Jakarta closes down 38 banks
In the long-waited reform move, it also takes over seven state banks and announces plans to re-capitalise nine INDONESIA yesterday axed 38
Author: Derwin Pereira
Horta : We can learn from S’pore
MR JOSE RAMOS HORTA, who won the Nobel Peace Prize with East Timor's Bishop Carlos Belo in 1996, is the chief international
E. Timor saga a step closer to the end
INDONESIA IN TRANSITION
BACKGROUNDER
Letting the territory go to the ballot, to express its views on autonomy, but not independence, is a compromise between
Muscle politics in Indonesia
POLITICS AND THE UNDERWORLD
Instigators with sinister motives have been blamed for the rash of riots breaking out across Indonesia. One target of
Ambon’s police chief sacked …
INDONESIA IN TRANSITION
Wiranto fires Karyono after a fatal shooting incident involving troops outside a mosque and over his poor performance in quelling
Call for jihad in Ambon
2,000 students demonstrating in the streets want a holy war to stop Muslim killings in the riot-torn area.
RADICAL Islamic leaders in Indonesia
Fresh religious clashes in Ambon
NINE 'GUNNED DOWN BY POLICE'
FRESH Christian-Muslim clashes erupted in strife-torn Ambon yesterday as the military prepared to send another 1,000 troops to
‘Impose emergency rule in Ambon’
INDONESIA IN TRANSITION
A SENIOR military legislator yesterday called for a state of emergency in strife-torn Ambon as the armed forces (Abri) sought
Habibie critics apply pressure
They want the Indonesian President to explain the alleged taped telephone conversation he had with the A-G.
PRESSURE is mounting on President B.J.
Riots hit Ambon again
VIOLENCE erupted in strife-torn Ambon again yesterday after eight people were gunned down or killed by homemade arrows and machetes during a
Help is not just aid, says Jakarta
President Habibie's aide warns that Singapore may be perceived as a fair-weather friend if it limits its help to humanitarian assistance.
A SENIOR
Suharto’s son likely to face graft charges
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE GETS DOSSIER
FORMER President Suharto's flamboyant youngest son moved closer to facing corruption charges and a hefty jail sentence over a