NAVY RESHUFFLE: (left to right) Outgoing Navy
chief of staff Adm. Bernard Kent Sondakh, Indonesian
Military Commander Gen. Endriartono Sutarto, and
newly-appointed Navy Chief of Staff Vice Adm. Slamet
Soebijanto give a "commando handshake" following a
handing-over ceremony. The event was held on
Tuesday at Navy headquarters in Surabaya, East Java. (JP/ID Nugroho)15 die as plane crashes in Papua Fifteen people are dead after a police aircraft nose-dived into an estuary meters in front of Papua's Sarmi Airport early on Tuesday morning.
SBY: Police, military involved in logging Military and police personnel along with officials from the ministries of forestry and immigration are all involved in the lucrative business of illegal logging in Papua, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has proclaimed.
Hope fades for finding dump slide survivors Rescuers continued sifting through shattered houses on Tuesday with little hope of finding more survivors of the massive landslide that left 48 people dead and 93 others missing.
Amnesty offer 'would not reveal truth' A number of international human rights observers have expressed their pessimism that offering amnesty for human rights violators would be effective in revealing the truth of their wrongdoings.
Govt agencies implicated in animal smuggling The customs agency, airport security and the Soekarno-Hatta Animal Quarantine office often work in cahoots with smugglers to bring protected animals out of the country, a source at the Soekarno-Hatta Animal Quarantine office says.
Responses to graft survey show depth of problem Last week, Transparency International Indonesia (TII), announced the findings of a survey it conducted on corruption in the country.Todung Mulya Lubis, a member of TII's board of directors, discussed these with The Jakarta Post's Tony Hotland.
Jakartans in favor of government-organized exams, survey says Legislators and education experts may object to them, but most Jakartans are in favor of final exams for elementary and high school students.
