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IPB wants people
to eat fruit

JAKARTA: The Bogor Agriculture Institute (IPB) is teaming up
with the Ministry of Agriculture's directorate general of
horticulture to launch a national movement for fruit and
vegetable consumption in a bid to promote a healthier diets.

IPB rector Ahmad Ansori Matjjik said on Wednesday that such a
campaign was important as many people now have a consumption
pattern, which relies heavily on "processed food."

The plan was discussed during a meeting with government
officials at the university's campus in Bogor, West Java.

Ahmad added that the national movement would also help promote
the consumption of locally produced fruit and vegetables. --
Antara

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Nurdin faces new
graft charges

JAKARTA: Prosecutors demanded that Nurdin Halid, the chairman
of state-owned cooperatives association Inkud, be imprisoned for
eight years on corruption charges involving illegal importation
of rice.

The first hearing on the case was held at the North Jakarta
District Court on Wednesday.

Two other Inkud senior officials including president director
Khiruddin Nur and manager Achmad Subadio Lamo were also named
suspects.

The case centers on the import of some 59,100 tons of rice
valued at Rp 40 billion (US$2.25 million) from Vietnam in 2003 by
Inkud and its partner, a private company called PT Hexatama
Finindo.

Prosecutors charged that Inkud and Hexatama had violated
customs regulations and did not pay any import duty fees for the
rice.

Nurdin is also facing another court case, for his alleged role
in the illegal importation of sugar. -- JP