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        "id": 1340940,
        "msgid": "govt-told-to-limit-foreign-ngos-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-03-18 00:00:00",
        "title": "Govt told to limit foreign NGOs",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Govt told to limit foreign NGOs JAKARTA: The government has been called upon to limit the number of foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the province of Nangroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD). The excessive number of NGOs has been held responsible for the worsening situation and condition in NAD as marked by the recent violent acts conducted by an unidentified group of people. Prof.",
        "content": "<p>Govt told to limit foreign NGOs<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: The government has been called upon to limit the<br>\nnumber of foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the<br>\nprovince of Nangroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD).<\/p>\n<p>The excessive number of NGOs has been held responsible for the<br>\nworsening situation and condition in NAD as marked by the recent<br>\nviolent acts conducted by an unidentified group of people.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Dien Syamsuddin, secretary general of the Indonesian<br>\nCouncil of Ulemas (MUI), criticized the excessive number of NGOs<br>\nin NAD province which, he said, tended to create more problems<br>\nthan solutions for the area.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the huge number of NGOs in the province, Prof. Dien<br>\nSyamsuddin jokingly called NAD \"the province of thousands of<br>\nNGOs\".<\/p>\n<p>The MUI Secretary General pointed to reports received from<br>\nMUI and Muhammadiyah organizations which revealed that not all<br>\nNGOs in NAD province had been working for the goodness of the<br>\nAceh people but for their own hidden agenda.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, both the central and regional governments<br>\nhave the authority to limit the number of unscrupulous NGOs in<br>\nthose areas. -- Antara<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/govt-told-to-limit-foreign-ngos-1447893297",
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