June 6, 2017 edition
The town of Marawi shows signs of what life is like in that embattled part of southern Philippines. Shop walls are pockmarked by gunfire, streets and alleyways are deserted. Wooden houses are vacant, while shirts and underwear still hang on clotheslines. Not a soul can be found in town. The only presence is that of soldiers and police officers carrying rifles, standing along some roadways.
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May 30, 2017 edition
Two ISIS-linked suicide bombers attacked Kampung Melayu in east Jakarta, not long after the concert explosion at Manchester, UK and about the same time as the occupation of Marawi town by terrorists in southern Philippines. Telephone numbers written on scraps of paper scattered at the bombing site, amid receipts of ATM transfers and withdrawals, led the police to a terrorist network. Terrorists are becoming more adept at evading police and law enforcement surveillance.
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Suspected bribery involving DPR legislators in the electronic ID (e-KTP) project has triggered a move to apply the Right of Inquiry on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), to force the anti-graft agency to open its criminal investigation on the project to the public. Other politicians not implicated by the e-KTP scandal are calling for the Right of Inquiry on account of other corruption cases. Their ultimate objective is to revise the KPK Law so as to revoke its authority to conduct electronic surveillance.
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