Chinese art part of city anniversary

Chinese art part of city anniversary

JAKARTA: Traditional Chinese music and theater will be
included in the 2003 Jakarta Anniversary Festival at the Gedung
Kesenian Jakarta (GKJ) in Central Jakarta.

I Gusti Kompyang Raka, spokesman for the GKJ management, said
the Chinese cultural performances, along with performances from
other cultures -- Arab, European, Malay, Javanese and Sundanese
-- would take place every day from June 16 to June 22.

The manager for the Chinese-Indonesian performers, Ronald
Salim, said the artists were just beginning to revive their
vanishing legacy.

The performers come from Medan and Jakarta, while their
costumes are delivered directly from Hong Kong. -- Antara

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Focus-Tempo-lawsuits
'Tempo' trial to resume today
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'Tempo' trial to resume today

JAKARTA: After being postponed twice, the Central Jakarta
District Court will resume on Monday a hearing of the lawsuit
filed against police over the attack on Tempo magazine.

The Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) is suing the
police, charging the National Police chief, Jakarta Police chief,
Central Jakarta Police chief and Menteng Police chief with
neglect of duty in allowing the attack on the Tempo office and
its journalists on March 8 to take place.

In the latest session on June 2, only the lawyers of the
National Police chief and Central Jakarta police chief appeared,
prompting the judges to postpone the trial again.

The delay was made at the request of AJI's lawyer Azas Togar
Nainggolan.

Presiding judge Iskandar Tjake said the court would not
tolerate another absence, because the court had already sent
subpoenas to the defendants in May.

On March 8, a group of protesters claiming to be supporters of
businessman Tomy Winata attacked the weekly's office on Jl.
Proklamasi, Central Jakarta, over an article that implicated
Tomy's alleged role in the fire that razed Tanah Abang market.

The protesters took several Tempo journalists, including chief
editor Bambang Harymurti, to the Central Jakarta Police station
to settle the dispute, where they continued assaulting them.

The court is also scheduled to hand down a verdict soon on two
of the attackers -- David Tjoe, alias David A. Miauw, and Teddy
Uban -- in a separate hearing. The two were charged with minor
assault. -- JP

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Banned factory remains open
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Banned factory remains open

TANGERANG: A plastic factory owned by PT Aries and located on
Jl. Karyawan, Karang Tengah, Tangerang municipality, is still
operating despite a ban issued by Mayor M. Thamrin.

The factory was ordered to halt operations because it is
polluting the environment and does not have a building permit
(IMB).

A sign hangs on the factory gates, with a notice written in
red that reads: "This factory is shut down and is banned from
operating." The sign was hung by the public order agency last
month following the mayor's order, but residents have said that
it is still operating.

Residents have accused the factory of polluting their wells
with industrial waste.

Community unit chief Asmin and neighborhood unit chief
Muchtar, along with several residents, went to the municipal
administration office on Wednesday morning to file their
complaints.

They called on the administration to take harsh measures
against the factory for operating in violation of the ban. -- JP