June 16, 2015 edition
When Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai security forces drove away boats filled with hundreds of ethnic Rohingya fleeing their home country of Myanmar, citizens of Simpang Tiga village in East Aceh accepted them with open arms.
These exiles, who sailed across the ocean for six months on wooden boats, were received by the Acehnese. They were given food, clothing, medicine and put in schools alongside local children. These Acehnese villagers have performed a humanitarian gesture that government and the highest international bodies are still harping about.
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June 9, 2015 edition
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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June 2, 2015 edition
President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has chosen nine women to select candidates for the position of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman. The real issue is not that they are all women, but that the selection of a KPK chairman is currently more difficult than it has ever been before.
Ever since the antigraft commission determined Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawannow Deputy National Police chiefas a suspect in a bribery case, the two institutions have been at loggerheads. Now, many corruption case suspects are lodging pretrial motions over their status. In the latest decision, a South Jakarta District Court judge threw out the suspect-status handed down to Hadi Poernomo by the KPK for his alleged involvement in a shady 1999 BCA tax case.
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May 26, 2015 edition
May 19, 2015 edition
RUMORS of reshuffling the Working Cabinet have grown louder. Even when the reshuffle is the president's prerogative right, Vice President Jusuf Kalla wants Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo to reorganize the formation of his ministers and senior officials. As many as 72.1 percent of respondents in last week's Tempo.co poll also believe this is the right time to reshuffle the cabinet, after only eight months in office.
In another survey conducted at the same time, respondents believe Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Puan Maharani is the most suitable to be replaced. The reasons given by respondents were similar. Overall they believe Puan was appointed minister at the request of her mother, Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri. According to respondents, Jokowi would be perceived as decisive and would lose his image as the 'puppet president' if he has the courage to fire Puan.
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May 12, 2015 edition
INDONESIA hands down the death penalty for murderers and drug dealers. It is a policy that the majority of the Indonesian public seems to support. Despite a global outcry over the execution of eight drug traffickers in recent weeks, the majority of respondents to last week's Tempo poll support the government's position.
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May 5, 2015 edition