Edition 03 March 2020

A Mourning Village on a Rampage

This Wasn’t Flood Water from Another Region

Flood Mitigation Failure

Jakarta’s flood mitigation budget has seen increasing cuts in the past three years. Governor Anies Baswedan’s flood defense plans have not made progress.

A Mourning Village on a Rampage

The development of malls and luxury residential complexes is being accused as the culprit behind Jakarta’s floods. Many developers are ignoring their obligation to build public and social facilities.

Fatal Flood

Jakarta’s flood problem is growing. Areas that were never flooded in the past are now deluged, including the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital.

This Wasn’t Flood Water from Another Region

Jakarta Governor Anies Rasyid Baswedan:

Palapa Ring’s broken Promises

The promise of fast and cheap Internet access in outer regions through the Palapa Ring has yet to materialize. The stumbling block is connecting the Internet to the optic fibre cable network.

Palapa Ring’s broken Promises

Communication and Informatics Minister Johnny Gerard Plate

Steep Road to the East

Operators are still calculating the pros and cons of using East Palapa Ring’s infrastructure. Limited customers must also be taken into consideration.

Playing Monopoly in a Military Complex

Ryamizard Ryacudu and Teddy Lhaksmana are suspected of controlling multiple houses in the Cijantung housing complex in East Jakarta. State-owned houses are ‘traded’ for hundreds of millions of rupiah.

Law

Ministry of Defense Director-General of Defense Strength, Air Vice Marshall N. Ponang Djawoto: Houses for Army Personnel is Indeed Complicated

The Jakarta Regional Military Command has been vacating state-owned housing allocated for military personnel over the past five years.

Interview

We Will Revoke Permits of Errant Companies

Wimboh Santoso, Chairman of Board of Commissioners, Financial Services Authority

Religion

Conflict Mediators of Place of Worship

Pramadina Religion and Democracy Studies Center recommends the Religious Harmony Forum to focus not on issuing recommendation for establishment of place of worship, but rather facilitating interfaith dialogues.

The Maneuver that Kills ‘Hope’

Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) is done for. There are those seeking power through a new coalition involving the UMNO.

Asean & Beyond

Pakatan Harapan Secretary-General Saifuddin Nasution Ismail: Sheraton Meeting was a High-level Treason

Malaysia's political crisis began when Mohamed Azmin Ali and a number of parliament members from Pakatan Harapan (The Alliance of Hope) met with opposition parties.

Environment

For Bird in Cage Contests

The environment and forestry ministry took five species of birds difficult to find in nature off the protected list. More consideration was given to birdbreeders than LIPI’s recommendation.

Environment

Ironwood’s Irony

The environment and forestry ministry removed ironwood from the list of protected trees under the protests of oil palm corporation, even though it did not receive a recommendation from LIPI.

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Kill Pill

AN officer from the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) presents the evidence of carisoprodol pills during the preliminary hearing in Arcamanik, Bandung, West Java, Monday, February 24. More than 3 million of pills of level 1 narcotics were seized by the BNN and the West Java Police from a house in Arcamanik on Sunday, February 23. ANTARA/Novrian Arbi