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Edition 28 January 2020
Cover Story
The Mysterious “Calamitous” Bill
The government is completing the final draft of its job creation bill, as part of the omnibus bill package. Amid criticism of the government’s non-transparent drafting process, several concepts still in the preliminary stages may experience overhauls, with the inclusion of business people in the deliberations.
Cover Story
A New Steering Wheel for Businesses
Industry captains are again proposing an old recommendation, to suppress wages and severance pay in the omnibus bill. There is worry the move will cause rising unemployment.
Cover Story
The One-Hundred-Day Target
The government is using various methods to curb rejection of the omnibus draft bill. Social media activists and labor organizations were approached.
Cover Story
If Leaked With no Understanding of the Context, There’d be an Uproar
Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs Secretary Susiwijono
National
Commotion at the Oldest Channel
A feud between the Board of Supervisors and Board of Directors at TVRI has culminated in the dismissal of Helmy Yahya. Even the Presidential Palace is getting involved to try and settle the matter.
National
Rise & Fall of the Oldest Network
The oldest television station in the country, TVRI hit its prime during Suharto’s New Order period.
National
Yasonna Laoly Reported to Corruption Body
ANTI corruption activists have reported Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
Law
The Bribe That Did Not Make It
The defendant in the bribery case related to a Muara Enim Public Works and People’s Housing Office project allegedly had put together a “get-to-know-you fund” totaling US$35,000 for Firli Bahuri. The court did not delve into the meeting between Muara Enim Regent (non-active) Ahmad Yani and Firli.
Law
Jacobson’s Fateful Snapshots
Palangka Raya’s immigration office detained Philip Myrer Jacobson, a US journalist from the online environmental publication Mongabay, for three days, accusing him of abusing his visa.
Law
Maqdir Ismail, attorney to Muara Enim Regent, Ahmad Yani: The Key is Elfin
THE bribery case of Muara Enim Regent, Ahmad Yani, has dragged in the name of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chair, Firli Bahuri, who at the time was Regional Police Chief of South Sumatera.
Investigation
Investigation
In Between the Shark Fins
Outreach
Water of Eternity in the Sacred Spring
A sacred bathing site discovered in Jombang Regency, East Java, is believed to have been built during the reign of King Airlangga from Kahuripan Kingdom. Other artifacts predate the Majapahit era.
Letters
Maladministration in Bukittinggi Government
I am assisting my family in Bukittinggi, whose access to their house is blocked by a two-storey building directly in front of the fence.
Cartoon
One, Two, Three
Cartoon: Yuyun Nurrachman
Interview
Fajar Merah, Musician: Human Rights Violators Are Cowards
FAJAR Merah is back with story-telling at the Lokananta music studio in Solo, Central Java. But unlike in his previous album, he is no longer telling stories set to music from the poetry of his father, Wiji Thukul.
Photo
Climbing Halfway to the Stars
Opinion
No More Lies, Yasonna
After an investigative report by Tempo, Yasonna Laoly finally acknowledged that Harun Masiku had returned to Indonesia. An apparent conflict of interest.
Opinion
Public Broadcaster’s Fiasco
Dualism of authority has triggered a protracted conflict at TVRI. The public broadcaster must be managed transparently.
Opinion
Stop Arresting Foreign Journalist
The arrest of a foreign journalist has damaged Indonesia’s reputation. It is all under the guise of narrow nationalism.