PDI-P may name VP in April<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI
\nPerjuangan) will hold a party leaders' meeting on Apr. 1 here to
\ndecide on a shortlist of names as possible vice presidential
\ncandidates for Megawati Soekarnoputri's running mate in the 2004
\npresidential election.<\/p>\n
The three-day meeting will also choose the political parties
\nthat PDI Perjuangan would like to forge coalitions with in the
\nupcoming elections.<\/p>\n
\"During the meeting we will also discuss the party's stance on
\nthe ongoing deliberation of the presidential election bill,\" PDI
\nPerjuangan deputy chairman Roy B.B. Janis said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters after the party's weekly meeting led by
\nMegawati, Roy said that the meeting would deal with many items
\nrelated to the elections next year.<\/p>\n
A party source, however, said Tuesday that it was unlikely
\nthat Megawati would choose her running mate during the
\nmeeting.--JP.<\/p>\n
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\nsCENE-Singapore-maid-death
\nRI maid dies after fall from window
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RI maid dies after fall from window<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE: A 21-year-old Indonesian maid has died after
\nfalling 16 stories from a window in her employer's high-rise
\napartment, police said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The woman fell from the kitchen window Monday morning and was
\nfound lying inside a manhole with her skull fractured, Singapore
\npolice spokesman Chua Chee Wai said.<\/p>\n
The Straits Times newspaper reported Tuesday that the woman
\nwas believed to have been hanging out laundry when she fell.<\/p>\n
Police cannot identify the woman until her next of kin have
\nbeen notified, Chua said, adding that police were investigating
\nthe incident.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of thousands of women from across Asia flock to
\nwealthy Singapore to escape poverty through maid work. Critics
\ncharge that the government does not do enough to provide safety
\ntraining for the women, many of whom are unaccustomed to city
\nlife.<\/p>\n
Singapore's Ministry of Manpower has said that between 1999
\nand 2001, 36 maids in the city state fell to their deaths. Ten of
\nthose incidents were labeled suicides. Some of the others fell
\nwhile washing windows in high-rise apartments.<\/p>\n
The ministry could not be immediately reached for comment
\nTuesday. --AP<\/p>\n
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\nScene-UNHCR-IOM-ETimor
\nIOM, UNHCR help refugees' return
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IOM, UNHCR help refugees' return<\/p>\n
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The International Organization for
\nMigration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for
\nRefugees (UNHCR) are working together to assist East Timorese
\nwanting to return to East Timor.<\/p>\n
Olandina Caeiro from the Advocate and Reconciliation
\nCommission said on Tuesday that IOM and UNHCR would provide
\ntransportation for all East Timorese wishing to return.<\/p>\n
He called on East Timorese in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) to
\nstart registering with a local refugee task force if they wanted
\nto go back to East Timor.<\/p>\n
IOM and UNHCR would also cooperate with the governments of
\nIndonesia and East Timor to ensure the safety of refugees on
\ntheir way back home.<\/p>\n
At least 250,000 East Timorese were forced into West Timor in
\n1999 after violence erupted when they voted overwhelmingly for
\nindependence. Dozens of military and police officers have been
\nformally charged in Jakarta and Dili as perpetrators in the
\nviolence and forced expulsion.<\/p>\n
Some 30,000 East Timorese are believed to be still in West
\nTimor. Their refugee status ended on Dec. 31, 2002. --Antara<\/p>\n
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\nScene-lawsuit-udin
\nPolice sued over journalist's murder
\nJP\/4\/Scene<\/p>\n
Police sued over journalist's murder<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Independent Journalist Alliance (AJI) has sued
\nthe government, police and the Indonesian military (TNI) for not
\nprosecuting Second Adj. Insp. Edy Wuryanto, the alleged murderer
\nof former Bernas journalist Muhammad \"Udin\" Syafiudin.<\/p>\n
AJI and the South East Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) submitted
\nthe case on Tuesday to the South Jakarta District Court, seeking
\nRp 1 billion (US$112,000) in financial compensation.<\/p>\n
Udin, a journalist from Bernas daily was killed on Aug. 16,
\n1996 after writing about alleged corruption by government
\nofficials.<\/p>\n
A civilian, Dwi Sumadji (Iwik) had previously reported that he
\nwitnessed Edy Wiryanto beating Udin.<\/p>\n
However the police instead arrested Iwik, as a suspect in the
\nmurder. Iwik was later released due to a lack of evidence.<\/p>\n
The South Jakarta Court judges had urged AJI and the police to
\nnegotiate a settlement over the matter, but AJI stood firm with
\nits desire to see justice carried out. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nScene-students-PDIP-brutality
\nStudents report brutality by PDI-P
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Students report brutality by PDI-P<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Student activists from East Java visited the National
\nCommission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Tuesday to report
\nviolence allegedly committed by a civilian security unit, which
\nis part of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI
\nPerjuangan).<\/p>\n
The students charged that PDI Perjuangan's youth security wing
\nBanteng Muda Indonesia (BMI) had physically assaulted the
\nstudents who were protesting against Megawati in Surabaya, East
\nJava recently.<\/p>\n
Megianto, a student from Malang, East Java, said he hoped the
\ncommission would urge police to quickly probe the violence.<\/p>\n
Five students were injured in the attack. They were Mubin,
\nZakki, Ayip, Ikhsan and Wahid. Mubin is still being treated at
\nthe Syaiful Anwar hospital in Malang for his extensive injuries.<\/p>\n
Solahuddin Wahid, a Komans HAM member, said that such violence
\nby the ruling party should be brought to trial.<\/p>\n
According to Megianto, police officers on the scene did
\nnothing to prevent the brutality. - Antara<\/p>",
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