Unregistered lawyers face expulsion<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: In compliance with the new law on legal advocates,
\nthe country's courts will only recognize lawyers accredited by
\nthe Indonesian Advocate Working Committee (KKAI).<\/p>\n
KKAI secretary Harry Ponto told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday a
\nlawyer who registered with the committee would receive a
\nmembership card, considered a work license.<\/p>\n
\"Lawyers are no longer required to register with high courts.
\nFrom now on, only lawyers who are registered by the KKAI are
\neligible to represent their clients in courts,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The KKAI has registered about 14,000 lawyers who are members
\nof eight bar associations in the country. The organization is
\nexpected to unite the bar associations and is responsible for
\noverseeing their members' conduct. -- JP<\/p>\n
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\nCourt to uphold KPKPN dissolution
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Court upholds KPKN's dissolution<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Constitutional Court rejected on Tuesday
\na judicial review request against the establishment of the
\nCorruption Eradication Commission (KPK).<\/p>\n
The request filed by all members of the Civil Servants Wealth
\nReport Audit Commission (KPKPN) verdict dashed any hopes of the
\nKPKPN regaining its status as an authoritative anticorruption
\nbody. Parties cannot appeal the court's decision.<\/p>\n
KPKPN members filed the judicial review request last year,
\nfollowing the establishment of the umbrella KPK organization,
\nwhich oversees the KPKPN's activities.<\/p>\n
Judge Jimly Asshidiqie said the formation of the KPK, which
\nfollowed the enforcement of Law No. 30\/2003, was legitimate and
\nin accordance with the Constitution.<\/p>\n
Judge Maruar Siahaan, however, presented his dissenting
\nopinion. He said the state institution should have been dissolved
\nafter a review of its performance.
\n -- JP<\/p>\n
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\nAnother Priok witness change mind
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Another Priok witness change mind<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Another witness in the ad hoc human rights court
\nhearing the 1984 Tanjung Priok incident withdrew on Tuesday the
\nevidence he gave about defendant Maj. Gen. (ret) Pranowo.<\/p>\n
The witness, Sardi, testified he had been filled with emotion
\nwhen he initially told prosecutors of the Pranowo's role in the
\nalleged human rights violation.<\/p>\n
He denied his previous statement he had been severely tortured
\nwhile under military detention after he joined a protest against
\nthe arrest of four Tanjung Priok residents held in the district's
\nmilitary compound prior to the Sept. 12, 1984 incident.<\/p>\n
He also claimed he had no idea about the account he himself
\nhad signed, saying he was illiterate.<\/p>\n
A group of residents were arrested for allegedly burning a
\nsoldier's motorcycle. The arrest, Sardi said, however, only
\nsparked anger among local residents, who were already irked by
\nthe soldier's insult to a small mosque in the area.<\/p>\n
The protest culminated in a shooting incident, when soldiers
\nopened fire to disperse the crowd. As many as 33 people may have
\nbeen killed in the incident, although the Military's figure is
\nmuch lower. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nHasan to visit N. Korea in April
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Hasan to visit N. Korea in April<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Indonesian foreign minister Hassan Wirayuda will
\nvisit North Korea next month to encourage peace talks with South
\nKorea, he said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Hassan told reporters he would travel to Pyongyang in the last
\nweek of April to meet senior North Korean officials to mainly
\ndiscuss two-way issues.<\/p>\n
But asked if he would call for peaceful dialogue between North
\nand South Korea, Hassan said, \"Naturally in this visit, matters
\nthat attract attention will be discussed.\"<\/p>\n
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, whose father
\nSukarno was a friend of North Korea's late founder Kim Il-sung,
\nvisited the reclusive Communist country in 2002 and met its
\nleader Kim Jong-il.<\/p>\n
Despite reconciliation efforts in recent years, North and
\nSouth Korea remain engaged in Cold War conflict and share the
\nworld's most militarized border. -Reuters<\/p>",
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