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Verdict for Adrian
\ndue March 30<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The South Jakarta District Court is scheduled to hand
\ndown a verdict on March 30 for Adrian Herling Waworuntu, a key
\nsuspect in a high-profile bank scam involving Rp 1.7 trillion
\n(US$184 billion).<\/p>\n
"The verdict was originally planned to be announced on March
\n28, but because several hearings were delayed, we have decided to
\nread it out on March 30," Judge Roki Pandjaitan, who presided
\nover the trial, said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
In Thursday's hearing, Adrian continued denying any wrongdoing
\nin the disbursement of letters of credit worth Rp 1.7 trillion
\nfrom BNI's Kebayoran Baru branch with fictitious export documents
\nsubmitted by the Gramarindo Group.<\/p>\n
However, the defendant failed to mention who he thought was
\nresponsible for the crime.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors have demanded that Adrian be sentenced to life,
\nfined Rp 1 billion and instructed to repay state losses of Rp 6
\nbillion. --Antara<\/p>\n
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Norway gives grant
\nfor Aceh rebuilding<\/p>\n
BOGOR: Norway has provided a grant of 13,700,000 Norwegian
\nkrone (around US$2.4 million) for the reconstruction of tsunami-
\ndevastated areas in Aceh and North Sumatra provinces.<\/p>\n
The fund, extended through the National Mapping and Survey
\nCoordinating Board (Bakosurtanal), would be used to procure high-
\ntechnology digital cameras for aerial photography over Nias and
\nSimelu islands and the west coast of Aceh.<\/p>\n
The aerial photography, expected to start next week, will last
\nfor three months, and will be followed by the establishment of an
\nemergency geographic information system (GIS).<\/p>\n
Bakosurtanal head Rudolf Matindas and senior advisor of the
\nNorwegian Embassy Fred Nomme signed an agreement on the grant at
\nthe former's office in Cibinong, Bogor, on Wednesday. --JP<\/p>\n
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Cemex donates
\n$2.1m to Aceh<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Giant Mexican cement producer Cemex has donated US$2.1
\nmillion to SOS Children's Villages programs in Meulaboh, Aceh,
\nwhich will provide basic infrastructure as well as a nurturing
\nenvironment that children can call home for the long term.<\/p>\n
Every effort made will ensure that siblings are not separated
\nand that children will be brought up based on their respective
\nreligions and cultures, Cemex, the world's third largest cement
\ngroup, said in a press release here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
SOS Children's Villages, a 13-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee,
\nis the largest non-governmental, non-denominational child welfare
\norganization in the world, and provides abandoned and abused
\nchildren with stable, permanent homes and families.<\/p>\n
The donation is part of a total basic grant of $3 million that
\nCemex has allocated for earthquake and tsunami victims in Asia.<\/p>\n
Cemex operates in 50 countries, including Indonesia, through
\nits 25.53 percent ownership of publicly-listed PT Semen Gresik,
\nIndonesia's largest cement group.<\/p>\n
Cemex's support for the relief programs for tsunami and
\nearthquake victims in Aceh and North Sumatra was initiated last
\nDecember through the providing of volunteer support via a non-
\ngovernmental organization in Jakarta and Medan. -- JP<\/p>\n
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\nFlores-unrest-case<\/p>\n
Rights body slammed
\nover Flores violence<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Activists assisting victims of last year's police
\nshooting in Manggarai regency on Flores island have criticized
\nthe National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) for "not
\nbeing serious" about the case.<\/p>\n
"We are extremely disappointed over the slow response of
\nKomnas HAM to this case .... The commission has given a lot of
\nexcuses when asked about its responsibility," said a statement
\nfrom the Advocacy Team for the Manggarai People on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Komnas HAM has launched an investigation into the March 10,
\n2004, incident that left at least five people dead and 28 others
\nwounded. However, no suspects have been named in the attack.<\/p>\n
Police officers opened fire on about 400 villagers who stormed
\nthe Manggarai Police station in Ruteng to demand the release of
\nseven villagers being detained there.<\/p>\n
According to a preliminary investigation by the police,
\nofficers opened fire only after the villagers attacked them.<\/p>\n
Activists have blamed the incident on Manggarai Regent Antony
\nBagur, who barred locals from farming in a disputed protected
\nforest and ordered the arrest of seven owners of a coffee
\nplantation there. --JP<\/p>",
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