An aversion to speaking up and holding dialogs, especially with intellectuals, is typical of President Megawati Soekarnoputri's style. She is also known as a person who does not like criticism. If she continues to remain silent, speculations that a terrorist network in Indonesia is planning an attempt to assassinate her could be taken as fact. Megawati has been vocal abroad recently while on her state visit.

Another bomb scare in Palu PALU, Central Sulawesi: Palu received another bomb threat on Tuesday when a mysterious caller told local police at 3.20 a.m. that a bomb had been placed at Bulava discotheque on Jl. Mohammad Hatta. But after searching the discotheque for more than two hours, police found only a box containing plastic bags. Seven bombs have been planted in Palu in the past week, two of which exploded, one at a shopping center and the other near the Alkitab Maranatha school.

Sultan calls off U.S. visit after terrorist remark Sri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Yogyakarta Governor Sultan Hamengkubuwono X and high-ranking government officials have decided to cancel their planned visit to the United States as a protest of U.S. allegations that the province was unsafe for Americans and other westerners.

Where to go in Surabaya, for Wednesday, September 25, 2001 Performances * Piano Recital by Stephan Imorde, Conny Mulawarma, CCCL - French Cultural Center, Jl. Darmokali 10 (Tel. 031 5678639), 7:30 p.m., Sept. 30. * Music by Jet Set group band, at Desperados Bar and Cafe, Shangri-La Hotel, Jl. May. Jend. Sungkono 120 (Tel. 031 5661550), every Monday to Saturday, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Films * French Film, Les Miserables, CCCL - French Cultural Center, Jl. Darmokali 10 (Tel.

Haze endangers Palangkaraya residents Agencies, Jakarta Air pollution levels in Central Kalimantan were off the scale and people were in grave danger of dying painful deaths from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, officials said Tuesday. Palangkaaraya Air Laboratorium head Andrie Manurung said levels of carbon monoxide and dust particles in the air had exceeded test parameters in Palangkaraya.

Rights body urged to probe Theys' death Agencies, Jakarta Chairman of the Papua provincial legislature John Ibo urged the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Tuesday to set up an independent team to investigate last year's murder of independence leader Theys Hiyo Eluay. The establishment of an independent team from Komnas HAM would demonstrate Jakarta's intention to uphold justice, John Ibo said.

Munarman elected YLBHI top executive Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After nine months without a permanent director, the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation (YLBHI) elected on Tuesday Munarman its top executive. Munarman, who formerly headed the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), pledged to consolidate the foundation members as his first move.