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The RAB Experience (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Fact Finding Team appointed by the President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono or SBY, has held a press conference to relay their findings and what they intend to put in writing to the president. It is worth noting that the fact finding team, or the Team of Eight as it is known, have no real powers to stop the investigations by the police or the Office of the Attorney General (AGO). Nevertheless,...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
The fact-finding team set up by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said that the police do not have enough evidence to charge the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders with abuse of power, bribery, or extortion, saying that the police should halted their case, local media reported Monday. The statement was made a week after the team questioned former KPK chairman Antasari Azhar...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa will attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Singapore next week, the Foreign Ministry's Spokesperson Teuku Faizasyah told reporters in a press briefing on Friday. "The minister will follow up the meeting by a formal visit to the country in relation with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's agenda," said Faizasyah. He also...
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Asia Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Allegations in a wiretapped conversation involving businessman Anggodo Widjojo, police and prosecutors, in which they appeared to plot against Indonesia's top anti-graft body, have also mentioned President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The shadow over Yudhoyono's hitherto squeaky clean image is darkened by his seeming indecisiveness in the complex case. - Patrick Guntensperger (Nov 6, '09)
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Asia Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
In an echo of the protests that demanded the ouster of dictator Suharto more than a decade ago, Indonesians this month put pressure on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over the arrest of two anti-corruption commissioners, subsequently released. This time around, though, the networking site Facebook rather than the streets was the place to protest. - Sara Schonhardt (Nov 6, '09)
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday said his new government would make a plan of action to protect forest and coral reef to decrease gas emission which can spur climate change. After a cabinet meeting, the president said the plan would be delivered at the Copenhagen summit next month. Indonesia has taken a lead among the developing countries in protecting rain forests. "The...
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
[JURIST] Two senior Indonesian law enforcement officials resigned Thursday after being linked to an alleged plot to weaken the Corruption Eradication Commisions (KPK), an anti-corruption agency. Deputy Attorney General Abdul Hakim Ritonga and Chief Detective Susno Duadjia were mentioned by name in a tape recorded conversation about a plan to fabricate charges against KPK leaders. The tapes were released...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who has just won a second term, has laid out his first 100-day targets, which include overhauling law enforcement and land acquisition, innovating infrastructure, combating terrorism and facilitating investments. Speaking after a cabinet meeting Thursday, the president said he would take concrete actions to fight blackmail, illegal tariffs, grafts and others irregularities...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Jakarta - Indonesia's president pledged Thursday to step up the fight against corruption in the justice system after wiretapped recordings revealed an apparent attempt to undermine the country's anti-corruption commission. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sa...
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Yudhoyono: second term, first crisis THIS was to have been Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s second honeymoon. Inaugurated for a second presidential term last month after a landslide election victory in July, he should have been basking in his recent international popularity and preparing for a regional summit in Singapore. Instead, he has been consumed by the fallout from a political scandal. On November...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Jakarta - An alleged high-level conspiracy to undermine Indonesia's much-respected anti-corruption commission has raised questions about the determination of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to combat endemic graft. Yudhoyono's second five-year ter...
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Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
A Sharia policeman speaks to two youths about the rules of Sharia law at the seaside of Uleelheu in Banda Aceh, October 28, 2009. A province's embrace of stricter Shariah law is part of a worrying trend. In September, the legislature of Indonesia's semi-autonomous province of Aceh unanimously passed a law that would punish adulterers by stoning them to death. Last week, the district head of West Aceh...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to make a two-day state visit to Malaysia from November 11 to 12. According to Malaysian Foreign Affairs Ministry, this is the first time Susilo visits Malaysia after he was sworn in as Indonesian President on October 20. The last State Visit Susilo made to Malaysia was in February 2005. During his visit, Susilo will attend the State Dinner...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono planned to take legal action over the mentioning of his name in the taped phone conversation allegedly aimed at hindering the operation of Indonesia's anticorruption agency, presidential spokesman Dino Pati Djalal said here in Tuesday. Dino said that the mentioning of President Susilo by a person involved in the conversation was a form of defamation to...
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alaksir | 01/20/2009
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono presided over a ceremony that marked the much awaited opening of the free trade zone within Batam, Bintan and Karimun islands on Monday. Batam island, part of the Riau Islands Province, was designated as a bonded zone by a Presidential Decree of 1992, but its legal status as a full-fledged free trade zone was only recently formalized in 2007, and later government
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