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The Civic Knowledge Test Maneuver

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Chair Firli Bahuri allegedly already created a list of employees to be dismissed in November 2020. It is suspected that he pressured other KPK leaders to approve the civic knowledge test and inserted an article on it into KPK’s regulation. The dismissal of 75 employees was the final step in the complete disabling of the anti-corruption agency. 

Cover Story Monday, June 7, 2021 Edition

Amarzan, Sokotra is Who Knows Where

THE life and times of Amarzan Loebis was much like a long, winding road. From Tanjungbalai, Asahan, North Sumatra, he landed in Jakarta with an aim to continue his studies. But Amarzan, at the time just 23 and already known as a poet under the moniker Amarzan Ismail Hamid, was drawn to being reporter for the daily, Harian Rakyat Minggu, instead. At the newspaper, which happened to be affiliated with the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), Amarzan edited the culture page.

Interlude Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Edition

Amarzan, Sokotra is Who Knows Where

THE life and times of Amarzan Loebis was much like a long, winding road. From Tanjungbalai, Asahan, North Sumatra, he landed in Jakarta with an aim to continue his studies. But Amarzan, at the time just 23 and already known as a poet under the moniker Amarzan Ismail Hamid, was drawn to being reporter for the daily, Harian Rakyat Minggu, instead. At the newspaper, which happened to be affiliated with the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), Amarzan edited the culture page. When the PKI established the People’s Culture Institute, better known as Lekra, Amarzan was one of a long line of artists who lent their support to the initiative. This involvement ended up with the New Order regime detaining him and finally throwing him to Buru Island after the political melee of 1965, without a trial. In 1979, after being released and returning to Jakarta, he began working for Tempo. After a year or so struggling with his stroke, the poet breathed his last on September 2 at the age of 78 years.

Interlude Monday, September 23, 2019 Edition

Anton, Sinar Surya Maju Sentosa Spokesman
We Know It's Against the Law

A Un, 45, whose real name is Surya Sudjeni, is known as the underwriter behind several crude oil thefts in South Sumatra. The network of these illicit 'oilers' stealing from Pertamina and private oil companies knows him as an 'investor' who buys their spoils. Surya owns Sinar Surya Maju Sentosa, a limited company with an office and a warehouse at Jatake in Tangerang, Banten. The company has a license from the energy and mineral resources ministry to deal in the processed oil business. Speaking to Tempo as Surya's representative, Anton, 55, said they had been dealing with illegal oil for years.

Investigation Tuesday, April 5, 2016 Edition

Richard Joost Lino-CEO, Pelindo II:
I don't know what fear is

Richard Joost Lino, the current CEO of state-owned Pelindo II, is known for his straight talk and penchant for betting. This is evident in how he faces challenges and opposition, whether from his own employees, his colleagues or even government ministers. Recently, Lino was reported to the police by Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician, Masinton Pasaribu, who is also a former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) official, for allegedly giving a gratuity to State-Owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno.

The public is unlikely to forget how Lino stood up against Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Natural Resources Rizal Ramli, also known for his sometimes injudicious language, over the damage at the port area caused by a project overseas by Rizal, as well as charges that Lino used State funds to place ads in a number of major media organizations.

Interview Tuesday, October 6, 2015 Edition

Soerianto Kusnowirjono Chairman, Indonesian Seaweed Industry Association
The Industry Lacks Sufficient Raw Material

As the world's biggest seaweed producer, Indonesia lags behind other countries in processing seaweed products. "Our biggest competitor is China, yet they buy their raw materials from us," said Soerianto Kusnowirjono, chairman of the Indonesian Seaweed Industry Association (Astruli). In an effort to seek a solution to the problem, Astruli last March launched its roadmap for seaweed industry development.

Outreach Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Edition

Steve Hamilton IOM Deputy Chief of Mission in Indonesia :
For the Rohingyas, there's nowhere to go

STEVE Hamilton, the Deputy Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Indonesia, lauded the efforts of the Acehnese people in doing something to help the boat people from Myanmar and Bangladesh. "They're pulling together and seeing this for what it is, people in need," he said.

Nevertheless, Hamilton acknowledged that no government is ever prepared to take in large numbers of refugees at one time. With more than 1,000 refugees already in Aceh, many are worriedly preparing for the arrival of the estimated 5,000 people still feared to be at sea. Tempo English reporter Amanda Siddharta interviewed Hamilton to discuss the challenges ahead. Excerpts:

Cover Story Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Edition

Abraham Lunggana:
Ahok Knows Nothing

THE Jakarta Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) also known as the City Council, has agreed to use the right of inquiry to investigate a suspected violation over the process of submitting the 2015 Regional Budget to the Home Affairs Ministry. One man behind the move to investigate the policy of Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama is Abraham Lunggana, the DPRD deputy speaker from the United Development Party (PPP).

It seems members of the City Council are angry over the budget submitted by Basuki because it was not the one approved jointly by the government and the council. Basuki, better known as Ahok, submitted an early copy of the Jakarta budget which did not contain additional proposals from the DPRD because he found many 'piggy-back' projects inserted after the joint discussion of the budget. He counted phantom or mystery projects valued at Rp12 trillion, and duly reported them to the anti-graft commission, the KPK.

Cover Story Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

The Unknown Soldier

LEONARDUS Benjamin (Benny) Moerdani was a chapter in the history of modern Indonesia. He appeared at the beginning of the 'times of change', in an era the Republic's founder was preparing to step down and be replaced-not without injury-by a regime that would govern Indonesia for more than three decades.

No discussion on what became known as the New Order would be complete without a mention of Benny Moerdani. His name emerged when diplomatic relations with Malaysia were being restored, along with other figures such as Ali Moertopo and Des Alwi. Diplomatic ties with Malaysia had been severed dramatically with the proclamation of the 'People's Two Commands' (Dwikora) by President Sukarno in 1963. Sukarno viewed 'Malaysia' as a project of 'Imperialist Britain', and therefore it had to be 'crushed'.

Opinion Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama:
I'm the governor now

JOURNALISTS covering Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as Ahok, are aware that whatever he says can become headlines. No other public official has a way of saying things that make it eminently quotable.

But Ahok's direct and open way of talking is not to everyone's liking. He has made enemies, and he is bound to make many more following the Constitutional Court's verdict that rejected the appeal last week by also-rans Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa and reconfirmed the election of Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo as president and his running mate Jusuf Kalla as vice president. Automatically, this paves the way for Ahok to ascend to the capital city's top executive job.

Interview Tuesday, August 26, 2014 Edition

Film Festival in the Snowy Hills

For the past 10 years, independent films—known as indie films—have become the films of choice for well-known actors and actresses as well as directors seeking prestige. After being stuck in mainstream films, top-name actors and actresses search out independent films and visit the Sundance Film Festival, an international independent film festival supported and nurtured by actor/director Robert Redford.

What is the Sundance Film Festival? Can it still maintain its special character as an indie film festival which gives priority to new directors making films outside of Hollywood? And what position do Indonesian films and films about Indonesia have at this festival? Film observer and lecturer in film at Binus International, Ekky Imanjaya visited the Sundance Film Festival 2011. This is his report.

Arts & Culture Wednesday, March 16, 2011 Edition

Falling Snowfall in Hokkaido

NEXT July, in Hokkaido, Japan, a G8 meeting will take place. The summit will discuss the position of developed countries concerning the issue of climate change.

As the future site of the summit, Hokkaido itself has its own climate problem. Hokkaido is well-known as the coldest region in Japan, but nowadays the isle is not as cold as it used to be. It is suspected that this is caused by global warming

Last December, Arif A. Kuswardono from Tempo together with journalists from China and the Asia-Pacific were invited by the Japanese government to visit Japan. Here is their report on the problems of climate in Hokkaido.

Interlude Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Edition

Rockets and Bread in the Snow

American bombs have been raining on Afghanistan for more than a week now. And there is no sign as to when these attacks might stop. Using a new and rather unusual tactic of 'attack combined with food aid', the US is thought to be increasingly keen to get at Afghanistan's ruling Taleban before winter sets in in November. TEMPO journalist Ahmad Taufik reports from the Afghan border.

Cover Story Tuesday, October 16, 2001 Edition

A Piggyback Bombing Plot

The police arrested Abdul Basith, an IPB lecturer, and members of his group, for making preparations to carry out bombings in Jakarta. They planned to conduct it at the same time as a 212 Jihadi Action event. Three retired military generals are implicated.

Law Tuesday, October 8, 2019 Edition

Bribing and Taming the Police

In West Java, law enforcement authorities, like elsewhere, are tasked with arresting criminals, not cover up their crimes. But the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) testimony of former Subang Regent Ojang Suhandi, who confessed to having bribed police officers to escape the law, proves otherwise. Instead of chasing criminals, the police conspired with them to cover up crimes.

For his part, Ojang, a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), was caught bribing a prosecutor in an attempt to have his name erased from the social security fund (BPJS) graft case file. A court had found two former officials of the Subang health services department guilty of embezzling Rp4.7 billion from the social security claim refund of Rp41 billion, and subsequently sentenced them to four years in prison.

Opinion Tuesday, June 28, 2016 Edition

Intelligence Disconnect and the Brussels Bombing

At a busy intersection in the Etterbeek area, several police officers suddenly burst into a cafe where people usually just gathered to smoke. Pistols in hand, last Tuesday afternoon they moved quickly to search every corner. Then they left just as quickly as they had come. There was no fuss.

Search followed search in the midst of increasingly tight security in Belgium in the aftermath of the terror bombings at Brussels' Zaventem Airport and Maelbeek Metro Station that morning. The attacks, which killed 30 people, left locals in a precarious situation, completely disrupting their daily routines.

International Tuesday, March 29, 2016 Edition

The Marriott Bombing Part 2

Long before the bombs went off at the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels last Friday in Mega Kuningan, Jakarta, the police were on to the possibility of an attempted bombing. In fact, a day before the explosions, the bomb squad had combed through the office of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), following a telephoned bomb threat. However, just like the incident six years ago at the same location, the police were too slow to act.

Cover Story Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Edition

Competing Food Estates in Merauke

Two food estate projects are simultaneously being launched, targeting 2.29 million hectares of forest and land in Merauke. There are intrigues involving Prabowo and Jokowi. This report is part of a collaborative coverage and research initiative by Tempo, the Pusaka Bentala Rakyat Foundation, and Trend Asia.

Cover Story Monday, September 23, 2024 Edition

Police First Adj. Insp. Budiono:
He could have finished me off

Police Officer Budiono feels like his life has been given a new lease. He barely escaped death in the Thamrin shootout three weeks ago. Shot at close range, the bullet grazed his lungs and wounded his innards. Budiono almost died on the operation table. He was unconscious for more than three days.

The terrorist attack known as the Sarinah incident has changed Budiono's life. He has been grateful ever since, after he passed the most critical stage in his medical treatment. He received a gold pin and an extraordinary promotion from the National Police. Most importantly, he is now fired with new resolve. "I no longer smoke," said Budiono, 43, who was a heavy smoker before the shooting incident.

National Tuesday, February 2, 2016 Edition

A Radio for Villagers' Complaints

A smooth and shiny concrete road extends from Dasan Lekong hamlet to the center of Barejulat village, West Nusa Tenggara. It covers a distance of only 600 meters. However, for Efendi, a driver delivering gallon tubes of drinking water, the village's big problem has been solved. "Formerly, my truck frequently got stuck in waterlogged mud holes," he said. Local people no longer need to take a detour on rainy days.

Development of the road stalled two years ago. The problem was settled only after somebody complained to the Talenta FM community radio station. When news of the unfinished road was broadcast, the village chief was asked about his responsibility in an interview with the radio's crew. "After that, construction was resumed," said Efendi, 30.

Outreach Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Radio Interference

THE clumsy move by a few members of the House of Representatives (DPR) should not be a cause of concern to the management of state radio station Radio Republik Indonesia. This overreaction was nothing more than a final attempt at a show of force in the midst of attempts to understand the confusion of determining the way the political wind is blowing. In other words, this maneuver was an attempt to try their luck.

Using the excuse of lacking in common sense, the chair and vice-chair of DPR Commission I bragged that they would summon the RRI executive director to "demand an explanation". The public broadcaster was seen as being 'hasty' in organizing and broadcasting the results of a quick count that it carried out during the July 9 presidential election. According to some legislators, broadcasting the quick count adversely affected the neutrality of RRI. The question of funding was also raised as it involved the State Budget.

Opinion Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Radio Active

Television and the internet may be dominant in cities around Indonesia, but in rural areas it's the radio, particularly community radio stations, that hold sway over the local population. More than 300 community radio stations throughout the archipelago have become the lifeblood of remote villages unable to benefit from modern technology. The community radio has become a vital instrument in effecting social change. Through such radio broadcasts, people learn about schooling, the environment and rights of the child. Tempo English reports from the provinces of Southeast Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara and Central Kalimantan.

Outreach Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Eko Putro Sandjojo, Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration: I Never Instructed Bribery

LESS than a year on the job as minister for villages, development of disadvantaged regions and transmigration, Eko Putro Sandjojo still cannot see how budget spending can prove to be a problem. This year, after nearly one semester, only 16 percent of his ministry's budget has been spent. In the private sector, when you spend money, you have to take cash flow into consideration, but you don't need to do that in the government," he explained to Tempo.

National Tuesday, June 6, 2017 Edition

Agus Rahardjo KPK Chairman
We need to expose rent-seekers everywhere

Chairman Agus Rahardjo was riveted by the list of US Navy defense equipment, complete with their budget details. The chairman's laptop was accessing the website of the US Navy Secretariat. "Everything that is secret here is very open over there," said Agus, who started his term leading the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in January 2016, in an interview with Tempo last week.

Agus said open access to the US Navy budget details meant corruption on even the smallest item would be noticed. Likewise, he urged citizens to serve as an extension of the KPK to ensure that not a dime of state money goes to corrupt pockets. "Every Indonesian must take part in monitoring," he said. The day before, he spoke with lawmakers at the House of Representatives (DPR) on ensuring the clean use of the state budget.

Interview Tuesday, September 27, 2016 Edition

Bambang Brodjonegoro Minister of Finance
When China's economy slows down, we get hit

With the end of Ramadan fast approaching, Bambang Brodjonegoro's busy schedule has just begun. His days are filled with one ministerial meeting after another. He must also keep monitoring two legislative bills currently being discussed by the House of Representatives (DPR) to ensure that they are passed by the end of the month as scheduled. One bill concerns the revised state budget (RAPBN-P) and the other is on the tax amnesty.

The revised state budget will be slashed by Rp90 trillion to account for declining revenues. Another way of addressing the shortfall is through tax amnesty, which is expected to bring additional revenues of up to Rp165 trillion. Bambang sincerely hopes the DPR will enact the two legislations. "The government's program, including the revised state budget, should be backed by the parties claiming to support the government," said Bambang.

Interview Tuesday, June 28, 2016 Edition

Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan:
Why would I create such a company?

In a small visitors room across the swimming pool at his home in South Jakarta, Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal and Security Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan welcomed the Tempo investigative team last week. He claims not to know Mayfair International Ltd., a shell company in the tax-haven Republic of Seychelles off the shore of East Africa, although his name is listed as its only director.

During the 50-minute interview, Luhut, 68, was accompanied by a number of his staff and senior management of his companies, including the finance director of Toba Sejahtra, Catherine Warouw, and the CEO of Kartanegara Energi Perkasa, Bambang Irawan.

Cover Story Tuesday, April 26, 2016 Edition

Sunny Tanuwidjaja :
Those are made-up charges

As a close friend of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama long before he became Jakarta governor, Sunny Tanuwidjaja also happens to be quite chummy with a number of tycoons. Last week, he was banned from traveling overseas due to his suspected involvement in a bribery case over the reclamation project in North Jakarta. Basuki treated Sunny as an intern, but Sunny claimed to be one of Basuki's staff. Last week, he was interviewed by Tempo.

National Tuesday, April 12, 2016 Edition

Susi Pudjiastuti - Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister
Pak Jusuf Kalla Was Duped

BOLD initiatives by Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti to combat illegal fishing have sparked protests. Banning the practice of transshipment at sea and putting a stop to licenses for ex-foreign vessels have upset businessmen and fishermen alike. Vice President Jusuf Kalla said that Susi's measures had left the fishing industry in Ambon and Bitung 'gasping for air'. But Susi retorted, "Cold storage facilities in Bitung had long been empty," when Tempo met her on Monday.

Cover Story Tuesday, April 5, 2016 Edition

Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti :
Many Ships evade Taxes

Low tax uptake from the fisheries sector has prompted Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti to launch another bold initiative. The action includes a review of vessel weights and an increase in fishery-production tax rates for bigger ships. The move is meant to make fishing firms' contribution to state coffers proportional to their incomes.

As a result of the policy, several companies have lodged protests with the House of Representatives (DPR). Susi, however, remains unfazed. At the ministerial housing complex in Widya Chandra, South Jakarta, last week, Susi said she would not hesitate to crack down on shady business practices and the players behind them.

Economy Tuesday, March 8, 2016 Edition

Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro:
Divestment Depends on State Finances

IT has been a month since Freeport Indonesia offered its shares, and the government has yet to respond. One of the reasons, according to Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro, is that the government needs to evaluate the nation's overall financial state.

Moreover, the price on offer is no bargain. The company, with its principal based in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, has set the price for 10.64 percent of its shares at US$1.7 billion, or Rp23 trillion. The value, said Executive Vice President of Freeport Indonesia Clementino Lamury, came from an assumption of Freeport's investment after its operational extension in 2021.

Economy Tuesday, February 23, 2016 Edition

Irendra Radjawali
Of Drones and Indigenous People

Irendra Radjawali, 39, came to a coffee shop in Central Jakarta wearing a blue t-shirt and a pair of khaki shorts. "I'm not a suit-and-tie type of person," said Radja, as he is known by family and friends, apologizing for his informal clothing. He looked energetic despite having flown to Jakarta that morning from Pontianak, West Kalimantan. Radja explained that he had just spent four days in Kalimantan to operate drones used to assist in spatial mapping in the area.

The drones are all designed by Irendra, who currently works as a researcher at Bonn University in Germany. He consulted what he called the best university on earthYouTube videosto learn how to make his own drone three years ago. And this came about after his research work, collecting data from the Kapuas River in West Kalimantan.

Horizons Tuesday, February 2, 2016 Edition

R. Narmoko Prasmadji, Director-General for Caught Fish, Fishery and Marine affairs Ministry
The gender approach is important

Until today, it is fair to say that the government has never given any opportunity nor political recognition to fisherwomen. The bill on the protection and empowerment of fishermen, fish farming and salt mining currently drafted by the House of Representatives (DPR) is an opportunity to accomodate such a need. R. Narmoko Prasmadji said he would try to ensure that the bill contain clauses favoring fisherwomen's empowerment. "There should be legal and economic protection for fisherwomen," said Narmoko. Tempo English contributor Pujani Nadine Kamarwan interviewed him at his office in Jakarta two weeks ago. Excerpts:

Outreach Tuesday, February 2, 2016 Edition

Bambang Widjojanto
Private versus Public Transport

There's something different about Bambang Widjojanto, former deputy chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Arriving to attend the launching of Tempo's 45-year celebration logo last week, where he was a keynote speaker, Bambang was seen to drive a shiny black sedan automobile. What's unusual about this is that Bambang almost never drove a car but always used public transportation to get around town.

Has he changed his lifestyle now that he's no longer in the limelight as head of the anti-graft organization? No, was his answer, that he still rode the commuter trains going to and from work. "After I get to the office, then I may ride in a car, usually not mine," claimed 56-year old Bambang: Once an activist, always an activist.

Scene & Heard Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Edition

Musa Widyatmodjo, Designer
Weaves must be part of our lifestyle

One needs never be afraid to create new designs and motifs, exhorted Musa Widjatmodjo, 50, at a workshop held as part of the Flobamora Fashion Festival in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), last December. The event was attended by scores of weavers and designers from all over the NTT province. Many wanted to learn how to turn woven cloth into fashion garments.

Musa, a designer known for his eclectic style, noted that the young local designers appeared reluctant to innovate because traditional woven cloth was looked upon as an ancient heritage not to be tampered with. He decided to encourage the local weaverswho were also designersto try their hand at designing new motifs on woven cloth and cutting them into contemporary apparel as a nod to the age-old traditions.

Outreach Tuesday, January 19, 2016 Edition

Agus Rahardjo, KPK Chairman
We are not the dream team

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has a new captain: Agus Rahardjo. Together with his co-chairpersons-Basaria Panjaitan, Saut Situmorang, Alexander Marwata and Laode Muhammad Syarif-Agus, 59, was sworn in by President Joko Widodo on December 21, 2015, following his selection by the Law Committee of the House of Representatives (DPR). He got 44 votes, while Basaria got 9 votes and Saut one vote.

The new KPK leaders inherited a pile of problems. Prominent among them are the charges against former KPK chairmen Abraham Samad and Bambang Widjojanto and the criminalization of KPK investigator Novel Baswedan. Then there's the internal conflict between the staff and the acting chairman of the KPK, Taufiequrachman Ruki. Agus' burden will be further complicated by the DPR's campaign to revise the law on the KPK, a measure generally regarded as an attempt to weaken the antigraft organization.

Interview Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Edition

Best Director & Scriptwriter Teddy Soeriaatmadja
The Man Behind The Aging Woman

About a Woman is the last in a trilogy on character transformation by director Teddy Soeriaatmadja. The Lovely Man, his first film, tells the struggle of an Acehnese woman who wears a veil to find her father, who turns out to be a transvestite in Jakarta. His second film Something in the Way recounts a taxi driver's obsession with a neighbor who happens to be a commercial sex worker. Teddy rounds off his trilogy about intimate matters with the dramatic About a Woman.

In the course of the trilogy, we can also observe the maturing of his directing skills. Teddy now appears more at ease in the simple drama About a Woman. Directors in general have different foci and approaches. Some are centered on the scenario's structure, while the artistic value is obtained through the narrative and the dialog's rhythm. Others depend on their actors to convey the emotions within the storyline. While yet others prioritize the beauty of their visual images and give a strong emphasis to their camera work to create captivating visual renderings.

Special Report Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Edition

Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister for Political, Law and Security Affairs
Why should we take rotten goods?

The name of Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan came up 17 times in a recording that contains the efforts of House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Setya Novanto and businessman Muhammad Riza Chalid to obtain Freeport Indonesia shares. Unlike Vice President Jusuf Kalla who is seeking legal redress, Luhut allowed the use of his name. "I don't feel maligned. I feel it's just normal," he said. Luhut spoke to Tempo reporters Arif Zulkifli and Sunudyantoro, who met him at his office last Thursday about his involvement in the negotiations with Freeport.

Cover Story Tuesday, November 24, 2015 Edition

Mudjiadi, Director-General for Water Resources
Rivers should be the icon of cities

A long drawn out dry season has led to serious cases of drought in many regions of Indonesia. The water levels of major rivers have dropped drastically, fields have baked dry, causing harvest failures everywhere. Severe water shortage has hit both rural areas and townships alike.

This serious problem, according to Mudjiadi, director-general of water resources at the public works and public housing ministry, cannot be managed in a sectoral manner. Technical solutions, such as building water-pipes, reservoirs and dams are not enough. The problem needs an integrated and comprehensive solution.

Outreach Tuesday, October 20, 2015 Edition

Bambang P.S. Brodjonegoro, Finance Minister
Pertamina must join in

State-owned company Pertamina's plan to acquire shares of Trans Pacific Petrochemical Indotama (TPPI) is going back and forth. The complexity of the legal problem of this company makes it difficult for this oil and gas company to influence the owner of Tuban Petro. In the middle of this uncertainty, the Medco Group sent its proposal.

But the government does not want to be easily lured. As a former commissioner of Pertamina, concurrently representing the government holding shares in TPPI, Finance Minister Bambang P.S. Brodjonegoro stressed his position. "The government will favor the state-owned company (SOE) to enter," he told Tempo reporters Y. Tomi Aryanto, Gustidha Budiartie and Ayu Prima Sandi, at his office at the directorate-general of taxes on August 19.

Economy Tuesday, September 8, 2015 Edition

Susi Pudjiastuti, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister :
I'm ready to reveal everything

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister, Susi Pudjiastuti has earned praise for her resolve in eradicating illegal fishing. However, quite a few business people feel they became victims of her campaign, even though they say they have been law-abiding businesses all this time. They claim the Minister is doing more harm than good, the losses incurred as a result of her campaign reaching up to Rp3 trillion, as she applies the same treatment equally to all concerned parties. At the Tempo office last week, she explained her position, maintaining that everything her ministry implemented was according to existing laws and regulations.

What is the reason for extending the moratorium on foreign fishing vessels to another six months?

Economy Tuesday, June 2, 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

Bambang Widjojanto KPK Deputy Chairman :
This is scrupulously choreographed chaos

THE police arrested him after he dropped his daughter off at the Nurul Fikri Elementary School in Depok, West Java, three weeks ago. He was handcuffed and asked to get into a police car, and driven to the National Police Headquarters in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta.

Since the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) indictment of Police Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan, Bambang Widjojanto knew he and other KPK leaders would be targeted. It was not long before he was proven right. He was charged with urging a witness to commit perjury during a trial over the contested results of local elections at West Kotawaringin, an area in Central Kalimantan, back in 2010.

Interview Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Sudradjat Coconut Expert, Bogor Institute Of Agriculture
If Our Economy Is To Be People-oriented, The Coconut Industry Must Be Better Developed

It has been 30 years since Sudradjat 'fell in love' with coconuts. The thesis and dissertation of this lecturer of Agronomy and Horiculture at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) were all about coconuts. He claimed to have been attracted to the philosophy of the cocounut tree-also known as 'the tree of life'. The coconut can grow anywhere and it has become, "the symbol of beauty in the tropics," said Sudradjat.

Outreach Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Teuku Radja Sjahnan:
Hoping for the right vote

THE website www.jariungu.com was once so inundated by visitors that it crashed, became paralyzed just before the legislative elections last April. People visit the site to get information on the legislators who will be running for office. "The volume of visitors shows that many are still confused," said Teuku Radja Sjahnan, 46, founder of the website.

Radja, a former auditor of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), funded as well as became a programmer to manage the website. He received no financial profit from his activities because he considered it his social responsibility to the community. "So people won't choose the wrong person to represent them," Radja told Tempo last month.

Cover Story Tuesday, December 16, 2014 Edition

Zainal Arifin Mochtar Director, Anti-Corruption Studies Center, Gadjah Mada University
We need solidarity-makers to fight corruption

Fighting corruption is nothing new in Indonesia. But the battle fought by people in rural areas may be something that is little known by the general public. According to Zainal Arifin Mochtar, Director of the Center for Anti-Corruption Studies at Gadjah Mada University, efforts by villagers to fight corruption have to be considered significant, because so far, awareness about fighting it is mostly present amongst the middle classes in urban centers.

Urban communities are generally better informed and they are abetted by the many anti-corruption activists in towns. But when anti-corruption figures in the country's remote areas begin to emerge, it is a most important development.

Outreach Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro:
We must go beyond business as usual

IN a small and cozy dining room of a house at the Widya Chandra ministers' residential complex in South Jakarta, Bambang Brodjonegoro dispelled the stereotype of a finance minister: cold, terse and super-cautious, when talking to members of the media. At a dinner with national media chief editors, Bambang spoke in a relaxed manner about his new position. "The Finance Ministry must actively push for a maritime vision and tariff harmonization," he said.

Bambang spiced his talk with anecdotes of football, a game he is a fan of. "I want the ministry not just to be a stopper, it must also be a libero (a soccer term for the sweeper position)," he said, to the laughter of everyone present. Bambang's analogy of his responsibilities should be taken seriously. He seems to genuinely want his ministry to go beyond oversight duties. He is determined to push his bureaucrats to be more active, productive and strive for breakthroughs, not business as usual. This includes smoother relations with bureaucrats from the other ministries.

Interview Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Dahlan Iskan:
Nur Pamudji asked to be replaced

With two months before the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono comes to an end, Minister for State-Owned Enterprises, Dahlan Iskan announced changes in the senior management of the State Electricity Company (PLN). He replaced PLN CEO, Nur Pamudji with Ignasius Jonan, the current CEO of the State Railways Company (KAI). Yet the president had asked his ministers not to implement any strategic policies pending the completion of his second term, including the replacement of state-owned senior managers.

Not surprisingly, Dahlan's measure has raised some questions. Is it true the management change was because Nur Pamudi refused Dahlan's request to clean up investment problems in PLN Batubara (a coal-based PLN subsidiary)? On two separate occasions, Dahlan responded to questions posed by Tempo reporters Gustidha Budhiartie and Bernadette Christina last week.

Economy Tuesday, August 26, 2014 Edition

Andi Widjajanto:
We are optimistic Jokowi is ahead

During the final rounds of the campaign, Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla's campaign team has had its hands full trying to fight off the serious smear campaign launched by the opposing side. They tried to reinforce the support in areas like West, Central and East Java. Despite the various propaganda, campaigner Andi Widjajanto said he was optimistic the Jokowi-Kalla ticket, endorsed by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the National Awakening Party (PKB), the National Democrat (NasDem) Party and the Justice and Unity Party (PKP), will win the election next Wednesday. He spoke to Tempo reporter Kartika Chandra on the tactics being used during the campaign. Excerpts of the interview:

How damaging has the semar campaign been on Jokowi?

It's been significant. The slanders forced us to spend more attention and energy to anticipate them, like forming a special team to track them down. There were no less than 28 lies or rumors systematically disseminated to bring down Jokowi, and which we had to manage, one by one. That took a lot of our time. And we lost a lot of voters, particularly among the undecided.

What kind of attacks?

Cover Story Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Sudjojono's Puzzling Pair of Paintings

The exhibition S. Sudjojono: Art, Life, and Legacy, which was held at the Pakarti Building of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta on December 12-22, featured a nude painting by Sudjojono, which collectors have quietly been talking about.

The painting in question is Tempat Mandi di Pinggir Laut ("Bathing Spot by the Sea"). It strongly resembles another one of Sudjojono's paintings titled Dunia tanpa Pria ("World Without Men"). Both paintings portray over a dozen nude women relaxing outdoors behind large stones at the edge of a water pool . The difference is, one woman in Tempat Mandi di Pinggir Laut is wearing transparent brocade, while in the other she is uncovered.

So far these 'twin' paintings have never been publicly discussed. A book launched during the exhibition made no discussion of it either. More's the pity, the painting Dunia tanpa Pria was not present in the exhibition. Did Sudjojono make both the paintings? Or is there a possibility that one of them is a fake? What is the opinion of Putra Masagung, who owns Dunia tanpa Pria? Here is Tempo's analysis.

Interlude Tuesday, January 14, 2014 Edition

Ginandjar Goes Free—Again

Because the case has expired, the Attorney General says he cannot continue the investigation into the “Balongan refinery case.” This means that Ginandjar Kartasasmita has escaped the clutches of the law over the corruption at the refinery construction project. The former Mining Minister had been accused of sharing responsibility for the project that resulted in the state losing US$200 billion. The case expired because the request from the AGO to Indonesian Military HQ to set up a legal interconnection team and question officers involved in legal cases was ignored. This saved Ginandjar.

Law Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Edition

The Night that Sank Soeryadjaya

A decade ago, William Soeryadjaya lost everything. One rainy night, a number of his fellow businessmen gave him a letter: a request that he sell his empire, the Astra International automobile factory, to save Bank Summa, then close to going under. He was cornered. Rejecting meant letting his son's "baby" drown, but accepting would be tantamount to willingly abandoning one's own child. That's why, perhaps, the letter was like a thunderclap. "As if blind and deaf, I just signed that letter," William said. When Astra sales could not save Summa, Wiliam knew a terrible force had arranged for his fall. He believed Summa's bankruptcy was only an interim target paving the way for the seizure of Astra from his hands. This untold story of the fall of a business dynasty in Indonesia was kept buried for a decade although a book on the history of Astra and William was published last June.

Literature Tuesday, August 27, 2002 Edition

Satrio Budihardjo Joedono:"I'm very worried abo ut corruption"

When he was still trade minister, Prof. Dr. Satrio Budihardjo Joedono used to hold up his battered old briefcase. According to Satrio, better known to his friends as Billy, he bought the briefcase at the Ancol art market in the 1980s. Now the 61-year-old Pangkalpinang native has served for almost two years as chairman of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), the battered old bag—repaired several times—is still his faithful companion. "I've already had to bring it to Laba-Laba (a bag repair store) a couple of times," he says.

Interview Tuesday, June 26, 2001 Edition

Prijadi Praptosuhardjo:"It's fresh air for me now"

A smiling Prijadi Praptosuhardjo greeted TEMPO at his South Jakarta home last Thursday. Two days after his dismissal as minister of finance, the 61-year-old from Klaten in Central Java wasn't showing the scars of political battle. This was in sharp contrast to when the announcement was made. The former director of corporate credit at Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) was holding a meeting with the House of Representatives' (DPR) Budget Committee. The discussion on budget revisions—which was nearing completion—had to be suspended immediately because, "I can no longer concentrate on this issue," he told the participants with an air of dejection.

Interview Tuesday, June 19, 2001 Edition

Prijadi Praptosuhardjo:"It's fresh air for me now"

A smiling Prijadi Praptosuhardjo greeted TEMPO at his South Jakarta home last Thursday. Two days after his dismissal as minister of finance, the 61-year-old from Klaten in Central Java wasn't showing the scars of political battle. This was in sharp contrast to when the announcement was made. The former director of corporate credit at Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) was holding a meeting with the House of Representatives' (DPR) Budget Committee. The discussion on budget revisions—which was nearing completion—had to be suspended immediately because, "I can no longer concentrate on this issue," he told the participants with an air of dejection.

Interview Tuesday, June 12, 2001 Edition

Rusdihardjo: "The president is a suspect."

Following are excerpts from the testimony of Indonesia’s former police chief General Rusdihardjo. It was made on November 28 to a special House of Representatives (DPR) committee on the scandal known as Buloggate and on a controversial donation from the Sultan of Brunei. This testimony was obtained from TEMPO’s investigation and information from legislators. This is what Rusdihardjo told them.

Cover Story Monday, December 4, 2000 Edition

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