Open wound: labour activist's murder haunts militia

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The Indonesian military has reopened its investigation of the murder of labor activist Marsinah following a Supreme Court reversal of the convictions of eight people. Lawyer Trimoelya Soeryadi now routinely receives death threats over the case, in which he represented one defendant, perhaps because he says Marsinah died in military hands, after torture, and that torture extracted the confessions made by his client and the others. The new army chief of staff, Gen Hartono, was then the army commander in the region of the killing.

Labor relations, Crime, Military offenses, Civil-military relations

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Swamp for sale: Indonesia woos private sector for huge rice schemes

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President Suharto of Indonesia hopes to develop 1 million hectares of marshland in Central Kalimantan to produce rice in cooperation with private partners. The plan would let the companies grow other crops on some of the land and encourage them to process food and do other work there, while the government would drain the swamp and irrigate it with fresh water, a $2 billion to $3 billion project. First proposed in the 1920s, the plan could take much more than the suggested three years. Some companies have expressed interest.

Agricultural industry

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Going once, going twice...

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About 500 carvers representing 50-60 villages compete to have their work entered in the 15-year-old art auction held in the malaria-ridden southeast coast of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Once notorious cannibals, the Asmats have carved such a renowned reputation in the art of woodworking that they have now become the lifeblood of the annual Asmat Art Auction, led by Catholic Bishop Alphonse 'Al' Sowada.

Social aspects, Art, Art auctions, Wood-carving, Wood carving, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Wood-carvers, Wood carvers

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