September 22, 2015 edition
Wardoyo had already circled the Pacific Place shopping mall in South Jakarta's Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD) five times. "He told me, 'just keep driving around'," Wardoyo said, recalling the directions of his passenger that morning late last August.
Wardoyo became suspicious. But before Wardoyo could decide what to do, police officers cut him off near the Bengkel Caf at the SCBD. "Only then did I realize I'd been set up," he said.
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September 15, 2015 edition
THE late August meeting at the vice-presidential secretariat office was supposed to be about the government's low budget uptake. Oddly, however, most of those present were law enforcers, including officials from the National Police, the Attorney General's Office (AGO), the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). A fair number of activists were also in attendance.
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September 1, 2015 edition
TWENTY employees of Victoria Securities International Corporation were trapped in their office until the wee hours of Wednesday morning two weeks ago. They could not go home because 10 investigators from the Attorney General's Office (AGO) searched their office on the ninth floor of Panin Tower in Senayan City, South Jakarta.
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August 25, 2015 edition
SUPERSEMAR Foundation Chairman Subagyo was taken aback by a news report Monday two weeks ago: His foundation had been defeated at the Supreme Court and would have to pay trillions of rupiah in compensation to the state.
Subagyo contacted several members of the foundation's board of patrons about the next steps to be taken. "We promptly gathered and named a new attorney," Subagyo said on Thursday last week.
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August 17, 2015 edition
The message via WhatsApp interrupted Putri's (not her real name) preparation of soto ayam (chicken soup) last Monday. The message was sent by her attorney, who had just exited the court room at the South Jakarta District Court. The time difference between Putri's home in Europe and Jakarta was five hours.
Over the phone, Putri expressed her surprise. "Our lawsuit was rejected. What do you think?" she said, recalling the attorney's question when Tempo met her Tuesday last week. "We've got to file an appeal," Putri replied. "This case must not be forgotten."
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August 11, 2015 edition