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BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The government, separatist rebels and
foreign monitors have agreed on the sites for a second phase of
rebel disarmament in Aceh province, a member of the foreign
monitoring team said on Tuesday.
But the start date for the weapons handover is still to be
decided.
Weapons would be surrendered in Sabang town and in the
districts of North Aceh, East Aceh and Aceh Tamiang, said Lt.
Gen. Nipat Thonglek, deputy chief of the Aceh Monitoring Mission
(AMM).
North and East Aceh were known as rebel strongholds.
The second phase of the weapons handover is scheduled to begin
on Oct. 15 but discussions are taking place about whether the
process can begin before then.
"We hope that the second phase of the weapons handover can
take place earlier than the initial schedule of Oct. 15, 2005,"
Thonglek said. --AFP
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Pilot 'not scheduled
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JAKARTA: Garuda pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto was not
scheduled to be on the Sept. 6, 2004 flight bound for Amsterdam
via Singapore, according to Eddy Santoso, Garuda's crew
scheduling manager.
Speaking as a witness in the trial of Pollycarpus, who is the
prime suspect in the murder of top human rights campaigner Munir,
Eddy said the pilot initially was scheduled to fly to Beijing on
Sept. 5-8, but then canceled the plan and requested off-duty
status because he wanted to attend a pilot association meeting on
Sept. 7.
"I didn't know why the defendant was later assigned to
Singapore," he told the court on Tuesday.
Munir was found dead on board the Sept. 6 flight a day later.
A Dutch autopsy revealed that he had been poisoned by arsenic.
According to previous testimonies, Pollycarpus was assigned to
the Singapore flight by then president of Garuda Indra Setiawan
as a "corporate security officer". Prosecutors have also charged
Pollycarpus of forging documents to allow him to fly to
Singapore. -- JP
UGM ranked first in
ASEAN for QA system
YOGYAKARTA: The Gadjah Mada University (UGM) has been ranked
first in quality assurance (QA) system among 17 universities
grouped in the ASEAN-European University Network Program (AUNP).
UGM's quality assurance office head Toni Atyanto Dharoko
announced here on Tuesday that first place was shared together
with Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
"Our high score comes mostly from three factors: the
harmonization of internal and external quality assurance systems,
the ASEAN standard content, and the fact that the QA system has
been implemented in all study programs in UGM," he explained.
The Yogyakarta-based university began implementing the quality
assurance system a year ago.
An evaluation of the QA system's implementation in UGM was
conducted in July until August by Dutch evaluator Ton
Vrorijenstion, an expert on European QA systems.
"The result was announced in a meeting held in Manila at the
end of last month," Toni said. --JP
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Australians to
face drug trial
DENPASAR, Bali: Nine Australian citizens detained in Bali on
charges of drug smuggling are expected to face trial soon with
their case files being submitted by prosecutors to court on
Tuesday.
The prosecutors said the presentation of the six dossiers had
been delayed twice due to their busy schedules, including
receiving Supreme Court chief Bagir Manan who recently visited
Bali.
The nine suspects were arrested on April 17, 2005, allegedly
carrying 10.9 kilograms of heroin to be smuggled from Bali's
Ngurah Rai airport to Australia.
The Denpasar District Court said it would soon appoint a panel
of judges to try the case. However, it remained unclear as to
when the trial would start.
Under Indonesian law, the suspects could face the death
penalty if convicted. --Antara