Five janitors from PT Indonesia Servant Service (ISS) were found guilty for committing sexual abuse to a Jakarta International School (JIS) kindergarten student. The South Jakarta District Court sentenced the five janitors to eight years jail time and fined them for as much as 100 million Indonesian rupiah each on Monday (Dec. 22). Let’s recap the proceedings. [continue reading]
Month: December 2014
On the Fight Against Illegal Fishing
NewsroomThe Indonesian government has been sinking vessels engaging in illegal fishing activities in Indonesian waters. Vietnam has in particular complained about the Indonesian government’s approach in fighting illegal fishing, with the Malaysian press joining the chorus. [Continue reading]
Photo Journal Blok-M Square Painting Painting Center
NewsroomHere are the photographs we took at the Blok-M Painting Center to give you a sense into how the streetside painters work in one of Jakarta’s busiest tranportation-cum-shopping hubs. Enjoy the pictures. [continue reading]
Creative Economy: Blok-M Square Painting Center
NewsroomWe’re exploring spaces in Jakarta that have the potential for becoming hubs for creative economy. Earlier this week we went even further into the now trending traditional market, Pasar Santa. Today we’ll go into Jakarta- government-owned, modern retail complex called Blok-M Square, noting in particular its painting center that plays host to Jakarta’s streetside artists. [continue reading]
National Police Job Rotation
NewsroomOn Monday (Dec. 15), National Police Chief Gen. Sutarman issued Police Secret Telegram Letter Number: ST/2500/XII/2014 regarding the rotation of a number of mid-ranking and high-ranking police officers as the part of police career development and promotion program. More than 100 officers were affected by the rotation. [continue reading]
Jokowi’s Christmas in Papua
NewsroomThe government will hold a joint national Christmas celebration in Papua for the very first time. But some Papuans reject the idea altogether, referring to the December 8 incident in Enarotali of the district of Paniai, which caused the death of five Papuans. [continue reading]
The Threat from Self-Radicalization in Indonesia
NewsroomOn Monday (Dec. 15) Australians were shocked by a hostage-taking situation that took place at a cafe in Sydney, Australia. The hostage taker was identified as Man Haron Monis, a supposedly troubled, self-radicalized person with a deep history of violence. It was a tragedy that sparked a discussion on self-radicalization and its threat to national security. This led our thoughts closer to home as we began pondering about self-radicalization in Indonesia. [continue reading]
Revisiting Pasar Santa, a Photographic Journal
NewsroomPasar Santa is a traditional market with a twist. We have written a lot about this phenomenon, but today we’ll give you more. These are photographs we took on our last visit to the trending market. Enjoy the images. [continue reading]
Revisiting Pasar Santa
NewsroomWe featured Bambang Sugiarto, the head of Pasar Santa traditional market, several weeks ago to understand the trending traditional market. Since then, we’ve read even more reports about Pasar Santa, especially after the soon- to-be Vice Governor of Jakarta Djarot Syaiful Hidayat went to visit the traditional market. And so on Sunday (Dec. 14), we revisited Pasar Santa to check on things. [continue reading]
Aliya Rajasa Traumatized by Journalists?
NewsroomLast month, we attempted to organize a one-on-one conversation with Alya Rajasa, the daughter in law of the Sixth President of Republic of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). We wanted to learn more about her engagement in social work activities through her foundation, namely, Satoe Indonesia. Having made contact with Alya’s staff, we were asked to send our list of questions. We asked why it was necessary, and we were made aware of a traumatizing experience with journalistic inquiry. [continue reading]
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