Susilo defends AG
\nagainst House<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono rejected on
\nWednesday the House of Representatives' demand for him to
\n\"strongly reprimand\" Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh who has
\nhelped jail a number of local councillors for graft.<\/p>\n
As the strong reprimand was interpreted by some legislators as
\n\"dismissal\", State Secretary Yusril Ihza Mahendra said the House
\ncould not force the President to dismiss the chief prosecutor.<\/p>\n
\"The House cannot force the President to do what it wants or
\nvice versa. Each has its own power, one cannot intervene in the
\naffairs of the other,\" Yusril said at the State Palace.<\/p>\n
He said the government would examine and respond to a letter
\nfrom the House requesting the President to rebuke Rahman
\nfollowing a brief commotion in the House last week.<\/p>\n
The rift started after a House member called Rahman a \"Muslim
\nteacher in the village of thieves\", while others accused his
\noffice of being unfair in prosecuting graft cases that mainly
\ntargeted councillors from major parties. --JP<\/p>\n
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Six labor
\noffices planned<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The government said on Wednesday it would open labor
\noffices in six more countries in an move to boost protection for
\nIndonesian workers there and settle their problems immediately.<\/p>\n
Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Fahmi Idris said these
\noffices would be opened in the United Arab Emirates, Singapore,
\nHong Kong, South Korea, Kuwait and Taiwan.<\/p>\n
\"The finance ministry and the administrative reform ministry
\nhave approved the plans to open labor offices in Hong Kong,
\nKuwait and the UAE,\" he told a hearing with the House of
\nRepresentatives.<\/p>\n
Fahmi said the government had recently open similar offices at
\nthe Indonesian embassies in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia, where
\nIndonesian workers have often been run into problems with their
\nemployers and officials. --Antara<\/p>\n
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Police officers
\nto face punishment<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The police held a disciplinary hearing for four
\npolice officers on Wednesday accused of taking bribes from
\nsuspects in the Rp 1.7 trillion (US$188 million) Bank Negara
\nIndonesia (BNI) scam in 2003.<\/p>\n
The four officers were police fraud squad deputy chief Sr.
\nComr. Bambang Premantoro, Sr. Comr. Irman Santosa, Sr. Comr.
\nMashudi and Adj. Sr. Comr. Wirosaleh.<\/p>\n
They were charged with acting beyond their authority by giving
\nthe Bank fraud suspects, including Adrian Waworuntu, special
\ntreatment and receiving bribes in the form of notebook computers
\nand cellular phones.<\/p>\n
Chief prosecutor Sr. Comr. Warsito said the five-hour hearing,
\npresided over by police fraud squad chief Brig. Gen. Andi
\nChaeruddin, heard testimonies from Adrian.<\/p>\n
Warsito said the hearing committee was scheduled to announce
\nthe sanctions for the four next week.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the same committee suspended Brig. Gen. Samuel Ismoko
\nas chief investigator in the BNI graft case for being found
\nguilty of similar charges. --JP<\/p>",
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