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2007

Kalimantan plans to turn Mahakam River into conservation area
The East Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) is exploring the possibilities of making parts of the Mahakam river into a conservation area to protect the Irrawaddy dolpins (orcaella brevirostris) against extinction according to an official. "A part of Mahakam river is subject to implementation of a conservation regulation. The river will be free of fishing ... ( read on )

2006

ICG: Women, the poor singled out by Aceh sharia enforcers
Women and the poor are experiencing unfair treatment due to overzealous enforcement of sharia bylaws in Nanggroe Aceh Darusssalam, an influential think tank said. The Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) said in a report made available to The Jakarta Post on Monday that haphazardly recruited, poorly disciplined and inadequately supervised sharia police were practicing a ... ( read on )

2005

Police arrest Dutchman for alleged child molestation
Police in the Bali regency of Buleleng are questioning a Dutch national who has been arrested for an alleged sexual abuse of minors. The police have taken statements from three boys who said that the 44-year-old Dutchman, identified only by his initials as MC, had sodomized them. But detective chief Adj. Comr. M. Mughoni said ... ( read on )

2005

Starbucks will open two new outlets in Jakarta
Indonesia's PT Sari Coffee, a unit of listed PT Mitra Adi Perkasa, will open two Starbucks outlets later this month in Jakarta, an official with Sari Coffee said Tuesday. Sari Coffee will open an outlet at a new upmarket shopping mall in the southern Jakarta satellite town of Pondok Indah, and open its first drive-through ... ( read on )

2004

Major Muslim party backs Mega for run-off polls
Indonesian Vice-President Hamzah Haz has expressed support for President Megawati Sukarnoputri, providing a small boost for her re-election bid in next month's run-off polls. Ms Megawati has received the backing of Mr Hamzah's Islamic-based United Development Party (PPP), which won the third-largest number of seats in April's parliamentary elections. 'We want to join forces with Megawati. We ... ( read on )

2003

Indonesia a worrying blip on American radar screens
TURMOIL in Indonesia is surging onto American radar screens in Washington and at the United States Pacific Command's headquarters in Hawaii, where an officer with access to comprehensive intelligence lamented what he called 'a chaotic situation'. Particularly troubling are terrorist organisations, notably Jemaah Islamiah, despite the arrest of 130 suspects since the bombings in Bali ... ( read on )

2003

City, investors at odds on monorail route
City administration and monorail investors are still discussing the route of the semi-mass transportation system even though construction is expected to begin in December. To attract more interest in the scheme investors argued that the monorail would not only transport commuters between Bekasi, Jakarta and Tangerang but also to other areas of the city. "If ... ( read on )

2003

Megawati says martial law achieves targets
President Megawati Soekarnoputri said on Friday that the martial law in Aceh province would not last long and claimed the ongoing military operation to crush Acehnese separatist rebels was on the right track, despite reports of many civilian casualties. However, she did not say when the much-criticized military operation that started on May 19 would ... ( read on )

2002

Powell promises Indonesia $50 million
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell promised Indonesia on Friday $50 million in coming years to help the country's security forces fight terrorism, but he made clear full military relations were still some way off. Powell arrived in Jakarta overnight, carrying the prospect of $16 million in emergency cash to help police fight terrorism in ... ( read on )

2000

Bomb bxplosion rattles Jakarta
A TNT bomb (trinitrotoluene) of terrifying strength, exploded in front of the Philippine Ambassador's, Leonides T. Caday, residence on Jalan Imam Bonjol, Central Jakarta, and opposite the General Election Institute (LPU), Tuesday noon (1/8). Aside from damaging several buildings within a radius of 300 meter, the explosion which could be felt within 2-3 kilometer from the ... ( read on )

Other events on this day

2001

To the Washington Times, Abdurrahman Wahid says he suspects United States aided President Megawati in her rise to power because intelligence reports said that 6 U.S. submarines were near Indonesia on July 26, the day he was ousted from the presidency.

2000

Respected Muslim scholar Nurcholish Madjid says that President Abdurrahman Wahid must be a given chance to improve his performance because replacing him now would be politically more costly to the nation.

1994

Maj. Gen. A. Ruchiatna, chief of the Udayana Military Command which is responsible for East Timor, bans street demonstrations in the province because they had proven to be destructive, saying any complaints must be channeled through the local legislature.

1991

Indonesia and Singapore agree to develop a computerized air combat maneuvering range in Riau province on the island of Sumatra to be used for air force training by the two countries.

1990

Four Indonesians -- Ahmed M. Noor, Halil Saat, Harisma Hasan and Ridwan Ismail -- are sentenced to death by a court in Pahang, Malaysia, for murdering a man during a robbery at a store in Temerloh village six years ago.

1990

Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng meets with President Soeharto in Jakarta to normalize bilateral ties after they were severed more than two decades ago.

1988

Indonesian businessman Julius Tahija receives the Order of Commandeur in de Leopoldsorde from Belgium in Jakarta for his achievements in the business sector, especially in business cooperation with Belgium.

1986

President Soeharto inaugurates a 407-meter-long bridge on the Mahakam River in East Kalimantan, which cost Rp 7.2 billion.

1984

Brongkos Sya'ban, former head of the Bogor Revenue Office in West Java, is sentenced to nine years in jail for defrauding the state of Rp 2.3 billion between April 1979 and December 1983.

1947

The Dutch announce that Bangka and Belitung in South Sumatra are an autonomous region.

1947

The Dutch Cabinet announces that military aggression has reached its aim and orders Lt. Governor General Van Mook in Batavia to stop military action in Java and Sumatra, and to heed the UN Security Council's call.