The “Lapindo(s) Beauty Spa” as it is jokingly called, referring to the massive Lapindo mud flow disaster in East Java blamed on drilling by a company linked to Golkar Party chairperson and business tycoon Aburizal Bakrie (right), continues to dog his 2014 presidential ambitions with two victims receiving widespread media coverage as they near th

1st Man: Conflicts in the regions continue to smolder Mr...

2nd Man: Is he even listening?

A public donation campaign ‘Coins for the KPK’ has been launched after the House of Representatives (bottom) – which again topped a list of corrupt institutions according to a survey earlier this month – refused to release Rp225 billion allocated from the state budget for the desperately needed construction of a new Corruption Eradication Commis

Kid looking at election campaign posters: It’s a pretty lively contest yeah...

Man: That’s the way it is with business...

Man: Which one’s in reverse... and which one’s in forward... (baggage reads ‘political hostages’)

As the political parties prepare to do battle in the 2014 general and presidential elections, anti-corruption activists warn that politically related graft cases over the next two years will increase sharply since most campaign funds are raised from illegal sources – corruption, corporate blackmail, milking state-owned companies and money from g

Speaking in Bogor before setting out for the UN Sustainable Development Conference in Rio de Janeiro, President Yudhoyono appealed to global leaders to move toward a green economy saying Indonesia had adopted an environmentally sustainable model of economic growth where its forests were prized and protected.

Despite the best attempts by Golkar Party spin doctors to portray the massive Lapindo mudflow disaster in East Java in a positive light, insisting that he has shown a “moral commitment” in seeking to compensate the thousands displaced by the mud or claims that victims have been paid more than their land is worth, business tycoon and budding Golk

According to the government illegal fishing in Indonesian waters cost the country US$3.21 billion over the last 10 years.

Hand reading ‘Convicted narcotics prisoner’: What about some for us!

Bakrie: Looks fit to run for president he does!

1st Man: How come we’re not making any progress?

2nd Man: Progress? We don’t even have a driver.

Parcel reads Human Rights, bus reads Reformasi (political reform).

Yudhoyono: Economise! We must tighten our belts (waist band)!

Man: But I don’t have a waist Mr!

Cop: Not in line with our national culture and morals...

Man: And this Mr? (state budget)

Yudhoyono: Restore the party’s image! Problematic members resign!

Kid: And if senior party officials are problematic?

Cowboy: Ah, that’s just a rogue individual...

Man: In this republic where so much is unverified, counterfeiting is common place Mr... false pledges, false promises, false police, false license plates, false love... and... false teeth...

Man: It’s not the politics of procrastination... but the politics of frothing at the mouth! (fuel pump reads ‘policy’)

Loudspeaker: Subsidised fuel will be limited...

Drivers: It’s very shrill. Will it happen or not...

Man: Harmony is damaging, disagreements are damaging (a play on a Javanese proverb about family quarrels). Flag reads ‘Joint Secretariat’, sign reads ‘Fuel’.