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  1. Tupai Hitam

    I love their logic!

    This is false equivalence. First, the spare tire and the fire extinguisher are not designed as weapons to kill people. Second, imagine if I had driven from Bogor to Jakarta in May 2008 and did not have a spare tire and did not get a flat tire. But I saw a car with a flat tire. Would I...
  2. Tupai Hitam

    I love their logic!

    So why do you wish you had had a gun in May 98? Were you about to be chopped to pieces? Was your house burnt down?
  3. Tupai Hitam

    I love their logic!

    What? Nobody needs guns in Indonesia except law enforcement officers. Guns in the hands of civilians is a stupid concept for stupid people.
  4. Tupai Hitam

    I love their logic!

    I too was in Jakarta in May 98 and had zero desire to possess a real gun. Caucasian-looking foreigners were not major targets at that time. I bajaj-ed, walked and took a taxi through riots and looting from South Jakarta to Central Jakarta to West Jakarta and back. On May 13-14 itself, rioters...
  5. Tupai Hitam

    Garuda denies refund for a refundable ticket

    There is the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) : http://ylki.or.id/kontak-kami Sometimes, Indonesian consumers feeling ripped off can get satisfaction by writing a letter of complaint to Tempo magazine (the Indonesian language edition), as Tempo might forward the complaint to the accused...
  6. Tupai Hitam

    KTP for KITAP holders.

    https://setkab.go.id/en/permanent-residence-permit-holders-must-have-e-ktp-yet-not-eligible-to-vote/
  7. Tupai Hitam

    DON'T PANIC.... well, maybe a little bit.

    It is slightly disturbing, to see how the local media and international media have framed/headlined this story. The correct headline should be that "Indonesia to Temporarily Suspend All New Foreign Arrivals", as the foreign minister has said ITAS and ITAP holders will be exempt. (Not that many...
  8. Tupai Hitam

    Epo

    The government, via the Justice and Human Rights Minister, will soon issue a new regulation temporarily banning foreigners from entering Indonesia, but there will be certain exceptions, likely for ITAS and ITAP holders. So getting the EPO could possibly prevent a return until this Covid19...
  9. Tupai Hitam

    DON'T PANIC.... well, maybe a little bit.

    Prices for these thermometer guns (before mark-ups for panic-buying profiteering) range from Rp100,000 to Rp2 million. You get what you pay for, but most of the guns need to be calibrated. That is, you test the temperature of a couple of people with normal oral thermometers. Then test them with...
  10. Tupai Hitam

    DON'T PANIC.... well, maybe a little bit.

    The overcrowding has definitely not stopped. And I know of two affluent felons who still rent nice houses near Sukamiskin and regularly pay for extended "medical leave".
  11. Tupai Hitam

    DON'T PANIC.... well, maybe a little bit.

    That would be several jails in Indonesia. Overcrowding is a serious problem in the blocks for the poorest prisoners who can't afford to buy space in the better cells. Most of the low-income inmates are drugs offenders who couldn't afford to bribe their way into lenient rehab sentences. The...
  12. Tupai Hitam

    DON'T PANIC.... well, maybe a little bit.

    This point is causing some confusion and concern among foreigners staying in Indonesia on the visitor's visa. They can't just do the usual visa run to Singapore or Malaysia and come back on the same day with a new visa. Justice and Human Rights Minister Regulation 7/2020 was issued in late...
  13. Tupai Hitam

    DON'T PANIC.... well, maybe a little bit.

    Many of the big hotels here have been offering (pushing) one-month unpaid leave for most staff.
  14. Tupai Hitam

    DON'T PANIC.... well, maybe a little bit.

    I took a TransJakarta bus to the office this morning (about 6.30am). Very long wait, so the shelter was crammed with people. The bus itself was over-crammed. Old people were falling. Passengers were squished together like tinned sardines. Coughing and sneezing on each other. There was ZERO...
  15. Tupai Hitam

    DON'T PANIC.... well, maybe a little bit.

    Excellent article, indeed.
  16. Tupai Hitam

    DON'T PANIC.... well, maybe a little bit.

    This is what happens when the government lies to the public. The people go to social media in search of "news", "facts" and "protocol" -- but much of the stuff being shared is unreliable or even erroneous. I wonder if a "President Prabowo" would have handled this better? He's defense minister...
  17. Tupai Hitam

    DON'T PANIC.... well, maybe a little bit.

    Indonesia's official policy is to cover up the extent of the problem by lying to the public because it fears negative financial and social impacts. An expert staff member at the Executive Office of the President, Dany Amrul Ichdan, said on Wednesday: “We cannot be as transparent as other...
  18. Tupai Hitam

    SMH Indonesia correspondent bids goodbye after 3 years.

    I didn't enjoy her article based on her interview with Prabs. The upshot was: "This gentle guy has been unfairly painted as a monster but he wouldn't even harm an ant." Yeah, right. Tell that the families of the pro-democracy activists who were abducted, tortured and murdered. Tell that to the...
  19. Tupai Hitam

    Australian journalist has passport seized

    After losing East Timor and then ceasing hostilities in Aceh, Papua is the final remaining stomping ground of the Indonesian military. It's where a soldier can engage in warfare and earn promotion, and engage in dirty business and get rich. No way do they want to change that status quo, so nosey...
  20. Tupai Hitam

    Indonesia drafts law to ban sex outside marriage, contraception education.

    If sex outside marriage is banned, what happens to the politicians and hotshot lawyers who shag around like rabbits? Nothing. Hotman Paris is publicly proud of the fact that he has a lot on the side: As a normal man, Hotman admits he is naturally tempted when he sees a beautiful woman. "I'm the...

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