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    Animal Rights Activist charged with "defamation"

    Likewise, hardly anyone remembers Udin* or the villain who ordered his murder, Sri Roso Sudarmo. There's an excellent book on the murder, the cover-up and the frame-up, The Invisible Palace, still available in Kinokuniya. Even Munir will be forgotten by most people. But I won't forget Muchdi...
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    Animal Rights Activist charged with "defamation"

    Marsinah. Not from Tangerang but from Sidoarjo, East Java. She worked at a watch factory. She was involved in a March 1993 strike for minimum wage and menstrual leave. The Kodim (local district military command) interrogated and fired 13 of the strike’s leaders. Marsinah went to Kodim to...
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    Anyone Driving Through 'Ganjil Genap' Areas?

    So far, it's at the same stage as the monorail. The support pylons from Cawang to Cibubur have been erected with the rebar sticking out. And then, nothing happened for a while. But recently, the workers returned and each pylon was given an expensive-looking individually numbered plate. Last time...
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    Anyone Driving Through 'Ganjil Genap' Areas?

    Electronic Road Pricing, involving motorists having to buy an "on-board unit" electronic gizmo, could be coming to Jakarta soon-ish. On July 28-29, 2016, Ahok issued Regulation No.149 on Electronic Payments for the Control of Street Traffic. Indonesian text of the whole thing at...
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    Another Danger to Democracy Coming From the DPR

    Some of their online content is garbage. "The top five lipsticks in Indonesia" (an advertorial masquerading as news). Sponsored content should be labeled as such. They may have fixed that problem recently. They have a whole bunch of reporters and editors and foreign subeditors, so their content...
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    Another Danger to Democracy Coming From the DPR

    Re: post #7 Yes, it's back online. Was down earlier:
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    What didn't you bring here that you wish you had...?

    A good barometer for the quality/value of Ace Hardware is its outlet on Jalan Gajah Mada, as it is alongside Chinatown. It is mostly empty (usually has more staff than shoppers), as there are better quality and much cheaper items to be found in Glodok. Local Chinese say Ace is just overpriced...
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    Another Danger to Democracy Coming From the DPR

    Link not loading at present. Instead The Jakarta Post provides this infantile message: WHOoOPSIE! We apologized that you have reached this page. One of our servers might have just overload and you're there unluckily. If refreshing the page didn't solve the issue, you might wait for a moment...
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    Smoking...

    Expenditure on BPJS/JKN is reaching the billions. The state budget (equivalent to about $150 billion) has allocated 5% on healthcare expenditure this year. That works out to about $7 billion. But I do not know the percentage being spent on tobacco-related illnesses. Quite possibly, much of the...
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    Bali Cop Killed on Beach. 2 Tourist Wanted

    Another day, another story, perhaps closer to the truth: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2016/08/23/man-makes-admission-in-bali-murder-case.html
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    Smoking...

    Riots? Well, it's easy to instigate unrest in Indonesia. I don't think Philip Morris is so inclined, though. It tries hard to be ethical, even though it is in the business of killing people. The government officially reaps about $10 billion a year in tobacco taxes, while TV networks are major...
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    Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS)

    Further to nd_eric_77's post: Have a look at http://tokoups.com and http://www.enterkomputer.com/ups.php If you do ever make the trip to Mangga Dua, remember the three golden rules: Always know, beforehand, the precise model and/or the specs of what you want to buy (otherwise you may have a...
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    Bali Cop Killed on Beach. 2 Tourist Wanted

    "the pair later clarified they were not suggesting the dead officer was the one who attacked her." http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/australian-woman-sara-connor-expected-to-be-interviewed-by-bali-police-again-today/news-story/1cd45b48efedb3ad5a8b81be748bdbbf
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    Reddit Indonesia

    I mainly visit Reddit for its reviews/discussions of new South Park episodes (new season starts soon). I sometimes stumble across the Indonesian subreddit (when googling for info) and am always impressed by the high quality of information and discussions. Seems to be the smartest online forum in...
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    Playing with language

    It's a fun name, that's all. Hence no surprise that you have a fondness for wordplay. Ibu dorong sapi = Mum push cow = mampus kau! = drop dead. Dasi dan kursi = tie and chair = tai encer! = the visible result of diarrhea. Kamu tonjok gigi roti-roti-roti saya merah muda matahari = you hit...
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    Bali Cop Killed on Beach. 2 Tourist Wanted

    So, one side of the story emerges: She lost her handbag on the beach and went to look for it and a bad cop lay on top of her. She screamed and people came to help. Then she went back to the Englishman and cried about a bad cop. So the Englishman went to the beach, saw someone lying face down...
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    School students fighting against corruption.

    Fantastic video. Thanks for sharing it. Great ending. So many idealistic activists do indeed end up drifting over to the dark side. Look at the former activists and kidnap victims now on Prabowo's payroll. I once worked with a big-name activist and was shocked and disgusted when he concocted a...
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    What happened following the Raid on Blok M.?

    I think the vast majority of Jakarta residents would associate Blok M with the eponymous bus terminus. It's start/end of the line for the city's busiest busway corridor, carrying about 69,000 passengers daily. It also has lanes for buses serving about 30 other routes. When commuters see the name...
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    Playing with language

    I'd expect no less from someone named Terry McArsey. There are, of course, Indonesian/English word games employed by school kids, such as, give the English for "Ibu dorong sapi" and "dasi dan kursi" and "Kamu tonjok gigi roti-roti-roti saya merah muda matahari". Easy to invent your own, such...
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    What happened following the Raid on Blok M.?

    Some cab drivers do (if you're an unaccompanied male). Last time I got in a taxi and asked the driver to take me "to Blok M" he responded: "Jalan Falatehan, ya? Mister suka cewek Indonesia?" He seemed disappointed when I said I wanted to visit the second-hand book vendors in the basement of Blok...

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