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The Thread Holding the Pandora Papers

Pandora Papers reveal ownership of assets and shell companies in tax haven countries. Several Indonesian politicians and businesspeople are recorded in it. This report is a result of the collaboration of Tempo in a network of 150 media under the coordination of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

National Monday, October 4, 2021 Edition

Rejecting the Cooperatives Bill

WE, the credit union cooperatives movement in Kalimantan, representing 56 cooperatives with 1,188,116 members and total assets worth Rp15.3 trillion, herewith declare our rejection of the Bill on Cooperatives currently under parliamentary discussion. We also request that the House of Representatives suspend the debate before taking it to the plenary meeting.

Letters Monday, September 2, 2019 Edition

Proper Procedures for Disbanding HTI

THE controversy on Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia's (HTI) dissolution continues. Maswadi Rauf, a political observer from the University of Indonesia, believes dispersing HTI is not an infringement on democracy; however, the government must first prove that the Muslim organization has violated Indonesia's five guiding principles, Pancasila. "If there is evidence, I don't see a problem," said Maswadi. "Taking fundamental rights away from the guilty is within reason." A thief's basic rights, for example, are taken away (as punishment) when he violates public order, he explained.

Indicator Tuesday, June 6, 2017 Edition

Dumoly F. Pardede: OJK Deputy Chief Commissioner II for Supervision of Non-Bank Financial Industry
Wholesale replacement of directors has stalled

THE restructuring of Asuransi Jiwa Bersama Bumiputera 1912 has yet to happen. In fact, the state of finances of this, the oldest insurance company in Indonesia, is very worrying. As of the end of last year, Bumiputera's assets were worth just Rp15 trillion, half of the company's liabilities of Rp30 trillion. That is why the Financial Services Authority [OJK] completely reworked the management of Asuransi Jiwa Bersama Bumiputera 1912 in the middle of last month. It then appointed a number of people as statutory managers. Their job: to source fresh capital to inject. "We must protect the fates of our 6.7 million policy-holders," the OJK Deputy Chief Supervisory Commissioner II for the Non-Bank Financial Industry, Dumoly F. Pardede, told Tempo Ayu Prima Sandi by telephone last week.

On what basis did the OJK say Bumiputera is unhealthy?

In the last five years, its claims have risen very significantly, while the income from premiums did not match that. In the end, over the past five years, the management sold off assets to cover claims. If they had waited until next year, its risk-based capital (a ratio for measuring financial health) could go awry. We had to take over Bumiputera through statutory means to source new investors.

Cover Story Tuesday, December 27, 2016 Edition

Ewa Wojkowska Kopernik Co-Founder and COO
Logistics and Transportation are Our Biggest Challenges

EWA Wojkowska and her partner and Kopernik co-founder, Toshi Nakamura, want to prove that simple technologies can make a huge difference to needy people. Wojkowska worked for the United Nations in Timor-Leste, Thailand and Sierra Leone and saw problems in the rural areas that were not being addressed, including the lack of lighting and clean water.

Meanwhile, they both realized that there are simple solutions to those problems. They could be solar-sourced lighting, biomass cook stoves and water filters that are east to produce but not necessarily available or accessible to the people who can really benefit from them.

Outreach Tuesday, September 20, 2016 Edition

Noise-Makers and Underperformers

President Joko Widodo is preparing his second cabinet reshuffle. One measure of assessment being used is the official report on the performance of ministries and state institutions, which was submitted to Vice President Jusuf Kalla in December last year. Some ministers who created a stir might be replaced.

Cover Story Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Edition

Sri Hartini-Director of Faith and Tradition, Ministry of Education and Culture
Maintaining the substance, reducing the superficial

Various traditional and cultural rituals in Indonesia can be quite expensive to carry out. Among the people of Toraja in South Sulawesi, for example, one traditional ceremony can cost billions of rupiah. Getting out of such rituals is not easy, although many communities around the country are determined to let go of certain traditional requirements that can often impoverish them, such as the villagers of Borokanda, at Ende Lio, Flores.

Director of Religion and Traditional Faith at the Education and Culture Minister, Sri Hartini, said that a simplification of rituals can be achieved through deliberations without reducing the substance of tradition. "Only the superficial aspect is simplified," she told Tempo English reporters Isma Savitri and Dahlia Rera in an interview, three weeks ago. Excerpts:

Outreach Tuesday, February 23, 2016 Edition

Slamet Budijanto, Food Science and Technology Expert:
Let Them Eat Nasi Aruk!

Soon after Joko Widodo was elected president, he declared food self-sufficiency to be one of his priorities. Tens of thousands of tractors were bought and distributed to farmers and a large budget was allocated to subsidize seeds and fertilizers. Indonesia is one of the world's top rice consuming country and a net importer of the staple. The President stressed that the nation must achieve food security within three years.

Slamet Budijanto, an expert in food science and technology from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) maintains that we should pay more attention to the diverse food sources available in the country and rely less on rice. Budijanto spoke to Nabiha Shahab from Tempo English on how Indonesia can achieve food self-sufficiency. Excerpts:

Outreach Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Edition

Singapore and Indonesia to Enhance Manpower Cooperation

At a meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in Jakarta recently, Singapore's top diplomat Vivian Balakrishnan conveyed Singapore's interest to intensify cooperation in several areas, such as manpower development. Balakrishnan was on a two-day visit to Indonesia last week.

The cooperation will include a scheme to help Singaporean companies recruit personnel from Indonesia. Balakrishnan said Indonesian universities will be able to provide graduates with relevant skills in the digital world. "We are thinking of launching a scheme, in which Singapore companies will be able to recruit their human resources here and provide services for the rest of the world," he said.

Diplomatic Bag Tuesday, January 19, 2016 Edition

Eni Lestari Andayani, Chairperson, International Migrant Alliance
A beacon of hope for Migrant Workers

Eni Lestari Andayani's cellphone never stops ringing. She might as well be a walking, talking call center. Almost every day, Eni, 36, takes between five to 15 calls or short messages through WhatsApp and Facebook. Like her, the callers are domestic workers holding jobs in Hong Kong. But to them, she has become the confidante whom they can pour out their grievances.

The number of callers further increased seven years ago when Eni came to be chairperson of the International Migrant Alliance, an alliance of migrant workers from 32 countries. The grievances vary, from working relations with their employers to their rights over family matters. The latest case involved a worker form Pati, Central Java, who complained about the Indonesian government's new data recording system that implicated her in forging documents. As a result, since December 11, the person has been detained in a Hong Kong prison.

Horizons Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Edition

Putro Santoso Kurniawan Chairman, association of Indonesian Farmers' Cooperatives
Chemical fertilizers only provide temporary prosperity

TO promote organic farming these past three years, Putro Santoso Kurniawan has been managing the 100-member Association of Indonesian Farmers' Cooperatives in Bogor, West Java. Through these cooperatives, farmers can sell their produce directly to consumers. "This is our way of ensuring that the prices of organic products remain accessible to the farmers," said 40-year-old Putro, a graduate of the Bogor Institute of Agriculture. He claims the limited production at the moment and the long supply chain have made organic products expensive to consumers. "This process benefits the distributors," said Putro, but discourages buyers. As a result, farmers become discouraged and in the end, many choose to go back to using chemical-based fertilizers.

Two weeks ago, Putro spoke with Tempo English by telephone on a number of ways and strategies of spreading the concept of organic farming and how to make it succeed. Excerpts:

Outreach Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Edition

Kristina Persson, Swedish Minister for Strategic Development and Nordic Cooperation
Public and private sector interaction is important

As the Swedish minister for strategic development and Nordic cooperation, Kristina Persson feels it is important to identify future challenges and assist other institutions to devise policies in response to those challenges. She has had more than 40 years of experience in the public sector. She spent the late 1970s in the Swedish Trade Union Confederation before moving to the Council of Nordic Trade Unions in 1982.

Understandably, she is passionate about developments affecting the workforce in her home country. Persson said Sweden today faced a major challenge with the advent of digitalization and automation that could replace a large number of jobs, especially in the manufacturing and service sectors.

On The Record Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Edition

The Name-Dropper

SETYA Novanto, speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR), started his meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla last Monday by talking about plans for his daughter's wedding. Their conversation then moved on to the real reason for the meeting. When Setya met with Freeport Indonesia CEO Maroef Sjamsuddin, he allegedly exploited the names of the President and the Vice President without authorization. Kalla expressed his disapproval. "Why did you use the President's and my names?" said Kalla, as repeated by someone who works closely with the Vice President.

The DPR's speaker said he had taken businessman Muhammad Riza Chalid along to meet with Maroef, but denied that he had misused the President's name. Setya said, "I swear to God: I didn't bring Bapak's name into it!" In a sarcastic tone, Kalla snapped at Setya, "Really, I only asked for nine percent." Setya has denied the news that Kalla was angry with him at the meeting. "Pak JK is someone I greatly respect," Setya told Tempo last Thursday, referring to the Vice President by the latter's initials.

Cover Story Tuesday, November 24, 2015 Edition

A Package to Boost the Property Business

FOR Taufik Hendra Kusuma, the fifth economic policy package gave a new breath that he had been awaiting for a long time. Announced by the government on Thursday two weeks ago, the policy is expected to stimulate the property business once facing its worst time. "Many opportunities can be explored if the policy is truly implemented," said Taufik on Friday two weeks ago.

According to the director of finance and resources of Hutama Karya Realtindo, there are two features in the fifth package that can contribute to property business revival. First, it is the revaluation of assets allowed to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private companies. The government pledges to provide 3 to 6 percent tax rate reduction facilities for companies submitting revaluation proposals until the end of next year. The second is the elimination of double taxation for real estate investment trusts or REITs.

Cover Story Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Edition

Kristian Jensen: Danish Foreign Minister
Bilateral cooperation to focus on energy and maritime issues

The visit last week of Denmark's Queen Margarethe II and her husband Prince Henrik to Indonesia is one indication of improving relations between the two countries. Beyond the usual protocols were serious meetings and discussions between Indonesian government and private sector representatives with a Danish delegation 62 business people, the first of such in the 65 years of relations between the two countries.

"Relations between Indonesia and Denmark will change from a cooperation based on development assistance to a commercial or business-based cooperation," said Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen, who was part of the delegation.

International Tuesday, October 27, 2015 Edition

Secret Operation at Phoenix Park

IN the fall of 1965, the British Foreign Ministry summoned George Frank Norman Reddaway to brief him on a special mission. The 47-year-old diplomat's star was on the rise. The ministry gave him a special task: to take over its operations in Indonesia that the ministry and the British intelligence agency MI6 had been running from Phoenix Road, Singapore. Reddaway was a propaganda expert.

Prior to Reddaway's briefing, Andrew Gilchrist, then British ambassador to Indonesia, had arrived in London. He was the one who persuaded British Foreign Minister Joe Garner to send Reddaway to Indonesia. Gilchrist said the secret operation to oppose Sukarno was not going well and he needed help.

Cover Story Tuesday, October 6, 2015 Edition

Yanto Santosa Conservation Expert, Faculty Of Forestry, Bogor Institute Of Agriculture
The People's Welfare Is An Indicator Of How Forests Are Preserved

ILLEGAL logging and forest fires have became daily news in Indonesia. It causes untold damage to the environment, and our forests continue to disappear. "There must be a drastic change of mindset to overcome this problem," said Yanto Santosa, a lecturer of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB). Yanto, who is a graduate of the Languedoc Science and Technical University in France, is also the initiator of unique ways to conduct forest conservation, which requires people's participation. His expertise has been used in a number of UN Development Fund projects on climate change. Tempo English reporter Amanda Siddharta interviewed him recently at IPB. Excerpts:

Outreach Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Edition

Return Of The Superbank?

After sitting members of the House of Representatives' (DPR) Finance and Banking Commission XI were handed a bill on revisions to the Bank Indonesia Law, the temperature in the room seemed to rise a few degrees. As far as commission members knew, preliminary discussions were set to start that morning.

Economy Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Edition

Yanto Santosa Conservation Expert, Faculty Of Forestry, Bogor Institute Of Agriculture
The People's Welfare Is An Indicator Of How Forests Are Preserved

ILLEGAL logging and forest fires have became daily news in Indonesia. It causes untold damage to the environment, and our forests continue to disappear. "There must be a drastic change of mindset to overcome this problem," said Yanto Santosa, a lecturer of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB). Yanto, who is a graduate of the Languedoc Science and Technical University in France, is also the initiator of unique ways to conduct forest conservation, which requires people's participation. His expertise has been used in a number of UN Development Fund projects on climate change. Tempo English reporter Amanda Siddharta interviewed him recently at IPB. Excerpts:

Outreach Friday, July 10, 2015 Edition

Paper Giant Says 'No More Logging'

In a major victory for conservationists, Asia Pacific Resources International (APRIL), Indonesia's second-largest pulp and paper producer, has vowed to stop logging Indonesia's forests.

The announcement follows a 2013 pledge by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP)the country's largest pulp and paper firmto stop cutting down trees. Together, the two firms account for over 80 percent of the pulp and paper produced in Indonesia, according to Greenpeace.

Environment Tuesday, June 16, 2015 Edition

Riza Muhida, Robotics Expert, Surya University
Regulations on drones are needed

Drone or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) has become an important information component. Taking photographs or mapping from a certain height no longer needs the services of an aircraft or a helicopter, which tends to be very expensive.

This crew-less aircraft has become a trend among technology nerds. One of them is Riza Muhida, a robotic expert from Surya University. He is currently completing the production of a military drone fueld by solar power. This drone is 2.5 meters in diameters. "Our target is to have it done by end of the year," said 46-year-old Riza. Satwika Movementi and Syari Fani from Tempo interviewed Riza, a graduate of Osaka University by telephone in April, on two separate occasions. Excerpts:

Outreach Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Edition

Is the Rupiah Settling at Rp 13,000 per USD?

When traders are asked whether the current Rp13,000 per USD level is the currency's comfort zone? You'd most likely get a qualified answer. Even those that confirm say it is temporary. But how long is temporary?

Here, you get a mixed response.But most will point to when the Fed will raise US interest rates. Those that interpret the most recent US economic numbers as a weak recovery, expects a delay in the US rate hike to the third or fourth quarter of this year.Others that interpret the same numbers as a more solid recovery foresee an earlier mid-year rate hike.

Economy Tuesday, April 7, 2015 Edition

Should we Worry About Rp13,OOO per US dollar?

With the rupiah trading above the Rp13,000 per US dollar threshold a few times last week, people are starting to wonder whether they should be more worried about the state of the Indonesian economy.

This growing concern stems from an apparent disconnect between improving economic data and sizable inflows of foreign funds into the capital market with a currency, that instead of strengthening, actually continues to weaken.

Economy Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Eka Sari Lorena Soerbakti, Organda Chairperson:
We Need A Sustainable System Of Public Transportation

In an industry dominated by men, a sharp, straight-shooting woman has risen head and shoulders above her counterparts to become one of Indonesia's most successful business people. Eka Sari Lorena Soerbakti is chairperson of the Organization of Land Transport Owners (Organda), most probably because she happens to be the managing director of the companies Eka Sari Lorena Express and Eka Sari Lorena Logistics, the director of Eka Sari Lorena Transport and the deputy director of Eka Sari Lorena Holdings. She is also on the Research Committee for Transport and Logistics at the Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University.

On The Record Tuesday, March 3, 2015 Edition

Susi Pudjiastuti :
They operate like crime organizations

Since Susi Pudjiastuti was appointed Maritime Affairs and Fisheries minister four months ago, her mission has been quite simple, and that is increase domestic fish production. But she also wants Indonesian fish exports to increase in the world market.

According to Susi, all that can be achieved by eliminating fish theft, which for years had been carried out by other countries operating on Indonesian waters.

Investigation Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Edition

Stig Traavik and Casper Klynge
Vikings and Biking

In a bid to promote a more sustainable mode of transportation, Norwegian Ambassador Stig Traavik and Danish Ambassador Casper Klynge, started the #VikingBikingIndonesia movement. They collaborated with the Bike2Work community and held their first event around Jakarta's National Monument on February 13. #VikingBikingIndonesia is planned to be a bimonthly event.

Traavik, who rides his bicycle to work every day said that his 10-minute morning commute was the best part of his day. "I want more people to have that experience, especially in the Jakarta traffic. It's fun to bike," he told Tempo. Traavik also mentioned that they wanted to promote a healthier lifestyle. "The biggest threat to our health now is inactivity."

Scene & Heard Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Edition

Sudirman Said, Energy And Mineral Resources Minister:
I Chose To Secure The Freeport Operation

He once said he would freeze the export license of Freeport Indonesia, but then Mining Minister Sudirman suddenly changed his mind. When the validity of Freeport's export license ran out on January 25, Sudirman not only extended the license, he signed an MoU to extend the contract renegotiation period. Last week, he spoke to Tempo reporters, Gustidha Budiartie, Bernadette Christina and Ayu Primasandi at his home in South Jakarta, to explain his decision. Excerpts:

Economy Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

A Problem-Solving Cooperative

A small wooden hut located at the center of Oegenetan village is filled with a large pile of organic fertilizer. Two large barrels of liquid fertilizer sat idly on one corner. Both are filled with 10 liters of organic liquid fluid for crops. A musty odor filled the air of this small fertilizer factory. While the air smelled of rotten mulch, the men who worked there did not seem to mind.

Alfonsius Konan, 34, is part of a team given the task of producing organic fertilizer for the local Nonggup cooperative business unit. They spend every Saturday cutting grass, pulverizing banana stem and corm, and mixing them with the livestock manure that they get from the local farmers. For every such activity, they can produce at least 10 liters of liquid fertilizer and around 50 kilograms of compost.

Outreach Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Edition

I Gede Ari Astina alias Jerinx, Drummer of rock band 'Superman is Dead':
We were often intimidated

HIS athletic body is covered with tattoos, but I Gede Ari Astina is no hardened ex-con as myth would have it. Jerinx, as he is called by his friends, is actually a warm and caring person. A month ago he told Tempo journalist Prihandoko about his efforts to block the Benoa Bay reclamation project and other activities.

Why did you decide to join the movement to stop the Benoa Bay reclamation?

I am a close friend of Gendo (Wayan Gendo Suardana). He is a coordinator of ForBali, an alliance of NGOs rejecting the plan to reclaim Benoa Bay. I often take part in demonstrations with Gendo, who has been a true activist since his college days in the 1990s. For some reason, when I became part of Superman is Dead (SID), my relationship with the activists became even stronger. I learnt how to infuse idealism into my music. I joined ForBali because I felt the call.

Cover Story Tuesday, December 16, 2014 Edition

Chili Pepper Politics

After pushing through the dense forest dominated by sugar palms, the sky became visible again. We had arrived at the plantation owned by Jemi Pandei and his wife, Thris Pontoan, in Tomohon. More than 2,000 chili pepper bushes covered the steep slopes at the foot of Mount Tatawiran. To either side were planted corn, tubers, bananas, cloves and nutmeg. This is a food repository in Minahasa, home to North Sulawesi's ethnic majority.

That afternoon the owner was planting chilies, known here as rica. With just a one-liter container of seedlings, Jemi can plant rica on a half-hectare of land without using fertilizer or carbide. The harvests are sold at nearby Beriman Tomohon Market. "For us, rica is as important as salt," said Jenny Karouw, head of the North Sulawesi Office of Industry and Trade.

Special Report Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

The Cacao Cooperative

More than 10 gunny sacks of cacao kernels were arranged in a row in the front room of Comextra Maora's storehouse in Maumere on the island of Flores in Sikka regency, East Nusa Tenggara. Agus Layni, coordinating team leader of the cacao exporting company, told two employees to examine the sacks' contents. He just wanted to make sure there were no sticking kernels and that they were intact and without epidermis and fungi.

Water content in every cacao kernel is measured with digimost. Undertaking the process revealed that water content in the kernels was around seven percent, in accordance with export standards. "If it is more than 18 percent, we will not buy it," Agus, 32, told Tempo.

Outreach Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

The Pawnshop Operator's New Business

Dozens of trucks loaded with construction materials came and went from state-owned pawnshop operator Pegadaian's office on Jalan Andi Mappanyukki in Makassar, South Sulawesi. The company was building a 10-storey hotel. The building will hold 120 rooms and facilities such as a ballroom and swimming pool. "Operations are expected to begin in the new year," Pegadaian director Ferry Febrianto told Tempo on Monday two weeks ago.

The project is one of nine hotels that Pegadaian has begun or will begin with construction this year. In addition to Makassar, the company is building hotels in Surabaya, East Java, and Pekanbaru, Riau. As with Makassar, the hotels in these two cities will be constructed on land that has been used for Pegadaian branch offices. "We're building them all on land owned by Pegadaian," Ferry explained. Six more hotels are in the pipeline, with three in the Central Java cities of Tegal, Pekalongan and Semarang; two in Yogyakarta, with one near Malioboro and another west of the Tugu monument; and one in Gresik, East Java. The construction of these six hotels will begin this month and continue through next year.

Economy Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Why is Karen quitting pertamina

KAREN Agustiawan's meeting with the head of the United Federation of Pertamina Labor Unions (FSPPB), Ugan Gandar, was supposed to deal with a cooperation agreement. Then the subject shifted to a hotter topic. "Is it true you're going to resign?" Ugan asked Karen, CEO of Pertamina, the state oil and gas company.

Karen did not deny it. The 56-year-old woman confirmed her plan to step down. At first, she said she wanted to focus on her family and give lectures at Harvard University in the United States. Unsatisfied with that answer, Ugan pressed further. "Finally she admitted she was resigning because she refused to be victimized," Ugan told Tempo.

Economy Tuesday, August 26, 2014 Edition

The Scalpers' New GAME

A burly man with a crew cut sat alone at the Dunkin' Donuts counter in the Pasar Senen Train Station, Central Jakarta. It was a week before Lebaran, the holiday at the end of the Ramadan fasting month. The man kept glancing at the watch on his wrist. Soon a well-dressed man approached and passed him an envelope.

After checking its contents, the burly man shook hands with the man and left. "That was just a customer who asked for help finding a ticket for mudik (annual Lebaran homecoming)," Taufik, the man who delivered the envelope, told Tempo a few moments later. He openly admitted he was a ticket scalper.

Law Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Edition

Ligaya Tumbelaka Studbook Keeper for Sumatran Tigers
Tigers Should Not be Bred Haphazardly

To Ligaya Tumbelaka, 54, Sumatran tigers are rare species of charismatic carnivore that should be protected. So, when in 1992 she was offered the job to become the only studbook keeper of this species in Indonesia, the Tangkuney, North Sulawesi-born Ligaya did not hesitate to take it. At that time, she had just completed specializing in the subject of primates at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in the United States.

Ligaya's work at the Veterinarian Faculty of the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) is quite unique. She is responsible for seeking out the right mate for tigers in captivity throughout Indonesia. Tempo English contributor, Amanda Siddharta interviewed her in July at the IPB campus. Excerpts:

Outreach Tuesday, August 5, 2014 Edition

PHILANTHROPY
The more prosperous, the more generous

Making sedekah (contributions) and giving zakat (alms or charity) for Rini Rahmawati, a 51-year-old executive at a bank in Jakarta, has become a necessity. While setting aside 2.5 percent of her income for zakat, she also makes voluntary contributions. Rahmawati is convinced her donations have brought her good fortune.

"I'm already fulfilled in worldly terms. Now when I earn a windfall, I just share it with other people," she said. At first she was reluctant to be frank about her alms-giving. "I don't want to show off."

Special Report Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Show-Stoppers

THE recommendation from the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) to revoke the permits of two television stations that have become 'spokesmen' for presidential and vice-presidential candidates deserves support. Unfortunately this recommendation has run up against the brick wall of the Communications and Information Ministry.

Frequency bands are public property, and are limited in number. Anyone can publish a newspaper and distribute it wherever they want to, but they cannot simply broadcast television or radio signals because the frequencies used are determined by the 'lessor' according to the law. The KPI regularly carries out evaluations to determine whether to extend or revoke licenses. The yardstick used is compliance with regulations.

Opinion Tuesday, June 17, 2014 Edition

A Batak Opera Revival

First created in the 1920s, the Batak operaa people's theater specific to the North Sumatra regionenjoyed its highest popularity during the next 60 years, before its attraction declined, gradually fading altogether from the scene. Today, a group of artists grouped under the Batak Opera Training Community (PLOt) led by artist Thomson Hutasoit are determined to revive it. They removed the stigma of embarrassment surrounding this traditional performing art, spreading a 'Batak opera fever' among youths. From August to November this year, PLOt went on tour in North Sumatra, Jakarta and even in faraway Germany, to perform their newest production. A special report by Tempo English.

Outreach Tuesday, November 26, 2013 Edition

Special Operations
A Thousand Spies

He was known as Suharto's right-hand man since they were assigned to the Central Java Diponegoro Military Command. They met again at the Army Strategic Command, leading a number of intelligence operations. He recruited many people, turning them into spies. The impact of his work can be found in Papua (known as Irian Jaya during Suharto's New Order regime), Malaysia and East Timor. Like a double-edged sword, his special operations resulted in both victory and depravity.

Cover Story Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, Religious Affairs Minister
We cannot afford to boycott the haj pilgrimage

For Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, this year's haj pilgrimage turned out to be an ordeal he had never bargained for: having to deal with two major tragedies in the Holy Land in a matter of weeks. One was the crash of a construction crane over the Haram Mosque and the other was the fatal stampede at Mina, when thousands of pilgrims rushed all at once toward the stone-throwing ritual. More than 100 Indonesians died as a result.

Lukman, a United Development Party (PPP) executive and head of the Indonesian haj pilgrims, along with the Haj Pilgrimage Organizing Committee (PPIH), had to bear responsibility for the two tragic incidents. In particular, he felt he needed to be directly involved in the process of seeking and identifying the Mina tragedy victims. It was a heavy burden to bear, given the constant public pressure for an explanation for the two incidents.

Interview Tuesday, October 13, 2015 Edition

Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, Religious Affairs Minister:
This is not a de-Arabization process

AFTER his preoccupation with the controversy over the Javanese-intonation reading of the Qur'an, Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin now must focus his attention on the Nusantara Islam issue. This involves the debate of a genre of Islam that is unique to Indonesia, one that is being unofficially supported by the government.

The rejection by hard-line Islamists has not dampened the government's plan to keep pushing for a Nusantara (archipelagic) Islam. "They got it wrong. Nusantara Islam is not an ideology," said Lukman, in a special interview with Tempo reporters Sugiharto and Sunudyantoro, last week.

Cover Story Tuesday, July 14, 2015 Edition

Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin :
Tolerance must be reciprocal

OWNERS of warung makan (small eateries) are hopeful they can remain open during the month of Ramadhan, because Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin in his Twitter account recently tweeted that such establishments should not be forced to close shop just to honor those who fast. He stated that those who are not obliged to fast must also be respected.

Predictably, his statement caused a public uproar. Some tweeps saluted Lukman's view, but many others disagreed with his view. Equally predictable was the media, which refused to entirely support the stance of the United Development Party (PPP) politician. A mere tweet, Lukman wryly commented, twisted by some people, had led to a counter-productive debate.

Interview Tuesday, June 16, 2015 Edition

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