50 Cent Puji Kecantikan Perempuan Indonesia

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Kericuhan kecil sempat terjadi

Rapper asal Amerika Serikat, 50 Cent, tampaknya jatuh cinta dengan perempuan Indonesia. Setelah menggelar konser di Epicentrum Walk, Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan, Sabtu malam (8/10) ia mengungkapkan perasaanya itu akun Twitter resminya @50 Cent.

Man Indonesia has some of the most beautiAful women I have ever seen in my life. I looked in the crowed and said good God all mighty LMAO SK,” tulis rapper bernama asli Curtis James Jackson III.

Dalam konser perdananya di Indonesia itu 50 Cent membuka penampilannya dengan lagu berjudul The Invitation. Ia juga melantunkan Gangsta,Do You Think About Me?, Candy Shop, P.I.M.P, dan In Da Club.

Kericuhan kecil sempat terjadi dalam konser yang dibuka oleh DJ Cream itu ketika penonton berebut jacket yang dilemparkan 50 Cents.

Di penghujung acara penyanyi yang juga memiliki dapur rekaman G-Unit Records itu mengajak empat anak untuk berdansa bersamanya di atas panggung dan menyanyikan lagu In Da Club sebagai lagu penutup.

Untuk pertunjuk 50 Cent Sabtu malam lalu, tiket 50 Cent dijual dengan harga Rp 800.000,00 untuk kelas festival, Rp 1.500.000,00 untuk Front Row dan Rp 2.000.000 untuk kelas VIP.

SBY Holds Talks Ahead of Possible Reshuffle

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Arientha Primanita, Agus Triyono, Elisabeth Oktofani


President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono summoned Vice President Boediono and several of his ministers to his home in Cikeas, Bogor, on Thursday as talk of a cabinet reshuffle intensifies.

“President SBY and Vice President Boediono are conducting marathon, intensive and private talks” throughout the week, said Daniel Sparringa, a member of the presidential special staff. “The president doesn’t want this to become a political discussion. We’re not trying to cover anything up, we just want to avoid any unnecessary controversies.”

Boediono arrived at the president’s private residence at 4 p.m. on Thursday. He was joined by State Secretary Sudi Silalahi and Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam.

Julian Aldrin Pasha, a presidential spokesman, declined to offer details about Thursday’s meeting. All he would say is that “the president wishes to discuss the future of his administration.”

Yudhoyono has previously hinted that a reshuffle could coincide with the second anniversary of the cabinet’s formation later this month.

Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, head of the Presidential Working Unit for Development, Supervision and Oversight (UKP4), said on Thursday that an evaluation of the ministries and government agencies would be forwarded to the president next week.

He said the final report was still being completed, but the results might influence any cabinet reshuffle.

Bambang Adhyaksa, from the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), told a discussion on Thursday that 80 percent of the cabinet needed to be replaced.

“The ministers have neither the vision nor the capability to run the country,” Bambang said.

He said Kadin had recently met with ministers to discuss the economy. “A clear example of their incompetence is that they didn’t follow up on the recommendations of the meeting,” he said.

The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Jakarta) said Yudhoyono must remove ministers who had committed human rights violations.

LBH Jakarta has named 14 such ministers and agency heads. They include Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali, who it said had failed to protect religious minorities, and Communications Minister Tifatul Sembiring, whom the foundation criticized for curbing freedom of expression by enforcing the controversial Electronic Transactions and Information (ITE) Law.

Other ministers seen as ripe for removal include Manpower Minister Muhaimin Iskandar, criticized for his soft stance on labor and migrant worker issues, and Justice Minister Patrialis Akbar, who is said to have made little progress on human rights.

Menteri KIB II Dinilai Banyak yang Melanggar HAM

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LBH Jakarta sebut nama mulai dari M Nuh, Suryadharma, hingga Muhaimin dan lain-lain.

LBH Jakarta mencatat ada 14 menteri dan pejabat setingkat menteri yang memiliki potret buram dalam penegakan hak asasi manusia (HAM). Para menetri itu dinilai harus menjadi bahan evaluasi Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) menjelang perombakan kabinet.

Nurkholis Hidayat, Direktur LBH Jakarta, mengatakan bahwa lebih dari selusin menteri dan pejabat setingkat menteri, memiliki potret buram dalam penegakan HAM. Termasuk dalam hal hak sipil politik dan hak ekonomi sosial-budaya.

“Suryadharma Ali, Menteri Agama misalnya. Dia telah melanggar hak sipil politik dengan mengkampanyekan sikap permusuhan terhadap kelompok minoritas keagamaan, yang tampak dalam pernyataan-pernyataan yang dikeluarkannya, termasuk berkaitan dengan kasus Cikeusik yang justru memojokkan Ahmadiyah,” kata Nurkholis, Kamis (6/10).

“Bahkan sebagai seorang politisi, dia paling lantang dalam menyuarakan pembubaran Ahmadiyah dalam kampanye 2009 lalu,” ujar Nurkholis.

Selain itu, LBH Jakarta juga mencatat bahwa Gamawan Fauzi telah melakukan pelanggaran HAM berkaitan dengan hak sipil politik. Antara lain dengan merestui dan menyetujui peraturan daerah, juga keputusan atau peraturan kepala daerah yang melanggar HAM dan diskriminatif seperti Pergub Larangan Ahmadiyah.

“Sebagai Menteri Dalam Negeri, Gamawan Fauzi telah memaksakan pembahasan RUU Ormas yang berwatak represif pada kebebasan berserikat dan berkumpul, yang mana ini cukup berbahaya bagi rakyat sipil,” kata Nurkholis.

Nurkholis juga menyebutkan nama Djoko Kirmanto, Menteri Pekerjaan Umum, yang dinilai telah melakukan pelanggaran HAM berkaitan dengan kasus privatisasi air di Jakarta. Lebih jauh, Ki Agus Ahmad, salah satu pengacara publik dari LBH Jakarta, menyebutkan pula nama Jumhur Hidayat, Ketua BNP2TKI, yang dianggap telah gagal dalam memberikan perlindungan bagi TKI, termasuk berkaitan dengan kasus hukum pancung Ruyati.

“Jumhur telah gagal melindungi TKI, sebab tidak memiliki skema advokasi yang jelas untuk melindungi TKI,” imbuhnya.

Agus juga menyebutkan nama Menkominfo Tifatul Sembiring, yang dinilai telah melanggar HAM dengan mendorong pengesahan Undang-Undang Anti Pornografi yang subtansinya dianggap banyak melanggar hak perempuan dan insan seni dan budaya. “Selain mendorong UU Anti Pornografi, Tifatul juga telah mendorong UU ITE yang mengatur penyadapan, dan mengancam hak privasi serta kebebasan berekspresi, di mana mengakibatkan adanya kriminalisasi berdasarkan UU ITE. Bahkan sudah ada beberapa korban,” ungkapnya.

Selain Suryadharma, Gamawan, Jumhur dan Tifatul, LBH Jakarta juga menyebutkan nama Menakertrans Muhaimin Iskandar, Menkumham Patrialis Akbar, Menteri BUMN Mustafa Abubakar, serta Mendiknas Muhammad Nuh. Juga ada nama Jaksa Agung Basrief Arief, Menhan Purnomo Yusgiantoro, Menkes Endang Rahayu, serta Menhut Zulfiki Hasan.

Agus menyatakan bahwa penilaian ini dibuat berdasarkan laporan yang masuk ke LBH Jakarta, serta kasus yang mereka advokasi selama ini. “Di antara mereka, (ada yang) menjadi tergugat langsung di pengadilan. Seperti Muhammad Nuh, Menteri Pendidikan, berkaitan dengan pembangkangan putusan MA soal Ujian Nasional yang melanggar hak anak dan menutup akses atas kelanjutan pendidikan,” jelas Nurkholis.

50 juta Anak tanpa Akta, Halangi Akses Pendidikan

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50 juta Anak tanpa Akta, Halangi Akses Pendidikan

Data di Kementerian Pemberdayaan Perempuan dan Perlindungan Anak (KPPA), 50juta dari 78 juta anak Indonesia yang berusia di bawah 18 tahun tidak memilikiakte kelahiran.

Mayong, pengacara publik dari LBH Jakarta, di Jakarta, Kamis (5/10) mengatakan bahwatingginya jumlah anak tanpa akta dapat mengakibatkan adanya dampak negatif bagianak tersebut seperti stigma negatif dari masyarakat atau tidak memiliki akses pendidikan.

Data yang dikuatkan oleh hasil penelitian Survei SosialEkonomi Nasional (Susenas) menyatakan bahwa sejak tahun 2007 ada 11.700.000anak usia di bawah lima tahun belum memiliki akta kelahiran.

“Anak yang tidak memiliki akta kelahiran akandianggap sebagai anak di luar nikah, di mana di Indonesiamemiliki label negatif,” kata Mayong dalam sebuah diskusi di kantor LBH Jakarta. “Selain itu,anak tersebut akan kesulitan mendapatkan akses pendidikan serta akses terhadaphak ekonomi sosial dan budaya mereka di masa depan karena tidak memiliki aktakelahiran.”

Maria Ulfa Anshor, Ketua Komisi Perlindungan Anak Indonesia, mengatakan aktakelahiran bersifat universal sebab hal ini terkait dengan pengakuan negara atasstatus keperdataan seseorang. “Dari perspektif hak asasi manusia, aktakelahiran merupakan hak dasar setiap anak yakni merupakan hak atas pengakuansah terhadap keberadaannya, di mana hal ini terkait dengan aspek proteksiberlangsungnya tumbuh kembang anak dalam setiap fase perkembangan,”ungkapnya.

50 Million Minors Lack Birth Certificates

The Jakarta Globe


More than 60 percent of Indonesian minors do not have a birth certificate, depriving them of a range of civic services, including enrolling at school.

Mayong, a lawyer with the Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Jakarta), said 50 million of the 78 million Indonesians under the age of 18 did not have a birth certificate, based on data from the Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry.

“A child without a birth certificate is commonly perceived as being born outside wedlock, which in Indonesian society carries with it negative stigma,” he said at a discussion on the issue on Thursday.

“Besides that, the child will also encounter difficulty getting access to education, as well as to other socioeconomic and cultural rights once they get older.”

A birth certificate is required for a child to be enrolled in school, get a passport and, upon turning 17, apply for an ID card, or KTP. As an adult, they will also need a birth certificate to get a marriage license and apply for jobs as civil servants or with state-owned companies.

Maria Ulfa Anshor, the chairwoman of the Indonesian Commission for Child Protection (KPAI), said receiving a birth certificate should be a universal right because of its fundamental importance.

“From a human rights perspective, a birth certificate should be a basic right for all children because it represents the sole legal confirmation of their existence,” she said.

Under the 2006 Residency Administration Law, parents have 60 days from the birth of their child in which to apply for a birth certificate. Once the period has expired, the parents must apply through a district court and pay a fine of up to Rp 1 million ($112).

Maria said most parents were unaware of the time limit, while others were discouraged from applying because of the illegal fees levied by population services officials.

Purba Hutapea, the head of the Jakarta population office, said another factor for the low number of applications was the fact that few of those submitted had the required supporting documentation.

“This includes the proof of birth from the hospital where the child was born and the parents’ marriage certificate,” he said.

“They’re really very simple requirements, but many people still fail to comply with them.”

The Jakarta population office kicked off a campaign on Monday, set to run until the end of the year, to allow parents of children born as far back as 2007 to apply for a birth certificate without having to go through the courts or pay the fine.

Separately, administrative law expert Irman Putra Sidin, from Hassanuddin University in Makassar, said the government needed to do more to encourage parents to apply for birth certificates for their children.

“The government can’t just stay silent and expect people to take the initiative on issues like this,” he said.

He argued that because most Indonesians had a low level of education, they were unlikely to know about the terms for applying for the document or the disadvantages of not having it.

Police Pay Dearly for Miss Universe Visit

The Jakarta Globe

Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes has walked straight into a controversy while visiting Indonesia after she was reportedly offered an exorbitant sum from a West Java Police group for her attendance at an event.

Lopes, who is visiting to crown the new Miss Indonesia on Friday evening, is expected to be a VIP guest at a charity night held by the West Java branch of Bhayangkari, the Association of the Wives of Policemen, next Tuesday.

Local media reported that the West Java Bhayangkari had raised Rp 750 million ($84,000), including from contributions levied from police officers, to enable the Angolan beauty to attend the event.

Police expert Bambang Widodo Umar urged National Police Chief Gen. Timur Pradopo to summon West Java Police Chief Insp. Gen. Putut Bayusenot over the scandal.

“The National Police Chief or the chairwoman of Bhayangkari should correct the West Java Police chief or his wife and show them how best to celebrate an anniversary,” said Bambang, a lecturer at the National Police University and a former official at the National Police Commission, a law enforcement watchdog.

“It would be better to donate the money to orphans, to use it to help low-ranking police officers or help children go to school. Sometimes they don’t even have enough money to pay the rent on their house,” Bambang said.

Bambang said that it was inappropriate to invite a Miss Universe because she was not a figure related to law enforcement. “If they want to invite a public figure, they should invite a security figure than beauty figure.” Bambang said.

Neta S. Pane, chairman of Indonesian Police Watch, said the source of Rp 750 million funding needed to be clarified. It is also not clear how much money, if any, was paid to Ms Lopes.

“It is fine to invite Miss Universe to a Bhayangkari anniversary celebration as long as the funding is coming from a sponsor,” Neta said.

“It can create a positive image for the National Police and she can learn about our Indonesian police, especially in West Java.”

“But if the funding is related to corruption or bribe allegations, then it needs to be investigated by KPK,” he added, referring to the Corruption Eradication Commission. It was ironic, Neta said, that police officers would spend millions of rupiah on a celebration while low-ranking police officers were so poorly paid.

West Java police spokesman Sr. Comr. Agus Rianto said that Lopes has been planning to visit Bandung and that the West Java Bhayangkari group was making use of that opportunity.

“The West Java Police did not have a role in inviting Miss Universe,” Agus told the Jakarta Globe on Tuesday.

The appearance was reportedly made possible with the cooperation of Yayasan Puteri Indonesia — the organizer of Miss Indonesia and the franchise holder of all Miss Universe’s activities in the country — and an event organizer, Viseta Global Utama.

Viseta provides public relations and speaker training and is run by Coreta El Kapoyos, its Web site said. Coreta is Putut’s wife.

Viseta spokeswoman Megi Theresia was quoted on the Indonesian Police Commission’s Web site as rejecting allegations the money came from police coffers.

“The money came from the [event organizer], from the sponsors. We didn’t ask for money from police officials,” Megi said.

“We invited Miss Universe because she is in Indonesia so it couldn’t hurt if she comes to Bandung to attend the charity night.”

Peserta INAICTA Meningkat 20 Persen

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Peserta robotic meningkat tiga kali lipat, kategori robot aplikatif empat kali lipat.

Ajang penghargaan akbar berskala nasional di bidang komunitas teknologi informasi dan komunikasi 2011 disambut antusias. Hal ini setidaknya terbukti dengan meningkatnya jumlah peserta sebesar 20 persen dari tahun lalu.

“INAICTA mendapatkan dukungan yang cukup luas dari komunitas,” kata Kamalludin Ramli, penanggungjawab Tim Indonesia ICT Award 2011, hari ini (4/10).

Kamalludin menjelaskan, INAICTA (Indonesian Information and Communication Technology Award) diselenggarakan dengan latar belakang untuk mendorong potensi dan kreativitas anak bangsa di bidang teknologi informasi dan komunikasi. Tujuannya, agar mampu menghasilkan produk dan jasa TIK yang berkualitas, serta berdaya saing dan nilai jual (untuk) ke pasar domestik, regional dan internasional.

Dalam penyampaian laporan pertanggungjawabannya, Kamalludin pun mengatakan bahwa INAICTA diikuti oleh 1.768 peserta dengan 752 buah karya inovasi. Artinya, terdapat peningkatan peserta sebanyak 20 persen, dibanding tahun 2010 lalu dengan 1.375 peserta.

“Untuk peserta robotic, ada 219 peserta. Terdapat peningkatan peserta sebanyak tiga kali dibandingkan tahun lalu di mana peserta robotic sebanyak 70 peserta saja,” ungkap Kamaluddin.

“Yang juga menarik adalah peningkatan (kategori) robot aplikatif, di mana terdapat 26 peserta. Meningkat empat kali lipat dari tahun lalu yang hanya diikuti 6 peserta,” lanjutnya.

Kamalludin menambahkankan bahwa peningkatan kualitas karya, juga dapat dirasakan pada dua bidang, yakni digital animation dan digital audio. Sementara untuk business matching program, Kamalludin mengatakan bahwa terdapat 65 orang yang mengikuti program yang diseleksi oleh enam perusahaan pemodal tersebut, di mana hari ini akan dipilih 33 peserta calon teknopreneurs.

“Mudah-mudahan antusiasme ini bisa terjaga terus. Seperti yang diharapkan oleh pemerintah, semoga acara ini setelahnya dapat menghasilkan teknopreneurs baru, muda dan tangguh, yang dapat bertahan di medan persaingan bisnis di masa mendatang,” kata Kamaluddin.

Provider dan Operator Penyedot Pulsa akan Dipidana

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“Ini kriminal, karena menyedot pulsa orang tanpa izin.”

Pemerintah menegaskan akan menindak provider konten maupun operator yang menyedot pulsa pelanggan, jika terbukti bersalah.

“Untuk pencurian pulsa ini, kami sedang bekerja dengan di BRTI (Badan Regulasi Telekomunikasi Indonesia). Apabila terbukti ada content provider maupun operator, kalau mereka salah, kami tindak,” ungkap Menteri Komunikasi dan Informasi (Menkominfo) Tifatul Sembiring, di Jakarta, Selasa (4/10).

“Bahkan ini kriminal, karena menyedot pulsa orang tanpa izin. Seseorang di-register harus ada izin, fakta, bukti, bahwa dia OK. Tapi kalau dia dikirim sesuatu, lalu disedot pulsanya, ini kriminal. Ini melanggar undang-undang kita, dan ini akan kita tertibkan,” tambah Menkominfo.

Tifatul juga mengatakan bahwa masyarakat dapat melakukan pengaduan ke call center BRTI di 159, terkait SMS yang menyedot pulsa tersebut. “Sekali lagi, kalau ada orang (pulsanya) dipotong-potong, silakan mengadu ke 159. Sebab orang akan segan mengadu ke pengadilan atau ke kepolisian untuk pulsa satu atau dua ribu (rupiah). Namun jika terdapat satu atau dua ribu dari jutaan orang, miliaran (rupiah) juga (nilainya),” kata Tifatul, sambil menambahkan bahwa line pengaduan itu tidak bayar.

Tifatul menambahkan bahwa kalau ada indikasi mereka melakukan tindak pidana, pemerintah akan menuntut secara hukum. Sehubungan dengan itu menurutnya, Rabu (4/10) besok, dirinya akan bertemu dengan operator berkaitan dengan masalah pencurian pulsa tersebut.

Tifatul Takes Aim at Shady Services for Cellphones

The Jakarta Globe


Elisabeth Oktofani & Ulma Haryanto


Mobile phone service providers that charge customers for unsolicited services may soon find themselves facing sanctions, the communications minister said on Tuesday.

“For the case of stealing phone credit, we’re cooperating with the Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory Body [BRTI],” Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring said. “If the content provider and the operator are proven to be guilty, we’re going to sanction them.”

Tifatul said his office had been inundated by complaints from consumers saying they had been registered for premium text message or ring tone services without their consent and often without realizing they were being charged for it.

“It is a crime to deduct phone credit without permission,” the minister said.

“If [the customer] is registered for a service, there should be permission, fact and evidence they agreed to it. But if they are sent something that deducts their phone credit [without their knowledge], that is a crime and against the law.”

Tifatul encouraged victims of dishonest service providers to report their grievances to the BRTI’s call center at number 159.

“People might feel reluctant to report to the court or the police if they lose phone credit worth between Rp 1,000 and 2,000 [11 cents to 22 cents],” he said. “But if it is Rp 1,000 to Rp 2,000 from millions of people, that amounts to billions. Reporting the offenses is free.”

The minister is scheduled to meet with mobile phone operators today to discuss the problem.

David Tobing, a lawyer and consumer rights advocate, told the Jakarta Globe that the agreements signed by content providers and telecommunications operators were at the root of the consumer nuisance.

“The government should have stricter regulations and tighter monitoring on the cooperation between the two,” he said.

“There should be a clause saying that whatever type of service a content provider offers, it should only be offered after consent from the user. Agreements between the user and a telecommunications operator also have to make clear that there is no chance of interference by third-party content providers.”

David himself has filed a lawsuit at the South Jakarta District Court against Telkomsel, the country’s biggest mobile phone operator, for Rp 100,000 — the amount he said he lost to a rogue content provider.

He said he was charged Rp 10,000 for every text message he received from the provider, even though he had never registered for the service.

“The messages finally stopped after I complained to Telkomsel, but my lost credit could not be recovered,” he said.

“I’m now waiting for the first hearing in the lawsuit.”

Tulus Abadi, managing director of the Indonesian Consumer Protection Foundation (YLKI), said Tifatul’s threat of sanctions was too little, too late.

“The fact that this case has grown so big shows that the BRTI and the government have not done their job of protecting consumers,” Tulus said.

“As a regulator, the main purpose of the BRTI is to regulate telecommunication operators. Has it done its job?”

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Prosecution Seeks 12 Years For Tholut Over Aceh Camp

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Prosecution Seeks 12 Years For Tholut Over Aceh Camp

Prosecutors on Thursday demanded that key terror suspect Abu Tholut serve 12 years in jail for his alleged role in the establishment of a militant training camp in Aceh where attacks on foreigners and state leaders were supposedly plotted.

Prosecutor Bambang Suharyadi told the West Jakarta District Court there was sufficient proof that Tholut, 50, had been helping to set up the paramilitary camp at the request of hard-line cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, and procured firearms for the group.

Bashir was in June jailed for 15 years for terrorism offenses.

“We recommend the defendant be jailed for a maximum of 12 years, less the time he spent in detention. There are mitigating factors: he was well-behaved during the course of the trial and he has admitted his involvement,” Bambang said.

However, the prosecutor added that there were also aggravating factors.

The defendant has been convicted of terrorism before, he said, and the crime he was now on trial for “endangered people’s lives and spread terror.”

According to the prosecution, the defendant was invited by Bashir for a meeting at the Jakarta office of the radical Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid in February last year. He was informed that paramilitary training was under way and shown video footage of the related activities.

Tholut was then allegedly handed Rp 70 million ($8,000) by Haris Amir Falah, the head of JAT’s Jakarta branch, for delivery to the camp in Aceh.

Nurlan, an attorney for Tholut, said his client did not deserve such a lengthy jail term, arguing that the defendant was not directly involved in establishing the militant camp.

Tholut only surveyed the location for the camp, said Nurlan, a lawyer from Palu Muslim Defenders Team (TPM).

“We are going to read our [full] defense statement next week,” the lawyer said outside court.

Tholut, also known as Mustofa, was arrested in Kudus, Central Java, in December 2010.

He had become one of Indonesia’s most-wanted fugitives after master bomb-makers Noordin M. Top and Dulmatin were gunned down in police raids in 2009 and 2010.

Tholut is one of more than 120 alleged members of the group Tanzim Al Qaeda in Aceh to have been captured or killed since the camp was raided early last year.

Police believe Tholut was a key leader of terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, as he was said to have spent years in Afghanistan and the Philippines waging jihad.

He was convicted in 2004 for illegal possession of firearms and explosives and was sentenced to seven years in prison. But he was released on parole in 2007.