Man: How dare they embezzle money so shamelessly!

Kid: Perhaps they’re high on drugs Dad! (alluding to a series of recent drug cases involving state officials)

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Workers’ Rights (KMSHB) has condemned Jakarta Military Commander Major General TNI Waris for being arrogant, anti-democratic and provocative.

Relax... we’re used to riding a train without a driver, right...

Man: Deputy regents (wakil bupati – regent’s representative) want to be regents! Deputy governors (wakil gubernur – governor’s representative) want to be governors! So Mr representative of the people (wakil rakyat) why don’t you want to be one of the people!

Trolley reads: Infrastructure and Public Utilities Budget

Man: The predatory republic?

Headline reads: Agrarian Law. Roll reads: Land Management.

1st Man: That’s the big boss, the chief and the big chief’s share

2nd Man: While our share’s a flood alert right (apel = alert or apple)

Nurmulia Rekso Purnomo, Jakarta – Victims of human rights violations held a protest action on Tuesday January 17 demanding that the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) immediately announce the results of an investigation in to the 1965-66 affair. The action was held at the Komnas HAM offices in the Menteng area of Central Jakarta.

Jakarta – Scores of victims of the 1965-66 affair protested at the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) office in Jakarta today.

A 17-year-old boy at the center of a legal and public relations storm was found guilty on Wednesday of stealing a pair of sandals from a police officer and released into the custody of his parents.