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May 10, 2016 edition

Direction of our Prison System
Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly says the policy of tightening remission for convicts may actually reduce their chance of rehabilitation. Amid the ever-increasing number of inmates in our prisons, a loss of intention to correct their course of life triggers friction that could end in violence.

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May 3, 2016 edition

Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan's Right of Reply
Based on Law No. 40/1999 on the Press, I herewith exercise my right of reply.

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April 26, 2016 edition

Clarification from Buddha Tzu Chi Indonesia Foundation
WITH regards to the news article published in Tempo's April 18-24, 2016 issue, page 58-59 contains a sentence that reads "...met Aguan along with a number of officials from Regional Parliament in the residence of the Buddha Tzu Chi founder." We need to clarify that Mr. Aguan is the deputy chairman of Buddha Tzu Chi Indonesia Foundation. Thank you for your attention and cooperation.

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April 19, 2016 edition

Right of Reply From the Supreme Audit Agency
WITH regards to a news report published in Tempo's March 28-April 3, 2016 issue, we would like to deliver our response and clarification as follows.

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April 12, 2016 edition

Ono Surono's Right of Reply
With reference to the article in Tempo magazine's April 4-10, 2016 edition titled Businesses Feel the Pain on pages 20-21, I need to convey the following:

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April 5, 2016 edition

Village Law
ACCORDING to the village law, the village chief plays an important role. He is expected to be responsible to the community, especially in the utilization of village funds. It becomes even more important as in 2016, Rp1 billion will go to each village.

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March 29, 2016 edition

Clarification from the Village Ministry
WE would like to respond to the Noise-Makers and Underperformers news report published in Tempo's March 14-20, 2016 edition, page 16, about the low realization of 2015's village funds of Rp20 trillion based on the assessment from the Indonesia Forum for Budget Transparency, and the accusation of politicization behind village assistant placements. These two issues could mislead the public because they are not based on facts. Our clarification is as follows:

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