ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency articles from November 2001

ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency archives from November 2001

Editorial: TOMMY'S SECOND CHAPTER.
November 30, 2001... Police successfully arrested Hutomo Mandala Putra (Tommy Soeharto) in Jakarta yesterday. They deserve congratulations. The police's success in arresting Tommy without resistance is the answer to the people's cynicism and doubt over the...

MALAYSIAN FIRM SETS UP US$ 8 MILLION CABLE PLANT IN BATAM.
November 30, 2001... Kuala Lumpur, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - The Malaysian company, Ho Wah Genting Bhd, is planning to build an US$ 8 million electrical cable plant in the Indonesian island of Batam. The company has formed a subsidiary -- PT Ho Wah Genting -- with a...

TOMMY SOEHARTO MOVED TO JAKARTA POLICE' DETENTION CENTER.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Tommy Soeharto has been moved to the detention center of the Jakarta Police after being questioned for seven hours early on Thursday. Some 15 guards were seen waiting outside the cell of the youngest son of...

ASEAN MAIN BASIS FOR INDONESIA'S FOREIGN POLICY - MINISTER.
November 30, 2001... Canberra, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesia has strong commitment to the ASEAN which serves as the main foundation for the development of its foreign policy in the Asia Pacific region, Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirayuda has said. ...

TOMMY WAS ARRESTED, HE DID NOT SURRENDER - POLICE CHIEF.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Police chief, Gen S Bimantoro, said Thursday he does not care if people say that the fugitive son of former president Soeharto, Tommy Soeharto, gave himself up and was not arrested by the police. ...

RUPIAH STABLE AGAINST THE DOLLAR ON THURSDAY MORNING.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian rupiah was traded in a relatively stable position at the inter-bank spot market here Thursday morning, compared to Wednesday's close. Until 10 a.m., the rupiah was traded at 10,410/10,450 to the...

PAPUANS DEMAND U.N. INVOLVEMENT IN INVESTIGATION OF ELUAY'S DEATH.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Scores of Papuans staged a rally in front of the United Nations representative office here Thursday, demanding that the international body be involved in the investigation of the mysterious death of their leader,...

PRESIDENT ASKS KORPRI TO REVIEW ITS ROLE PERIODICALLY.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Thursday appealed to the Indonesian Corps of Civil Servants (KORPRI) to review its role periodically without being told to do so. "I hope that it would make such a periodical...

MINISTER HOPES TOMMY'S ARREST WOULD HAVE POSITIVE IMPACT ON ECONOMY.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economy Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-jakti has expressed hope that Tommy Soeharto's arrest on Wednesday would have a positive impact on the economy, including in luring much-needed...

TOMMY QUESTIONED.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Tommy Soeharto underwent questioning at the Jakarta Police headquarters on Thursday, a day after Indonesia's most-wanted fugitive was arrested. He was moved from his cell to another room for questioning at 12:30...

LEGISLATOR URGES POLICE NOT TO GIVE TOMMY SPECIAL TREATMENT.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - A legislator on Thursday urged the Indonesian police not to give Tommy Soeharto special treatment just because he is the son of a former president. Tommy, who has been on the run for the past year to evade an...

XANANA INTENDS TO VISIT REFUGEE CAMPS.
November 30, 2001... Kupang, E Nusa Tenggara, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - East Timorese political leader, Xanana Gusmao, on Thursday expressed his intention to visit refugee camps in the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara to meet with the East Timorese grass root...

BP INDONESIA TO SUPPLY 1.3 M TONS OF LNG TO PHILIPPINES.
November 30, 2001... Jayapura, Papua, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Beyond Petroleum (BP) Indonesia and the state oil and gas company, Pertamina, have signed a contract with the Philippines for the supply of 1.3 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year. BP...

GARUDA, CSA AGREE TO MARKET SEATS.
November 30, 2001... Denpasar, Bali, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Garuda Indonesia and China Southern Airlines (CSA) have agreed to market 30 economy class seats of their respective airplanes serving the Jakarta-Guangzhou route. Garuda's commercial director, Bachrul...

NEW COMPANY FOR DIENG PATUHA GEOTHERMAL PLANT TO BE SET UP BY MARCH.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - President director of Indonesia's state electricity company (PLN), Eddi Widiono, disclosed here Thursday that the new company which will manage the operation of the Dieng Patuha geothermal power plant will be set up...

POLICE TO NAME PEOPLE WHO HID TOMMY SOEHARTO.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Jakarta Police chief, Inspector Gen Sofjan Jacoeb, said Thursday the police will investigate all people who have helped or hidden Tommy Soeharto as suspects. Speaking to reporters after the ceremony granting...

PRESIDENT INSTALLS DA'I BACHTIAR AS NEW NAT'L POLICE CHIEF.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - President Megawati Soekarnoputri here Thursday installed Commissioner General Da'i Bachtiar as the new chief of Indonesia's National Police to succeed General S Bimantoro. The installation ceremony, which was...

HOME MINISTER DOUBTS DAU EMBEZZLEMENT REPORTS.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Home Minister Hari Sabarno here Thursday expressed doubts about the veracity of reports that 40 percent of a central government financial subsidy to provincial administrations called General Allocation Fund (DAU)...

NO MORE COMPROMISES WITH SEPARATIST MOVEMENTS, SAYS MINISTER.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - The government will stop seeking compromises with separatist movements in the country, Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said here Thursday. "Separatism must be...

IBRA TO SET UP HOLDING COMPANIES.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) plans to set up two holding companies to handle its assets and shares in companies already restructured, its chairman, Ary Suta, said here Thursday. "There must...

FARMERS' ASS'N CALLS FOR 200-PCT DUTY ON U.S. LEG QUARTER IMPORTS.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI) urged the government on Thursday to impose an import duty of 200 percent on leg quarters from the United States. With the current import duty of five percent, American...

GOV'T TO SET UP TASK FORCE ON MONEY-LAUNDERING.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - The government will set up a task force to investigate a few banks suspected of having facilitated money-laundering practices, a cabinet minister said here Thursday. Home Affairs Minister concurrently Acting...

SOME CLUES FOUND ON THEYS ELUAY'S DEATH, SAY POLICE.
November 30, 2001... Jayapura, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Police have already found some clues about the recent death of Papuan leader Theys Hiyo Eluay but are still trying to find more witnesses to substantiate them, a spokesman said. Irian Jaya Police Chief...

VP COMMENTS ON TOMMY'S CASE.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Due process of law must take place in Tommy Soeharto's case but the law enforcers must also respect the principle of presumption of innocence, Vice President Hamzah Haz said here on Thursday. "Tommy's case must...

TRADE MINISTER TO DISCIPLINE OFFICIAL WHO PERMITTED LOG EXPORT.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Trade and Industry Minister Rini MS Soewandi on Thursday vowed to take firm action against one of her subordinates, Riyanto B.Yosokumoro, for issuing a letter approving the export of logs by a number of companies....

TOMMY MAY FACE DEATH SENTENCE, SAY POLICE.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Tommy Soeharto will face the death sentence if he is proven guilty of the charges against him, namely premeditated murder and illegal possession of fire arms and explosives, police said here Thursday. "We are...

TRADE MINISTER FIRES SUBORDINATE FOR PERMITTING LOG EXPORT.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Minister of Trade and Industry Rini MS Suwandi said here Thursday she had fired her director general of overseas trade, Riyanto B Yosokumoro, for issuing a dispensation for log exports. Rini said the...

INDONESIA UNPREPARED TO PARTICIPATE IN PEACE-MAKING FORCE, SAYS MINISTER.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesia will not send troops to Afghanistan if the United Nations forms a peace-making force instead of a peace-keeping force, a senior minister said. Speaking to the press here on Thursday, Coordinating...

OUTGOING POLICE CHIEF REPORTS TOMMY'S ARREST TO PRESIDENT.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, November 29 (ANTARA) - Outgoing National Police Chief General Suroyo Bimantoro reported the arrest of fugitive Tommy Soeharto to President Megawati Soekarnoputri at a Cabinet session at the State Secretariat building here Thursday...

TOMMY'S ARREST UNRELATED TO POLITICS, SAYS CRIMINOLOGIST.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - The arrest of fugitive 'Tommy' Mandala Putra Soeharto by police in Tangerang, west of here, Wednesday afternoon is in no way related to any high-level political deals among concerned parties in this country. ...

POLICE RULE OUT POSSIBILITY OF SUSPENDING TOMMY'S DETENTION.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - The Jakarta police have ruled out the possibility of temporarily releasing Tommy Soeharto from their custody citing the fact that he is facing serious criminal charges. Jakarta Police spokesman Senior...

ITALY TO PROVIDE US$10 MILLION TO DEVELOP INDONESIA SHOE INDUSTRY.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Italy will provide Indonesia with a US$10-million aid package to build the Indonesian Footwear Service Center (IFSC) so as to develop the country's shoe industry, Italy's envoy here said. "This is G...

NEXT YEAR'S DAU FUND POSSIBLY RP2 TRILLION HIGHER.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - The general allocation fund (DAU) in next year's budget might have to be augmented by Rp2 trillion (US$ 200 million) to the projected Rp69.15 trillion, it was learned here Thursday. Abdullah Zainie, a member of...

HOUSE REJECTS GOVT'S PROPOSAL ON CONTINGENCY FUND.
November 30, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives (DPR) has refused the government's proposal to set aside Rp1 trillion for contingency fund to save the state income if the assumption of oil price of US$22 per barrel in the 2002 state...

FRIDAY'S HEADLINES IN INDONESIA'S MAJOR DAILIES.
November 30, 2001... TOMMY BEGINS DAY 1 IN CAPTIVITY The frivolity following the arrest of Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra persisted on Thursday as authorities patted each other's backs and government officials glorified the belated capture as if a salvation to...

Editorial: A NEWS GAME IN TOWN.
November 30, 2001... A new game started being played out as soon as Tommy Soeharto's year-long hide-and-seek caper came to an end on Wednesday. We don't know its name yet, but the circumstances of Tommy's arrest and its announcement by the police all suggest that...

Editorial: THE TORTURED RICH COUNTRY.
November 29, 2001... Indonesia continues to suffer due to its poor revenues, considering that oil prices in the world market have dropped. The revised 2002 state budget assumes the oil price at US$ 22 per barrel, but the price has recently dropped to less than...

INDON ILLEGALS TO BE SENT HOME BY NAVAL SHIPS.
November 29, 2001... Kuala Lumpur, Nov 28 (ANTARA/Bernama) - About 10,000 Indonesian illegal immigrants are expected to be sent back to their country by Indonesian naval ships every month. Deputy Home Minister Zainal Abidin Zin said that there would be...

RUPIAH WEAKENS AGAINST THE DOLLAR IN WEDNESDAY MORNING'S TRADE.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian rupiah weakened against the US dollar at the inter-bank spot market here Wednesday morning, compared to its position at the close of transactions the day before. Until 10 a.m., the rupiah was...

INDONESIA'S BASE MONEY FALLS BY RP 1.41 TRILLION.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - Central bank, Bank Indonesia (BI) on Thursday announced that the country's base money in the week ending Nov 23 fell by Rp 1.14 trillion to Rp 113.83 trillion from the previous week ending Nov 15. The drop is...

BANTEN RANKS 4TH IN FOREIGN INVESTMENTS.
November 29, 2001... Serang, Banten, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian province of Banten in the first nine months of the year attracted US$ 801 million in foreign investments, placing it in the fourth place among the country's 37 provinces in terms of foreign...

NO COMPANY HAS OBJECTION TO HOLIDAY BONUS - MINISTER.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - Manpower and Transmigration Minister Yacob Nuwa Wea said on Wednesday no company has raised any objection to the decision requiring employers to provide their employees a religious holiday bonus. Hopefully, the...

LAMPUNG'S BLACK PEPPER EXPORTS DOWN.
November 29, 2001... Bandar Lampung, Lampung, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - Lampung's black pepper exports in the first nine months of 2001 rose 60.02 percent in volume to 21,711 tons but fell 29.28 percent in value to US$ 36.9 million from the same period last year. ...

BATAMINDO IGNORANT OF 15 JAPANESE INVESTORS' PROTEST.
November 29, 2001... Batam, Riau, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - The management of the Batamindo Industrial Estate here Wednesday maintained they had not been informed of 15 Japanese investors' plan to protest the transfer of authority on foreign investment from the Batam...

INT'L DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE BE HELD IN JAKARTA.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - A special solemn meeting organised jointly by the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) will be held here on Thursday in observance of the International day of...

GOLKAR LEADER DOUBTS REPORT ON GENERAL ALLOCATION FUND CORRUPTION.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - A Golkar Party leader asserted here Wednesday that the allegation on the corruption of 40 percent of the general allocation fund (DAU) by provincial governments is an engineering aimed at foiling the implementation...

MEGAWATI URGED TO REPRIMAND MINISTERS WHO REFUSE TO DECLARE WEALTH.
November 29, 2001... Medan, N Sumatra, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri must reprimand cabinet ministers who have not yet declared their wealth to the commission investigating state officials' wealth (KPKPN), a lawyer said here...

INDONESIA, AUSTRALIA TO HOST PEOPLE SMUGGLING FORUM.
November 29, 2001... Canberra, Nov 28 (ANTARA/AFP) - Indonesia and Australia agreed Wednesday to co-host a forum next year aimed at coordinating a response to increased people trafficking activity in the region. Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda...

EX-PRESIDENT HABIBIE AGAIN FAILS TO TESTIFY IN BULOG CASE.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - Former president, BJ Habibie, on Wednesday failed to fulfill the second summons sent by the Attorney General's Office for him to testify as a witness in the latest State Logistics Agency (Bulog) fund scandal. ...

FUGITIVE TOMMY ARRESTED.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra was arrested at a house in Bintaro, South Jakarta, at about 16.30 on Wednesday after months of being fugitive to refuse a 18-month jail sentence after being found guilty of corruption in...

GOV'T, HOUSE AGREE ON 12 PCT HIKE IN LAND TRANSPORT FARES.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - The government and the House of Representatives have agreed to raise land transportation fares by 12 percent during next month's Idul Fitri, when some Indonesians are expected to head home for the post-fasting...

FARMERS' GROUP URGES GOV'T TO RAISE RICE IMPORT DUTY.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Farmers Association has urged the government to raise the import duty for rice from 30 percent to 65 percent to reduce rice imports, its chairman, Siswono Yudohusodo, said Wednesday. "We have...

MATORI NOMINATES SUCCESSOR AS MPR VICE CHAIRMAN.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - The Nation's Awakening Party (PKB) camp under Matori Abdul Djalil on Wednesday nominated Syarif Usman Yahya as new vice chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) representing the party. At the House...

JAKARTA POLICE CATCH TOMMY SOEHARTO.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - Jakarta police here Wednesday caught Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putera, youngest son of former president Soeharto, who has been a fugitive from the law for about a year. Tommy did not resist when he was captured at...

XANANA TO CONSIDER AMNESTY FOR RETURNED REFUGEES WHO ARE CONVICTED.
November 29, 2001... Kupang, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - East Timor leader Xanana Gusmao said here Wednesday, if he was elected his country's president, he would consider giving an amnesty to East Timorese refugees who on their return in their homeland were incriminated...

INDONESIA, A'LIA TO FORM TRIPARTITE FORUM ON E TIMOR.
November 29, 2001... Canberra, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Australia will set up a tripartite consultative forum to help East Timor solve problems that may arise in its transformation into an independent state, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hasan Wirayuda said...

GOV'T TO STUDY POSSIBILITY OF JOINING UN PEACE-KEEPING FORCE.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - The government will conduct a strategic study on the possibility of the Indonesian military participating in a peace-keeping mission in Afghanistan at the UN's request, a cabinet minister said. "Indonesia will...

NO SCHOLARSHIP FOR TIMOR LESTE STUDENTS IN INDONESIA, SAYS XANANA.
November 29, 2001... Kupang, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - East Timorese charismatic leader Xanana Kay Rala Gusmao said Timor Leste did not have enough funds to send East Timorese student for further study in Indonesia on a scholarship. "Even in Timor Leste things are...

INDONESIA TO ADOPT DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG OFENDERS.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government has approved a plan to apply the death sentence to those involved in drug- and narcotics-related crimes, a cabinet minister said here Wednesday. "Our law is too weak in dealing with...

"TOMMY'S ARREST CONCLUDES MY TASKS," BIMANTORO SAYS.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - National Police Chief Gen. Bimantoro said that the success of the police in capturing Tommy Soeharto actually marked the end of his tasks in the police force. "This is the fruitful result of my subordinates'...

GERMAN FUGITIVE CAPTURED IN BALI.
November 29, 2001... Denpasar, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - Koel Saedt Andree (36), a German of an international drug trafficking network wanted by German and international police, was captured during a raid in Seminyak, Kuta, Bali, on Wednesday. A joint team of...

INDONESIA NEEDS NEW EXPORT MARKETS, SAYS MINISTER.
November 29, 2001... Surabaya, November 28 (ANTARA)- Trade and Industry Minister Rini Suwandi said the global recession which is affecting most nations in the world will also be felt by countries which have been Indonesia's export destinations. In this...

NAT'L POLICE CHIEF CANDIDATE HAILS TOMMY'S ARREST.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - Sole National Police Chief candidate Coms.Gen. Da'i Bachtiar hailed the police's success in arresting former president Soeharto's fugitive son, Tommy Soeharto, on Wednesday. "We welcome this because this is a...

GOV'T URGED TO SECURE AGUS BUDIMAN'S RELEASE.
November 29, 2001... Medan, November 28 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government has been called upon to do its best to secure the release of Agus Budiman, an Indonesian citizen who has been accused by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of involvement in...

GMPI SEES POLITICAL VENGEANCE IN BULOGGATE II CASE.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, November 28 (ANTARA) - The Care Indonesia Social Movement (GMPI) said the efforts to form a special House committee on the so-called Buloggate II affair has been motivated by the spirit of political vengeance by one political group...

XANANA WANTS E TIMOR TO DO WITHOUT ARMED FORCES.
November 29, 2001... Kupang, E Nusa Tenggara, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - East Timor's expected president, Xanana Gusmao, said Wednesday he did not want independent Timor Leste to have any armed forces. "We don't need any armed forces because we don't want war but...

'FORGET BITTER PAST', XANANA TELLS E TIMOR REFUGEES.
November 29, 2001... Kupang, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - East Timor's charismatic figure, Xanana Gusmao, asked all Timorese people living in camps in West Timor, East Nusa Tenggara province, to "forget the bitter past" and instead look forward into the future of their...

RIGHTS COMMISSION PROTESTS ELSAM ABOUT BOOK.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, November 28 (ANTARA) - The National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has lodged a protest to Elsam, a non-government organization dealing with human rights, in connection with the publication of its book entitled "The...

SPECIAL AUTONOMY NOT TO END SEPARATISM,SAYS OBSERVER.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - The imposition of law on special autonomy for Papua would not guarantee demand of separation from Indonesia to end, former deputy governor of Irian Jaya, Elyas Paprindey said here, Wednesday. Special autonomy...

KIDNAPPING VICTIM SUES POLICE CHIEF CANDIDATE.
November 29, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - Andi Arief (31), a leader of the Democratic People's Party (PRD), on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Commissary Gen Da'i Bachtiar, whom President Megawati Soekarnoputri has nominated for the country's police...

PEOPLE-SMUGGLING NOT BILATERAL ISSUE, MINISTER SAYS.
November 29, 2001... Canberra, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirajuda said people sumggling was not merely a bilateral issue between Indonesia and Australia but something needing regional as well as international cooperation. Indonesia...

THURSDAY'S HEADLINES OF MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES.
November 29, 2001... TOMMY ARRESTED After nearly one year of being fugitive, Hutomo Mandala Putra alias Tommy Soeharto was arrested by police in a house on Jl. Maleo II/9, Sector IX, Bintaro Jaya, Tangerang on Wednesday. There was no resistance from...

PATRICIA ANNE HOTUNG' TO PICK UP REFUGEES.
November 28, 2001... Kupang, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - A ship -- Patricia Anne Hotung -- of the UN transitional administration in East Timor, is scheduled to arrive at Kupang's Tanau port on Wednesday (Nov 28) to pick up refugees who are returning to their hometowns in...

INDONESIA STILL UNDECIDED ON SENDING TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN, SAYS MINISTER.
November 28, 2001... Jakarta, November 27 (ANTARA) - Foreign Minister Hasan Wirayuda said here Tuesday the Indonesian government had yet to decide whether or not to send troops to Afghanistan. He said, before making a decision Indonesia had to weigh many...

INDON FM TO DISCUSS JAKARTA-CANBERRA TIES IN AUSTRALIA.
November 28, 2001... Canberra, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirajuda is to visit Australia on Nov 28-30 in an effort to enhance the two countries' bilateral cooperation, his Australian counterpart has said. Australian Foreign...

FBI AGENT APPEARS AT AGUS BUDIMAN'S HEARING.
November 28, 2001... New York, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - An agent of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Jesus Gomez, appeared as a witness at the hearing of Indonesian Agus Budiman, 32, at the US Eastern District Court of Alexandria, Virginia on...

PREMATURE TO CHANGE OIL PRICE ASSUMPTION IN STATE BUDGET, OFFICIAL SAYS.
November 28, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - State oil company Pertamina's president director, Baihaki Hakim, maintained here Tuesday that it would be premature to change the assumption of crude oil price for next year's state budget. "The changing of the...

REPORT ON CAPTURE OF INDON VOLUNTEERS IN AFGHANISTAN DOUBTFUL - MINISTER.
November 28, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirajuda on Tuesday expressed doubt over the report that some Indonesians had been captured by the Northern Alliance in the war in Afghanistan. "I doubt the news...

PERTAMINA TO GIVE GOVT RP1 TRILLION FOR OIL SUBSIDY.
November 28, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - State-owned oil company PT Pertamina will give the government Rp1 trillion to help cover its expenditures in subsidizing the domestic fuel oil price in 2001, the company's president director, Baihaki Hakim, said...

FOREIGN MINISTER REGRETS NUR MISUARI'S MOVE.
November 28, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - Foreign Minister Hasan Wirayuda here Tuesday expressed regret about Nur Misauri's rebellion against the Philippine government. "I know Nur Misuari personally. I functioned as a mediator between the MNLF (Moro...

XANANA MEETS TAVARES, EX-CHIEF OF PRO-INTEGRATION MILITIA.
November 28, 2001... Kupang, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - East Timor leader Xanana Gusmao met with former commander of pro-integration force Joao da Silva Tavares here on Tuesday. The two leaders agreed to promote peace among the people of Timor Lorosae. "We do not...

FOREIGN OFFICE LACKS FUNDS TO HIRE LAWYERS FOR AGUS BUDIMAN.
November 28, 2001... Jakarta, November 27 (ANTARA)- Foreign Minister Hasan Wirayuda said here Tuesday his office did not have the funds to hire lawyers to assist Agus Budiman, the Indonesian now being charged with overstaying and working illegally in the United...

INDONESIA MAKING PROGRESS IN FIGHTING TORTURE, SAYS COMMITTEE.
November 28, 2001... Brussels, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - The Committee against Torture stated Indonesia has achieved some progress in the implementation of the Convention against Torture and identified further measures that should be taken by Indonesia to fight the...

GOVT TO CHANGE AIR FARE STRUCTURE.
November 28, 2001... Jakarta, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - The government is planning to change the structure of air fares in the country which will come into force in mid-December, 2001. "There will be no difference in the new air fares of jet aircraft and those of...