Vice President tells Kopassus to improve image JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri encouraged the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) to rehabilitate its tarnished image following the arrest of a Kopassus soldier implicated in the recent bomb blast at the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) building.

Council rejects fuel hike MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Makassar students lauded on Wednesday their provincial councillors for refusing the central government's plan to increase fuel prices, planned to take effect next month. "Thumbs up and hats off for the council. This indicates that the regional administration now has the fortitude to go against central government policy," Iswari Al Farisi, leader of a student organization, said here on Wednesday.

Thieves make off with cash and gold JAKARTA (JP): A gang of eight thieves broke into a store on Jl. Kemal Jaya in Tegal Alur, West Jakarta, on Monday and made off with four kilograms of gold, Rp 244 million in cash and some documents. Kalideres police are still investigating the case, which could involve a security guard who was absent that night.