May 31, 2008
House demands SBY account of 'Blue Energy' mystery
Abdul Khalik and Desy Nurhayati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must publicly explain the mystery behind the so-called "Blue Energy" project, which he promoted at last year's UN climate change conference in Bali, lawmakers said Friday.
Several House of Representatives members said they would use their right to summon the President to clarify the Blue Energy project, which aimed to create fuel from water.
"It has become a scandal, probably an international scandal that has embarrassed the country, because 'fuel' resulting from the Blue Energy project was exhibited at the Bali climate change conference," said legislator Alvin Lie of the National Mandate Party. He demanded the government make it clear what was happening with Blue Energy, and whether it was a viable project or a hoax.
No news has been heard about the project since the inventor disappeared before reappearing almost two weeks later in the hospital, he said.
"At least three factions in the House have agreed to ask the government to explain the scandal.
"We need to know to what extent the President is involved in it, and even if the Rp 10 billion for the project was contributed by a private company. We need to know what the catch is," Alvin said.
Blue Energy was the work of a Joko Suprapto, who claimed to have created fuel from water.
Joko, who has been labeled a charlatan by some observers, managed to secure a meeting with the President, who was eager to pursue the project.
Many scientists and lawmakers have since dismissed the so-called invention as a hoax, saying Yudhoyono was cheated by Joko, who never published articles about his claimed Blue Energy in scientific journals.
Leaders and scientists of Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta dismissed Joko as a fake, saying his scientific claims were unsubstantiated.
They also said information provided by Joko about himself and his work turned out to be false.
The university turned away Joko when he approached officials there in 2006 to seek their endorsement for Blue Energy.
"It is impossible to turn water into fuel," Wega Tri Sunaryati, an energy expert with the university, said Friday.
When asked whether Yudhoyono was deceived by Joko, presidential spokesman Andi Mallarangeng said Friday the President always encouraged emerging technologies and alternative energies, including the so-called Blue Energy.
"The President is always open-minded about inventions by people. Many people have come to him to give presentations on their inventions," Andi said.
State Secretary Hatta Radjasa said the President was always open to suggestions and new ideas.
Neither Andi or Hatta would comment on experts' claims that the Blue Energy project was a hoax.
Political observers have criticized the presidential staff for allowing people such as Joko to secure meetings with the President without prior proper screening.
Slamet Susanto contributed to this story from Yogyakarta.
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If a President of a country can be deceived by a nobody, we can imagine the quality degree of the people of that country.
What a mess !
Full Version: Dark Future of Indonesia
if SBY intelligent
the theory itself is debunked from
long long time ago .since almost the time news has been released.
we have been discuss it in kaskus.us
plain hoaxes.
oh well
Indonesia love hoaxes.
they should keep their mind open,
learn more about science fact ......
which is I doubt it.
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the theory itself is debunked from
long long time ago .since almost the time news has been released.
we have been discuss it in kaskus.us
plain hoaxes.
oh well
Indonesia love hoaxes.
they should keep their mind open,
learn more about science fact ......
which is I doubt it.
free ad :
QUOTE(jrockerz @ Jun 1 2008, 04:08 AM) [snapback]3729623[/snapback]
if SBY intelligent
the theory itself is debunked from
long long time ago .since almost the time news has been released.
we have been discuss it in kaskus.us
plain hoaxes.
oh well
Indonesia love hoaxes.
they should keep their mind open,
learn more about science fact ......
which is I doubt it.
free ad :
the theory itself is debunked from
long long time ago .since almost the time news has been released.
we have been discuss it in kaskus.us
plain hoaxes.
oh well
Indonesia love hoaxes.
they should keep their mind open,
learn more about science fact ......
which is I doubt it.
free ad :
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Oh well
Indons love hoaxes because there are no hopes in Indon. Too many miseries and problems. No one can fix the problems. It is like a curse. Hoaxes will give Indons good dreams. Without hoaxes, without sweet dreams, Indons will slowly die...
The latest news below is the the example
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FPI members roam freely despite long record of attacks, brutality
Abdul Khalik , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 06/04/2008 10:14 AM | Headlines
Members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) roam freely despite a history of frequently taking the law into their own hands and attacking and burning buildings of other groups.
The latest attack blamed on this radical group took place Sunday. At least 70 people were injured in the assault on activists of the National Alliance for the Freedom of Faith and Religion (AKKBB), who were gathered to rally peacefully at the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta.
However, no arrests were made by police after the much-condemned attack.
"The police have either so far been defeated by the FPI, or some police officers are working together with the organization for their own benefit," activist Rafendi Jamin of the Human Rights Working Group said.
He said that only with protection from the police had the FPI managed to survive despite the organization's record of violence.
Lawmaker Nadra Izahari of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle concurred, accusing the police of letting the FPI operate outside the law.
He cited the attack on the AKKBB activists, saying the police failed to make serious efforts to counter the PFI's violent acts.
"We have reasons to believe the police and the FPI have mutually beneficial relations as the hard-line group has repeatedly committed violence without serious resistance from the police," Nadra told a group of activists calling for the FPI's disbanding at the House of Representatives.
Many observers have accused the authorities of backing hard-line groups, including the FPI, to counter the movements by pro-democracy and rights organizations or to shift public attention from crucial issues for political reasons.
"We should push for FPI members to receive punishment, but we should not let the problems shift our attention from key issues, such as the recent fuel prices increase and poverty," Hendardi of the Setara Institute said.
Since its establishment, the FPI has launched dozens of attacks on people or institutions it regarded as insulting or antagonistic to Islam.
In June 2000, some 300 FPI members attacked the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) headquarters in Jakarta in a protest against the commission's report on the 1984 Tanjung Priok massacre. Several people were injured in the attack.
The FPI was also blamed on late night attacks of nightspots and billiard centers in October 2002, hurting dozens of people. The police reportedly did nothing to stop the attacks.
FPI leader Habib Rizieq Shihab was tried in 2002 and put in jail for seven months because of the incident.
In December 2006, two policemen were injured when about 100 FPI demonstrators attacked the Playboy Indonesia office in South Jakarta.
In April last year, 17 members of the United National Liberation Party (Papernas) were injured in an attack by the FPI during a rally against the newly passed investment law.
Copyright © 2008 The Jakarta Post - PT Bina Media Tenggara. All Rights Reserved.
Source URL: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/06...-brutality.html
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Indons can do violence acts in the capital city, Jakarta, untouched by law.
Amazing, huh?!
The question is: Why those Indons become untouched by law?
The Answer is: Because those Indon bandits are protected by Indon Military which uses those bandits to suppress pro-democracy people. Indon military is famous of their brutalities in society. Using those bandits will benefit Indon military.
If Indon military use bandits to suppress good people, we can imagine that the Indon's situation is a mess.
@ otong : F**K OFF!!!!!!
Could somebody put Otong, this poor animal, to "sleep", you know with that painless euthanasia injection...?
anybody...? moderators maybe...?
anybody...? moderators maybe...?
^Udah mas....udah ga ada lagi kan ???
Saya Otong-Slayer....lol
Saya Otong-Slayer....lol
iya, gue juga udah laporin dia, kira2 2 minggu lalu.
btw, gue pulang nih besok, cihuy!!!!!
btw, gue pulang nih besok, cihuy!!!!!
^Bagus lah....gw laporin about the same time too.
ohh sayang gw ga pulang....ngiri jadinya..
ohh sayang gw ga pulang....ngiri jadinya..
Why our people cannot accept the truth? We always want non Indons to treat us with respect. But, our attitudes/actions have nothing people can give us respect.
Even though it is painful, what Otong said is the fact. If we don't learn to accept the truth, how can we become respectful people?
Even though it is painful, what Otong said is the fact. If we don't learn to accept the truth, how can we become respectful people?
Otong2 lu ga cape2 yah .....mau kena ban lagi ??? GTFO lah....
^^bro hajar bro... teach him some moral lessons.
QUOTE(Petrus @ Jul 12 2008, 11:38 AM) [snapback]3805951[/snapback]
Why our people cannot accept the truth? We always want non Indons to treat us with respect. But, our attitudes/actions have nothing people can give us respect.
STFU..... go back to your planet......
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Garuda 'surprised' by EU ban extension
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Mon, 04/14/2008 11:52 AM | Business
National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia was surprised to hear the European Commission's decision to extend the ban on the airline from entering European territory, the airline claiming to have carried out the necessary measures to improve safety.
Last Friday, the EU decided Garuda and other Indonesian airlines would remain blacklisted, saying Indonesian authorities and Garuda were yet "to demonstrate they had completed the corrective actions".
"Pending both this demonstration and the completion of remedial action by Garuda and the other airlines, it was decided that none of the Indonesian carriers could be withdrawn at this stage from the list," the EC said in a statement.
However, Garuda spokesman Pudjobroto said the decision was unexpected, especially after a Garuda delegation had informed the EU Commission on Transportation earlier this month of the progress it had made in its safety commitment.
"Garuda Indonesia was the only airline which had the opportunity to discuss safety improvements," he told The Jakarta Post.
He explained the delegation, spearheaded by President Director Emirsyah Sattar, met with the committee on April 3 in Brussels and claimed they were "impressed" with the airline.
"They acknowledged our changes and were happy we were about to receive a safety certificate from the IATA (International Air Transport Association)," he said, referring to International Operational Safety Certification (IOSA).
IATA is a group of 161 international airlines and Garuda is its sole Indonesian member.
An IOSA certificate recognizes the operation, maintenance, safety management, training and finance management of international standard airlines.
Pudjobroto said Garuda was set to receive the certificate next May, after going through 600 checks.
Indonesia was first on the EC's list in July last year after four deadly crashes, including one Garuda Boeing 737-400 in Yogyakarta on March 7, in which 21 passengers died and many others were injured.
The list of banned carriers, effective last Friday, includes those from Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia, the Kyrgyz Republic, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Swaziland and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The EC said it would continue to closely monitor Garuda's corrective action progress. (rff)
Copyright © 2008 The Jakarta Post - PT Bina Media Tenggara. All Rights Reserved.
Source URL: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/04...-extension.html
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Mon, 04/14/2008 11:52 AM | Business
National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia was surprised to hear the European Commission's decision to extend the ban on the airline from entering European territory, the airline claiming to have carried out the necessary measures to improve safety.
Last Friday, the EU decided Garuda and other Indonesian airlines would remain blacklisted, saying Indonesian authorities and Garuda were yet "to demonstrate they had completed the corrective actions".
"Pending both this demonstration and the completion of remedial action by Garuda and the other airlines, it was decided that none of the Indonesian carriers could be withdrawn at this stage from the list," the EC said in a statement.
However, Garuda spokesman Pudjobroto said the decision was unexpected, especially after a Garuda delegation had informed the EU Commission on Transportation earlier this month of the progress it had made in its safety commitment.
"Garuda Indonesia was the only airline which had the opportunity to discuss safety improvements," he told The Jakarta Post.
He explained the delegation, spearheaded by President Director Emirsyah Sattar, met with the committee on April 3 in Brussels and claimed they were "impressed" with the airline.
"They acknowledged our changes and were happy we were about to receive a safety certificate from the IATA (International Air Transport Association)," he said, referring to International Operational Safety Certification (IOSA).
IATA is a group of 161 international airlines and Garuda is its sole Indonesian member.
An IOSA certificate recognizes the operation, maintenance, safety management, training and finance management of international standard airlines.
Pudjobroto said Garuda was set to receive the certificate next May, after going through 600 checks.
Indonesia was first on the EC's list in July last year after four deadly crashes, including one Garuda Boeing 737-400 in Yogyakarta on March 7, in which 21 passengers died and many others were injured.
The list of banned carriers, effective last Friday, includes those from Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia, the Kyrgyz Republic, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Swaziland and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The EC said it would continue to closely monitor Garuda's corrective action progress. (rff)
Copyright © 2008 The Jakarta Post - PT Bina Media Tenggara. All Rights Reserved.
Source URL: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/04...-extension.html
I strongly agree with the ban...
Everytime I fly with our own airplanes, I never feel safe. So many accidents happen. It is so unsafe to fly with our airlines. I hope the ban will strongly remind our airlines to improve safety.
My suggestion to Petrus the anus:
Get a life.... have sex....
If you too ugly and too horrible to attrack sex partner.... pay for it.... we understand your problems completely.
Get a life.... have sex....
If you too ugly and too horrible to attrack sex partner.... pay for it.... we understand your problems completely.
QUOTE(Majapahitans @ Jul 15 2008, 10:51 AM) [snapback]3811492[/snapback]
My suggestion to Petrus the anus:
Get a life.... have sex....
If you too ugly and too horrible to attrack sex partner.... pay for it.... we understand your problems completely.
Get a life.... have sex....
If you too ugly and too horrible to attrack sex partner.... pay for it.... we understand your problems completely.
Why do you mock me?
I am talking about how our airlines are not allowed to enter Europe's sky. It is not a joke. It is a serious matter. Those people don't trust us. They don't want us to fly on their skies. I don't think it is funny.
Ours...? Ahah...?
Yeah right...
You're Indonesian... and I'm Elvis...
Yeah right...
You're Indonesian... and I'm Elvis...
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Attack forces Indonesian Christians off campus
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 08/22/2008 10:37 AM | National
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/08...ans-campus.html
Hundreds of Christian theology students have been living in tents since a mob of angry Muslim neighbors stormed their campus last month wielding bamboo spears and hurling Molotov cocktails, according to reports by The Associated Press.
The incident comes amid growing concern that Indonesia's tradition of religious tolerance is under threat from Islamic hard-liners.
In talks since the attack, the Arastamar Evangelical School of Theology has reluctantly agreed to shut its 20-year-old campus in east Jakarta, accepting an offer this week to move to a small office building on the other side of the Indonesian capital.
"Why should we be forced from our house while our attackers can walk freely?" asked the Rev. Matheus Mangentang, chairman of the 1,400-student school.
The government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, which relies on the support of Islamic parties in Parliament, is struggling to balance deep Islamic traditions and a secular constitution. With elections coming next April, the government seems unwilling to defend religious minorities, lest it be portrayed as anti-Islamic in what is the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
The July 25 attack, which injured 18 students, was the culmination of years of simmering tensions between the school and residents of the Kampung Pulo neighborhood.
Senny Manave, a spokesman for the Christian school, said complaints were received from neighbors about prayers and the singing of hymns, which they considered disturbing evangelical activity.
Several neighbors refused to comment, saying they feared that could further strain relations. A prominent banner, signed by scores of people, has been hung over an entrance to the neighborhood.
"We the community of Kampung Pulo demand the campus be closed and dissolved," it says.
The assault began around midnight, when students woke to the crash of stones falling on their dormitory roof as a voice over a loudspeaker at a nearby mosque cried "Allah Akbar," or "God is great" in Arabic.
The unidentified speaker urged residents to rise up against their "unwanted neighbors," said Sairin, the head of campus security, who goes by a single name.
The attack followed a claim that a student had broken into a resident's house, but police dismissed the charge.
Uneasy relations date to 2003, when neighbors began to protest the school's presence. Last year, residents set fire to shelters for construction workers to try to stop the campus from expanding deeper into the neighborhood. Some also questioned the legality of the school's permit.
Christian lawmaker Karol Daniel Kadang accused property speculators of provoking last month's incident to clear the land for more profitable use, after the school refused to sell out.
He also blamed the government for failing to build interfaith relations, which he and others believe are beginning to fray.
"People are still tolerant, but there is a growing suspicion among Muslims of others," said Prof. Franz Magnis-Suseno, a Jesuit priest who has lived in Indonesia for half a century.
He added that the police have failed to prevent both attacks on minorities and the forced closure of Christian churches and nontraditional mosques by mobs incited by radical Muslims.
"The state has some responsibility for this growing intolerance, namely by not upholding the law," he said.
A mob stormed a church service last Sunday in another east Jakarta neighborhood, forcing dozens of Christian worshipers to flee, said Jakarta Police Chief Col. Carlo Tewu. No arrests have been made.
Since being driven from campus, nearly 600 female students have been sleeping under suspended tarps at a nearby scout camp, where they had to dig trenches to keep water out during downpours. Classes are held with megaphones in the sweltering summer heat, under trees or the tarps. A similar number of male students live in a guesthouse. The remainder have returned to their families.
Food, water and school supplies are donated by church groups and community charities.
"We feel like refugees in our own country," said Dessy Nope, 19, a second-year student majoring in education. "How can you study here? I only followed 20 percent of my last lesson. It's difficult to concentrate."
Christians have not been the only targets for Muslim hard-liners, who this year set fire to mosques of a Muslim sect, Ahmadiyah, that they consider heretical.
In June, the government ordered members of the sect to return to mainstream Islam, sparking concern among activists who fear the state is interfering in matters of faith and caving in to the demands of radicals.
"We're living in a country where there are many religions, but the government cannot prevent the actions of fundamentalist groups," said Manave, the school spokesman. "The government cannot protect minorities." (amr)
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 08/22/2008 10:37 AM | National
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/08...ans-campus.html
Hundreds of Christian theology students have been living in tents since a mob of angry Muslim neighbors stormed their campus last month wielding bamboo spears and hurling Molotov cocktails, according to reports by The Associated Press.
The incident comes amid growing concern that Indonesia's tradition of religious tolerance is under threat from Islamic hard-liners.
In talks since the attack, the Arastamar Evangelical School of Theology has reluctantly agreed to shut its 20-year-old campus in east Jakarta, accepting an offer this week to move to a small office building on the other side of the Indonesian capital.
"Why should we be forced from our house while our attackers can walk freely?" asked the Rev. Matheus Mangentang, chairman of the 1,400-student school.
The government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, which relies on the support of Islamic parties in Parliament, is struggling to balance deep Islamic traditions and a secular constitution. With elections coming next April, the government seems unwilling to defend religious minorities, lest it be portrayed as anti-Islamic in what is the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
The July 25 attack, which injured 18 students, was the culmination of years of simmering tensions between the school and residents of the Kampung Pulo neighborhood.
Senny Manave, a spokesman for the Christian school, said complaints were received from neighbors about prayers and the singing of hymns, which they considered disturbing evangelical activity.
Several neighbors refused to comment, saying they feared that could further strain relations. A prominent banner, signed by scores of people, has been hung over an entrance to the neighborhood.
"We the community of Kampung Pulo demand the campus be closed and dissolved," it says.
The assault began around midnight, when students woke to the crash of stones falling on their dormitory roof as a voice over a loudspeaker at a nearby mosque cried "Allah Akbar," or "God is great" in Arabic.
The unidentified speaker urged residents to rise up against their "unwanted neighbors," said Sairin, the head of campus security, who goes by a single name.
The attack followed a claim that a student had broken into a resident's house, but police dismissed the charge.
Uneasy relations date to 2003, when neighbors began to protest the school's presence. Last year, residents set fire to shelters for construction workers to try to stop the campus from expanding deeper into the neighborhood. Some also questioned the legality of the school's permit.
Christian lawmaker Karol Daniel Kadang accused property speculators of provoking last month's incident to clear the land for more profitable use, after the school refused to sell out.
He also blamed the government for failing to build interfaith relations, which he and others believe are beginning to fray.
"People are still tolerant, but there is a growing suspicion among Muslims of others," said Prof. Franz Magnis-Suseno, a Jesuit priest who has lived in Indonesia for half a century.
He added that the police have failed to prevent both attacks on minorities and the forced closure of Christian churches and nontraditional mosques by mobs incited by radical Muslims.
"The state has some responsibility for this growing intolerance, namely by not upholding the law," he said.
A mob stormed a church service last Sunday in another east Jakarta neighborhood, forcing dozens of Christian worshipers to flee, said Jakarta Police Chief Col. Carlo Tewu. No arrests have been made.
Since being driven from campus, nearly 600 female students have been sleeping under suspended tarps at a nearby scout camp, where they had to dig trenches to keep water out during downpours. Classes are held with megaphones in the sweltering summer heat, under trees or the tarps. A similar number of male students live in a guesthouse. The remainder have returned to their families.
Food, water and school supplies are donated by church groups and community charities.
"We feel like refugees in our own country," said Dessy Nope, 19, a second-year student majoring in education. "How can you study here? I only followed 20 percent of my last lesson. It's difficult to concentrate."
Christians have not been the only targets for Muslim hard-liners, who this year set fire to mosques of a Muslim sect, Ahmadiyah, that they consider heretical.
In June, the government ordered members of the sect to return to mainstream Islam, sparking concern among activists who fear the state is interfering in matters of faith and caving in to the demands of radicals.
"We're living in a country where there are many religions, but the government cannot prevent the actions of fundamentalist groups," said Manave, the school spokesman. "The government cannot protect minorities." (amr)
I am not suprised reading the news above.
Government is the only party who can solve the problem. But, we must be realistic to realize that we cannot depend on our corrupt and messy government to take care of the country.
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