AFP to help probe airport blast

AFP to help probe airport blast

JAKARTA: National Police Headquarters confirmed on Tuesday the
Australian Federal Police (AFP) would assist in the investigation
of the bombing at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.

National Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Zainuri Lubis said two
forensic experts from the AFP, who have also been helping
investigate Thursday's blast near the United Nations office in
Central Jakarta, would assist Indonesian police in the airport
bombing investigation.

"Hopefully, the cooperation will speed up the investigation,"
Zainuri said.

Australian police, who have been involved in the probe into
last year's bombings in Bali, also helped investigate two
bombings in the North Sumatra capital of Medan about a month ago.

The Bali blasts on Oct. 12, 2002, killed 202 people, 89 of
them Australians. Indonesian police have arrested most of the
suspects in that case and their trials are expected to start next
month. -- JP

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Wealth auditors quiz Miranda

JAKARTA: The Public Servants Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN)
questioned on Tuesday the deputy governor of Bank Indonesia,
Miranda S. Goeltom.

The questioning was in response to a report about an alleged
transaction of the bank's promissory notes by one of her
daughters and a company reportedly owned by Miranda that she
failed to report to the commission.

Miranda, one of three candidates to become the central bank's
governor, refused to comment on the questioning.

Her former husband, Erwin Siregar, who told the KPKPN about
Miranda's alleged ownership of the company, arrived earlier at
the commission's office.

KPKPN official Muchayat said the questioning was aimed at
seeking clarification of the report from Miranda.

Miranda reportedly formed the company in cooperation with
Oloan Siahaan, who is now her husband, before she joined the
central bank.

KPKPN recorded that Miranda owns property and savings worth Rp
5.6 billion and has another US$56,000 in savings. -- JP

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Japanese speech contest to be held

JAKARTA: Students from 12 high schools in eight provinces will
take part in a Japanese speech contest at the Japan Foundation
(TJF) here on May 10.

The contest will take place at the TJF in the Summitmas I
building on Jl. Sudirman in South Jakarta between 10 a.m. and 1
p.m.

Participants won speech contests held previously in North
Sumatra, Greater Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta,
East Java, Bali and North Sulawesi.

The winners of the contest will be nominated for the Japanese-
Language Program for High School Students and the Japanese Speech
Award.

TJF, in cooperation with the Ministry of National Education,
has held the contest since 2001. --JP

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KAI and ITB open master's program

BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: State railway operator PT KAI is
cooperating with the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) to
open a master's program for rail transportation.

KAI president director Omar Berto said the new program was
expected to help the company improve its human resources.

"Currently, hundreds of our employees are participating in the
master's program," he said at the University of Lampung here on
Tuesday.

He said the program was only open to KAI employees in its
initial year.

Of the company's 40,000 employees, 44.76 percent are
elementary school graduates and only 1.69 percent are university
graduates. -- Antara

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RI to attend UN habitat forum

SEMARANG: An Indonesian delegation will propose a housing
concept for victims of wars and conflict during the United
Nations Habitat Forum in Nairobi, Kenya, from May 5 to May 9.

"We will also present a paper on a housing concept for victims
of natural disasters and on housing as an instrument to create
sociocultural solidarity among urban people," a member of the 11-
members delegation, Eko Budihardjo, said on Tuesday.

Eko, who is also the rector of Diponegoro University in
Semarang, said the forum would discuss strategic development for
urban areas and housing strategies for the poor. -- Antara