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Team set up to probe alleged
\nmisuses of budget in Papua, Aceh<\/p>\n
Tiarma Siboro
\nThe Jakarta Post
\nJakarta<\/p>\n
The government has set up a team to probe alleged misuses of
\nbudget by two resource-rich, autonomous provinces Papua and Aceh,
\na senior cabinet minister says.<\/p>\n
Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs
\nSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Thursday that the team would be led
\nby Home Minister Hari Sabarno in a close coordination with the
\nDevelopment Finance Comptroller (BPKP).<\/p>\n
He, nevertheless, failed to disclose when the team would
\neffectively carry out its investigation.<\/p>\n
According to Susilo, the government has received information
\nabout alleged misappropriation of budgets allocated to Papua and
\nAceh.<\/p>\n
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\nLili-KPKPN-comment
\nMega told to let police investigate AG Rachman
\nJP\/4\/LILI<\/p>\n
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Mega urged
\nto suspend
\nRachman over
\ngraft charge<\/p>\n
Muninggar Sri Saraswati
\nThe Jakarta Post
\nJakarta<\/p>\n
The recent decision of the Attorney General's Office to declare
\nLili Asdjudiredja, a member of the Public Servants' Wealth Audit
\nCommission (KPKPN), a graft suspect has prompted calls for the
\nsuspension of Attorney General M.A. Rachman for suspected
\ncorruption.<\/p>\n
Lili was chairman of a KPKPN team investigating Rachman's
\nwealth report that ended up with the commission reporting the
\nAttorney General to police for alleged corruption.<\/p>\n
Police, however, are yet to investigate Rachman pending
\npermission from President Megawati Soekarnoputri.<\/p>\n
Legislator J.E. Sahetapy of the Indonesian Democratic Party
\nfor Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) said Rachman's corruption charge
\nshould be solved as soon as possible to save the drive to stamp
\nout the country's endemic corruption.<\/p>\n
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\nWater-Kyoto-result
\nRI gets $15m debt swap from Germany after WWF
\nJP\/4\/waterr<\/p>\n
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RI secures debt swap after water forum<\/p>\n
Moch. N. Kurniawan
\nThe Jakarta Post
\nJakarta<\/p>\n
Indonesia won a US$15-million debt-for-nature swap from Germany
\nduring the third World Water Forum (WWF) in Kyoto, Japan, last
\nweek, said Minister of Resettlement and Regional Infrastructure
\nSoenarno.<\/p>\n
Minister Soenarno said on Wednesday that the debt swap was
\nused to assist water-related projects such as environmental
\nconservation and food security programs.<\/p>\n
"... we are still seeking similar debt-for-nature swap schemes
\nwith other countries," he said when opening an exhibition to hail
\nWorld Water Day here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Sutardi, head of the hydrology directorate at the Ministry of
\nResettlement and Regional Infrastructure, said the debt swap from
\nGermany was to be used for coping with water pollution in Garut,
\nWest Java and in Pekalongan, Central Java, rural irrigation
\ndevelopment, and the improvement and rehabilitation of ground
\nwater pumps in several other regions.<\/p>\n
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\nANPAa..r..
\nProtected-animals-smuggling
\nProtected animals smuggling reaches $1.5b: survey
\nJP\/4\/animal<\/p>\n
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Protected animal smuggling
\nreaches $547.5m annually<\/p>\n
Moch. N. Kurniawan
\nThe Jakarta Post
\nJakarta<\/p>\n
Smuggling of protected animals in Indonesia is valued at a
\nwhopping US$1.5 billion a year, with Jakarta topping the list
\nwith $1.5 million per day or $547.5 million per year, according
\nto a survey.<\/p>\n
The Gibbon Foundation survey found the practice was widespread
\nthanks to the help of government officials and military officers,
\nand poor law enforcement.<\/p>\n
"This (smuggling) is certainly not a small case for this
\ncountry, so people must fight against it," foundation director
\nWillie Smits said on the sidelines of an international seminar on
\nIndonesian Wildlife in Jakarta on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Smits said it had carried out undercover interviews with
\nsmugglers in various cities during the survey.<\/p>\n
Jakarta is the biggest haven for smugglers, followed by the
\nEast Java capital of Surabaya, the Central Java capital of
\nSemarang and the North Sumatra capital of Medan, the survey
\nfound.<\/p>\n
In Jakarta the trade of protected animals centered in Jl.
\nPramuka in Central Jakarta and Jl. Barito in South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Smits said birds and primates, particularly orangutan, were
\nthe most popular targets, as were reptiles.<\/p>",
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