Drug linked to money laundering<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Indonesian Financial Transaction Report and
\nAnalysis Center (PPATK) head Yunus Husein called on the police
\nTuesday to charge drug dealers under anti-money laundering laws.<\/p>\n
\"Money from drugs trafficking is categorized as money
\nlaundering and Indonesia is among the countries whose financial
\nsystem is misused to accommodate such a crime,\" Yunus told a
\nseminar on international cooperation in combating drug abuse.<\/p>\n
Yunus said Law No. 15\/2002 on anti-money laundering allowed
\nlaw enforcers to ask alleged drugs traders to prove that their
\nassets were not the results of drug trafficking.<\/p>\n
The law also allows law enforcers to ask banks to disclose
\naccounts belonging to alleged drug dealers.<\/p>\n
He said utilizing the law would provide more advantages than
\nLaw No. 5\/1997 on psychotropic drugs.<\/p>\n
Yunus said although several articles in the anti-money
\nlaundering law would be amended, some of the articles would
\nremain in place to enable police to charge alleged drug dealers
\nunder the law. --JP<\/p>\n
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\nScene-prosperity
\nHamzah blames the past for poverty
\nJP\/4\/Hamzah<\/p>\n
Hamzah blames the past for poverty<\/p>\n
BOGOR, West Java: Vice President Hamzah Haz said the
\ngovernment found it difficult to improve people's welfare due to
\nthe poor development policies of the past.<\/p>\n
\"In the past, education, religion and national identity did
\nnot serve as the pillars of development,\" Hamzah said at Bogor
\npalace on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He said it was a challenge to improve people's welfare and
\nknowledge due to the exorbitantly high school fees.<\/p>\n
The vice president noted that in terms of education, Indonesia
\nranked 112th in the world due to the increasing number of
\nchildren who could afford higher education.<\/p>\n
He said Indonesians had almost lost their identity because of
\nthe impact of globalization and the failure to practice religious
\nteachings.<\/p>\n
\"Pornography and drug abuse are out of control. What can we
\nexpect from our younger generation?\" Hamzah asked.<\/p>\n
However, he said the door was still open to solve the national
\nproblem. --Antara<\/p>\n
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\nScene-rhino-population
\nIndonesian rhino facing extinction
\nJP\/4\/Rhino<\/p>\n
Indonesian rhino facing extinction<\/p>\n
BOGOR, West Java: The Indonesian black rhino was on the brink
\nof extinction, with numbers throughout the country now below 300,
\nRhino Partnership Foundation (YMR) secretary Effendy A Sumardja
\nwarned Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The forestry ministry's director general for forest and nature
\nconservation, Koes Sapardjadi, estimated there were only 200
\nSumatran rhinos (Dicerorhinus Sumatrensis) and no more than 60
\nJavanese rhinos left alive.<\/p>\n
He called on all people to help save the rhinos from
\nvanishing.<\/p>\n
Effendy attributed the decline to the rhino's dwindling
\nnatural habitat and rampant illegal poaching.<\/p>\n
\"The slow breeding of rhinos has also contributed to the drop
\nin population,\" he said. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nScene-rally-arrest
\nThree demonstrators arrested
\nJP\/4\/demonstator<\/p>\n
Three demonstrators arrested<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Three people have been named suspects in the theft of
\npolice equipment during a protest outside the People's
\nConsultative Assembly in Jakarta on Monday.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Prasetyo said Sudarto, a
\nstudent of the University of Indonesia's (UI) school of
\nmathematics and physics, a driver identified as Abu Bakar, and
\nSubian, a sound system mechanic, were arrested on Monday after
\nthe rally and were now in police custody.<\/p>\n
Prasetyo said the people were charged under article 363 of the
\nCriminal Code for stealing officer's clubs and article 170 of the
\nsame law for vandalizing the MPR fence.<\/p>\n
Defying the security cordon, some 500 people, including
\nstudents grouped under the UI Student Executive Board (BEM),
\nforced their way into the Assembly compound, demanding an end to
\nthe Annual Session on Monday. Police used water canons to
\ndisperse the crowd.<\/p>\n
Bull Nationalist Freedom Party (PNBK) chairman Eros Djarot
\ndemanded on Tuesday the release of the suspects on his personal
\nguarantee, but the police said the decision rested with the
\ninvestigators. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nScene-antiterror-team
\nCompensation for terror victims
\nJP\/4\/terror<\/p>\n
Compensation for terror victims<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The government has set up a team to calculate
\ncompensation for victims of last year's Bali bombings,
\nCoordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo
\nBambang Yudhoyono said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\"In line with Antiterrorism Law No. 15\/2003, victims of terror
\nattacks deserve compensation from the government. We are asking a
\nteam to calculate funds the government has to provide,\" he said
\nchairing a meeting on political and security affairs.<\/p>\n
The team will be supervised by the Ministry of Justice and
\nHuman Rights. Also in the team are the Ministry of Foreign
\nAffairs, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Finance
\nand the Attorney General's Office.<\/p>\n
No less than 202 people, mostly foreigners, were killed and
\nhundreds of others injured when bombs ripped through Paddy's Bar
\nand the Sari Club in Kuta on Bali island last October.<\/p>\n
Susilo, nevertheless, did not say whether victims of other
\nterror attacks in the country would also be paid compensation. --
\nJP<\/p>",
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