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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 to fly to S'pore'
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