MOU signed to uphold property rights

MOU signed to uphold property rights

JAKARTA: The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights and the
National Police signed on Tuesday the memorandum of understanding
to cooperate in eradicating rampant intellectual property rights
violations, mostly video CDs and software.

The memorandum was signed by Justice Minister Yusril Ihza
Mahendra and National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar at Yusril's
office on Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, South Jakarta.

Yusril told reporters later that his ministry could not act
alone to combat the property rights piracy as it did not have
power against the perpetrators.

Property rights violations remain rampant in Indonesia. In
2001, the United State Representatives (USTR) put Indonesia on
its "Priority Watch-List" of property rights violations. -- JP

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House to probe Sukhoi purchase

JAKARTA: The House of Representatives Commission I said on
Tuesday it would establish a working committee to see if there
were any irregularities in the recent procurement of four Sukhoi
jet fighters from Russia.

"The Russian jet fighter procurement should be in the hands of
the Ministry of Defense, not the Ministry of Trade and Industry
and the National Logistics Agency," Vice Chairman of the
Commission I Effendi Choirie said.

According to him, the Sukhoi procurement had violated
regulations and did not follow procedures through the state
budget.

"We'll set up a working committee to look into it," he said. -
Antara