti filed a complaint with the House of Representatives (DPR) and Vice President Jusuf Kalla, and is lobbying the International Football Federation (FIFA) in Zurich, Switzerland, for support.
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Letters
Village Administration's Vision and Mission
THE Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration's Ministry's hard work to develop 74,000 Indonesian villages will not run smoothly if it is not matched by village-administration competency in developing their own villages. It is public knowledge that most village administration work without a long-term vision and only conduct routine tasks. Thus, results are suboptimal.
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Education
There are many obstacles to becoming a research university, among them funding, which is not much and the fact that research has yet to become a culture of higher learning in this nation. To look into this subject further, Tempo reporters Erwin Zachri and Gabriel Titiyoga spoke with Research Technology and Higher Education Minister, Mohamad Nasir at his office last week.
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Asean & Beyond
The Southeast Asia (SEA) Games is not a new arena for Lim Teck Yin, 54, CEO of the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), the statutory board under the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports of Singapore. This lead agency is tasked with responsibility to develop and cultivate sports for the nation. Brig. Gen. (ret) Lim Teck Yin won six gold medals in water polo at Southeast Asia's biggest sporting event. "Those six gold medals I received consecutively in the SEA Games from 1985," he told Tempo.
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Teater
The performance was begun with traditional Scandinavian music. The acapella choir, accordion, and mandolin strongly evoked medieval Europe. There was, however, nothing really remarkable about the set at the Ksirarnawa Building of the Denpasar Cultural Center, last week. When the music stopped, Tom Lawrence greeted everyone in Indonesian.
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News Capsule
Dahlan Iskan Charged Over Substation Project
The Jakarta Attorney General's Office (AGO) on Friday named Dahlan Iskan a suspect of corruption in the construction of state electricity company (PLN) Java-Bali and Nusa Tenggara substations from 2011-2013. According to the head of Jakarta AGO, Adi Toegarisman, as managing director, Dahlan knew and approved unlawful project payments to substation manufacturers.
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Opinion
CARVING out 100,000 hectares of land to create rice paddy fields at Ketapang, West Kalimantan, can be seen as a laughable failure. From that fantastic target, only 0.1 percent or 100 hectares of land has successfully been converted to paddy fields. The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) discovered indications of funds misused in this project. The State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Ministry, the institution must be made accountable for this gross failure.
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Outreach
As the world's biggest seaweed producer, Indonesia lags behind other countries in processing seaweed products. "Our biggest competitor is China, yet they buy their raw materials from us," said Soerianto Kusnowirjono, chairman of the Indonesian Seaweed Industry Association (Astruli). In an effort to seek a solution to the problem, Astruli last March launched its roadmap for seaweed industry development.
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Cover Story
ABU Tahay does not spend much of his time in his village of Bhuthidaung, in Rakhine State. This Rohingya community leader and founder of the United National Development Party only goes back to campaign before elections. "And even then I'm tightly guarded by security forces," whose other name is Tha Aye, told Tempo reporter Purwani Diyah Prabandari at his party headquarters, at a shop-house complex in Yangon, Myanmar, last week. He can actually go back anytime to Rakhine, but it's a big hassle. "We must fill out forms," he said, even though he is a resident of Yangon, and not of Rakhine.
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Tempo Talks
Improving Connectivity, Boosting Cooperation
This year, Indonesia and India mark 75 years of diplomatic relations. However, the ties between the two nations have existed much longer, predating the establishment of the Republic of Indonesia and the Republic of India. These connections span social, cultural, religious, economic, and trade aspects. But do those close ties of the past have any bearing on the present relationship? Why is there no direct flight between the capitals of the two countries?
Indian Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor-Leste, Sandeep Chakravorty, shares his views on this matter at TEMPO TALKS.
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