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Antasari Goes to National Commission on Human Rights

AskIndonesia.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:31:29 +0000

Former chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission, Antasari Azhar, through his legal team, goes to the Indonesia’s National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) to report what they claim to be the plot to frame their client in the murder case of the Putra Rajawali Banjaran director, Nasrudin Zulkarnaen, to the National Human Rights Commision [...]

Williardi: Police Scenario to Accuse Antasari Azhar

AskIndonesia.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:35:28 +0000

Williardi Wizard, witness and ex-Police Chief of South Jakarta caused a commotion at the State Court of South Jakarta for the murder of the director of PT Putra Rajawali Banjaran, Nasrudin Zulkarnaen. He claimed that the police investigation report (BAP) that he made was planned by the police investigator with the target of Antasari Azhar [...]

2 Terorrists Shot Dead in Indonesian Raid

AskIndonesia.com — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:57:21 +0000

Indonesian police raided a house near the capital Friday, shooting dead two suspected al-Qaida-linked militants wanted in the suicide bombings of luxury hotels in Jakarta, officials said. The suspects threw pipe-bombs at arresting officers, but no one was harmed in the blasts. A third alleged Islamist militant detained earlier Friday led police to the hide-out at [...]

Obama’s First Asian Tour Will Exclude Indonesia

AskIndonesia.com — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:32:08 +0000

Indonesians will have to wait a little longer to see U.S. President Barack Obama indulge in a bowl of bakso — a kind of Indonesian meatball soup — and visit the neighborhoods in Jakarta where he spent time as a young boy. Anticipation of visit from Obama after he attends an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) [...]

US Navy arrives in Indonesian quake zone

AskIndonesia.com — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:41:54 +0000

The massive relief effort following Indonesia’s deadly earthquake received a boost Friday when U.S. Navy ships and helicopters arrived to distribute aid and help thousands of struggling survivors. Indonesian officials said Friday the death toll from the Sept. 30 quake on Sumatra island had reached 784, with little hope remaining for 242 people listed as missing. Chief [...]

3,000 May be Trapped under Indonesia Quake Rubble

AskIndonesia.com — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:34:14 +0000

Indonesia’s Health Ministry says nearly 3,000 people may still be trapped under rubble after a powerful earthquake two days ago. Priyadi Kardono, a spokesman for the ministry’s Disaster Management Agency, said Friday 715 people have been confirmed dead and 2,400 hospitalized. Wednesday’s 7.6 undersea earthquake caused devastation across large parts of West Sumatra. The most casualties [...]

Padang: Teenager Rescued 40 Hours after Indonesia Quake

AskIndonesia.com — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:23:37 +0000

Rescuers pulled a teenager alive from her collapsed college 40 hours after a powerful earthquake devastated western Indonesia, while cries for help Friday from beneath a flattened hotel spurred the frantic search for more survivors. Two days after Wednesday’s 7.6-magnitude quake toppled thousands of buildings on Sumatra island, the government said nearly 3,000 may still be [...]

Village deaths to lift Indonesian quake death toll

AskIndonesia.com — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:18:32 +0000

The death toll from Indonesia’s massive earthquake will likely double as officials on Saturday reached rural communities wiped out by landslides that buried more than 600 people under mountains of mud, most of them guests at a wedding celebration. Virtually nothing remained of four villages that had dotted the hillside of the Padang Pariman district in [...]

UNESCO Names Indonesia’s Handmade Batik as World Heritage

AskIndonesia.com — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:40:09 +0000

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has named Indonesia’s handmade batik as world heritage. Finally, world named Batik as Indonesian heritage. Previously, Batik and other Indonesian cultures, has been stolen by Malaysia.Malaysia, a Moslems country hasclaimed Pendet, Balinese, a Hindu Dance as Malaysian heritage. It’s a big mistake, as world realizing that [...]

Another Quakes Jolts Jambi and Talaud Islands

AskIndonesia.com — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:51:04 +0000

Another quakes hits Indonesia on Thursday (1 / 10). A 7 magnitude earthquake rocked Jambi, Sumatra, and a 5.5-magnitude earthquake has shaken Talaud Islands in North Sulawesi on Thursday, but no damage was reported. Climatology Meteorology and Geophysics (BMKG) reported the quake occurred at 2:44 south latitude, 101.59 east longitude with a depth of [...]

Sumatran Quake, Kills 400, Traps Thousand

AskIndonesia.com — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:31:47 +0000

Latest reports say at least 400 people have been killed and thousands more trapped under flattened buildings in a powerful earthquake off Sumatra island. Rustam Pakaya, head of the Health Ministry’s crisis center, said thousands of people were trapped under collapsed buildings. He said a field hospital was being prepared to assist the injured. “Many buildings [...]

Lawyer: Noordin wives blocked from giving him Indonesian burial

AskIndonesia.com — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:02:59 +0000

Two Indonesian wives of slain militant leader Noordin Mohammed Top have been blocked by police in their bid to bury his body on Indonesian soil, their lawyer said Thursday. Munfiatun and Arina, who both married the 41-year-old as he was on the run over a string of deadly bombings, were denied access to his body at [...]

Indonesian woman gives birth to 8.7 kilo boy

AskIndonesia.com — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:52:30 +0000

An Indonesian woman has given birth to an 8.7-kilogramme (19.2-pound) baby boy, the heaviest newborn ever recorded in the country, a doctor said Wednesday. The baby, who is still unnamed and is 62 centimetres (24.4 inches) long, was born by caesarean section Monday at a public hospital in North Sumatra province, a gynaecologist who took part [...]

Indonesia probes Saudi cash link to hotels attack

AskIndonesia.com — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:46:40 +0000

A man believed to be from Saudi Arabia has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling money used to finance last month’s deadly Jakarta hotel attacks, Indonesian police said Wednesday. Police spokesman Nanan Soekarna said the man, identified only as Ali, had been arrested recently as part of the investigation into who funded the July 17 attacks [...]

Indonesia reject Remission Proposals For Eight Convicted Terrorists

AskIndonesia.com — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:54:57 +0000

Indonesia has refused to cut the sentences of eight terrorists currently behind bars at Sragen prison in Central Java for not fulfilling certain requirements. Head of the prison, Waluyo Martodiredjo, did not elaborate on what those requirements were or what special policies the government had applied to these convicted terrorists. Waluyo said one of inmates had been [...]

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