PT Pos to issue Antara stamp

PT Pos to issue Antara stamp

JAKARTA: National news agency LKBN Antara, in cooperation with
state postal company PT Pos Indonesia, will launch a special
stamp series on Dec. 13, 2002 in commemoration of Antara's 65th
anniversary.

According to news agency director Mohammad Sobary, PT Pos
Indonesia will issue 300,000 postal stamps in a Rp 1,000
denomination, as well as 10,000 postal envelopes at Rp 2,500
each, which will be sealed with a special postmark on launch day.

The special-edition stamps will bear the picture of the Antara
building, and will be the second issued by the news agency after
those published in 1987 on the occasion of its golden
anniversary.

"Considering Antara's role in disseminating news of
Indonesia's independence worldwide in 1945 and its prominent role
today, it's to be expected that PT Pos would like to dedicate the
stamp to it," PT Pos business manager Andang Widjaja said
--Antara.

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Graft cases rarely probed
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Graft cases rarely probed

JAKARTA: Despite the government's persistent campaign to
eradicate corruption, only two of 49 graft cases have been
processed at court, the Finance Development Comptroller (BPKP)
said on Monday.

"In the past two years, there have been only two corruption
cases processed at court," said spokesman of the office of the
state minister of administrative reforms Akhmadsyah Naina.

According to Akhmadsyah, BPKP had submitted 49 corruption
cases to the Attorney General's Office, which had cost the
country Rp 89.5 billion in losses.

The latest BPKP report showed an increase on the 33 cases
revealed last year. They caused a total of Rp 179.7 billion in
state losses, but none of them was investigated by the Attorney
General's Office.--Antara

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'Syariah' only for Aceh
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'Syariah' only for Aceh: Hamzah

JAKARTA: Vice President Hamzah Haz asked other provinces on
Monday not to demand the adoption of syariah (Islamic law)
following its implementation in Aceh.

"Syariah has been implemented in Aceh, (but) it's not
necessary for other provinces to follow suit," Hamzah said as
quoted by Nicolaus Uskono, the chairman of the Catholic Youth
Association after meeting the Vice President.

Hamzah was commenting on a proposal brought forward by a group
of South Sulawesi people who suggested the adoption of Islamic
law in the province. Jakarta has granted a special autonomy
status to Aceh and allowed syariah to be implemented in the
province.

Speaking in his capacity as chairman of the United Development
Party (PPP), Hamzah has suggested that party executives in the
province drop the bid, Nicolaus said.--Antara