Prosecutor owns land in protected forest<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Head of the Unaaha Prosecutor's Office Tjahya Budiman
\nallegedly owns land in a protected forest in Southeast Sulawesi
\nprovince, said coordinator for the Coalition Against Corruption
\n(KAK) Erick Lawid on Monday.<\/p>\n
Erick said that Tjahya illegally possessed a plot of land of
\nbetween 10 and 40 hectares in a protected forest in Andabia
\nvillage, Unaaha regency.<\/p>\n
The KAK team's investigation, staged in April and May, found
\nthat Tjahya obtain a land title from the Southeast Sulawesi
\nprovincial forestry office early this year, ignoring the previous
\nUnaaha regent's notation that the land was part of a protected
\nforest. But newly installed Regent Lukman Abunawas has apparently
\nallowed Tjahya to be issued a land title for the land.<\/p>\n
"We regret the new regent's decision, allowing Tjahya to
\ncontinue cutting down trees on 'his land'," Erick told reporters
\nhere.<\/p>\n
Tjahya's land is predicted to produce around 2,000 cubic
\nmeters of logs, which can generate some Rp 14 billion (US$1.7
\nmillion) in revenue.<\/p>\n
"We call on the Minister of Forestry M. Prakosa to revoke
\nTjahya's land title in the protected forest and for the Public
\nServants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) to audit Tjahya," Erick
\nsaid. -- JP<\/p>\n
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\nAcross-councillors-hotel-election
\nCouncillors stay at hotel prior to election
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Councillors stay at hotel prior to election<\/p>\n
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Thirty-eight East Nusa Tenggara
\ncouncillors have been put up at hotels for three days prior to
\nthe election of the province's governor and deputy governor.<\/p>\n
The head of the Golkar Party faction, Melkianus Adoe, told The
\nJakarta Post on Monday that 20 councillors from the Golkar Party
\nand 18 from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI
\nPerjuangan) were being housed at several star-rated hotels in
\nKupang. Eleven councillors from the coalition faction and six
\nfrom the Indonesian Military (TNI)\/Police faction rejected the
\noffer.<\/p>\n
"The main reason to have them stay in a hotel is to make
\nconsolidation and communication easier. It's also easier for the
\ncouncillors to go to the council building if they stay in the
\nsame place," he said.<\/p>\n
But councillor Arif Rahman from the coalition faction said
\nthat the move indicated a lack of democracy within both parties.<\/p>\n
Golkar has nominated Esthon Foenay and Gaspar Parang Ehok to
\nrun in Thursday's election. They will challenge the incumbent
\ngovernor, Piet A. Tallo, who is backed by PDI Perjuangan.<\/p>\n
Kupang Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Viktor Simanjutak said that
\n350 officers had been deployed to guard the council building, the
\ncouncillors' houses and particularly the nominees' houses. -- JP<\/p>\n
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\nNo flights means no tourists
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No flights means no tourists<\/p>\n
MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The local provincial
\nadministration has blame the lack of flights connecting Jakarta
\nand Mataram for its Rp 2 billion (US$243,902.5) financial loss
\ndue to the cancellation of visits by 400 foreign tourists last
\nmonth.<\/p>\n
Head of the provincial culture and tourism agency Machfud
\nAhmad said on Monday that the tourists canceled their visits to
\nMataram as there were no direct flights from Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Machfud said that the administration and local tourism
\nbusinesspeople had prepared arts and traditional events to
\nwelcome the guests before the cancellations.<\/p>\n
To in a bid to avoid further cancellations, the administration
\nhas sent a letter to national air carrier Garuda Indonesia to add
\nflights from Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Machfud said that the number of foreign tourists visiting the
\nprovince had been increasing after the slump caused by last
\nyear's Bali bombings and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
\noutbreak in several Asian countries. Most tourists visiting the
\nprovince spend their time at resorts and hotels along Senggigi
\nbeach, 12 kilometers from the capital Mataram. -- Antara<\/p>",
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