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        "id": 1262113,
        "msgid": "easing-tension-1447899208",
        "date": "2002-08-29 00:00:00",
        "title": "Easing tension",
        "author": null,
        "source": "",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Easing tension Tension has built up very fast between Indonesia and Malaysia. People's Consultative Assembly speaker Amien Rais criticized Malaysia for caning undocumented Indonesian workers. Malaysia's foreign minister Syeh Hamid Albar responded with no less acrimony. Then, police in Medan arrested 19 Malaysians tourists and a number of protesters demonstrated in front of Malaysia's embassy in Jakarta and tore down the front gates of the embassy compound.",
        "content": "<p>Easing tension<\/p>\n<p>Tension has built up very fast between Indonesia and Malaysia.<br>\nPeople's Consultative Assembly speaker Amien Rais criticized<br>\nMalaysia for caning undocumented Indonesian workers. Malaysia's<br>\nforeign minister Syeh Hamid Albar responded with no less<br>\nacrimony. Then, police in Medan arrested 19 Malaysians tourists<br>\nand a number of protesters demonstrated in front of Malaysia's<br>\nembassy in Jakarta and tore down the front gates of the embassy<br>\ncompound.<\/p>\n<p>This is the most tension between Indonesia and Malaysia since<br>\nKonfrontasi, or Confrontation, during president Sukarno's<br>\nadministration. This tension is actually unnecessary as the two<br>\ncountries have been making diplomatic efforts to be able to see<br>\neye to eye on this matter. Malaysia, for example, is ready to<br>\naccept some documented Indonesian workers. Coordinating Minister<br>\nfor People's Welfare Jusuf Kalla said the agreement would be<br>\nsigned in September this year.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the tension stems from Malaysia's plan to severely<br>\npunish Indonesians and non-Indonesians violating its manpower<br>\nregulations.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia must respect Malaysia's laws. Different countries<br>\nhave different laws. It would be better for the government to<br>\nprotest the inhuman treatment of legal Indonesian females working<br>\nin the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>-- Koran Tempo<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/easing-tension-1447899208",
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