Citizenship bill

Citizenship bill
discussed

JAKARTA: A plenary meeting of the House of Representatives
agreed on Friday to further deliberate a bill on the revision of
the Citizenship Law.

The bill was drafted by the House's Legislation Body (Baleg)
to revise Law No. 62/1958 on citizenship, which legislators say
is outdated.

Under the bill, foreigners can obtain Indonesian citizenship
after living for at least 15 years in the country consecutively
or for 20 years accumulatively.

The prevail law requires foreigners to live here for five
years consecutively or 10 years accumulatively to be eligible for
citizenship. - JP

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Science-Olympiad-Host

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RI to host int'l
science Olympiad

JAKARTA: Indonesia will for the first time host an
international science Olympiad for junior high school students
from Dec. 5 to Dec. 14, an official said on Friday.

At least 17 countries, including some from Asia, have
confirmed their participation in the International Junior Science
Olympiad (IJSO), said Indonesia's director general for primary
and secondary education, Indra Djati Sidi.

The education ministry teamed up with the Indonesian Institute
of Sciences (LIPI) and the Indonesian Physics Association (HFI)
in February to select students from 30 provinces for the
competition.

The ministry then chose the top 12 from the selection, and is
training them from March until November.

Only the host of the event is allowed to enter 12 students in
the competition. Other participating countries will enter six
students each. --Antara

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Pusri-scam-BII
Police arrest two suspects in BII scam
JP/4/BII

Police detain two
suspects in BII scam

JAKARTA: Police said on Friday they had arrested two suspects
for their alleged roles in a Rp 31 billion bank scam involving
the pension fund of fertilizer firm PT Pupuk Sriwijaya and Bank
International Indonesia (BII).

The detained suspects are the head of the BII Juanda sub-
branch in Central Jakarta, Wahyu Hartanto, and politician Tonny
Marthawinata.

The two are being interrogated at the National Police
Headquarters. The number of suspects is expected to rise to more
than 10, said Brig. Gen. Samuel Ismoko, director of the police
fraud squad.

"We will question another 10 people to establish their roles
in the case," he said

The scandal was revealed after BII rejected a request from
three senior officials in the foundation that manages the pension
fund to cash in two fake redemption certificates worth a total of
Rp 31 billion. --JP

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KPU-Members-Data

Number of voters
to rise by 11,000

JAKARTA: The General Elections Commission (KPU) said on Friday
that an additional 11,000 people would be eligible to vote in the
Sept. 20 runoff.

KPU deputy chairman Ramlan Surbakti said the additional voters
would be those who turned 17 years old by election day.

The young voters will be registered during what he called a
"passive" reregistration period that would start soon. "We will
have complete data on eligible voters by August 18," Ramlan said.
-- JP