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DJOKO SUSILO
THE EN
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Cover: Kendra Paramita
THROUGHOUT 2011, the company owned by Budi Susanto benetted from
projects given out by the Trafc Division of the National Police, valued at close to
Rp1 trillion. Involving the Police Primary Cooperative, the tender process was
manipulated from the start to ensure that Budis company would win. Police
Inspector-General Djoko Susilo is suspected of taking part in facilitating the
businessman he refers to as ndoro or master.
THE END OF THE LINES?
Outreach
Blessings from the Dead
THREE years ago, Tempo visited the village of
Bululangkan in North Toraja to witness a manene, the
cleansing of the dead ritual which takes place once every
three years. At that time, the villagers had vowed to use
some of the proceeds from the manene, to improve their
village. Last August, Tempo returned to the scene, to
check just how far the villagers commitment had gone.
Tempo reports from South Sulawesi province.
Economy
Crude Theft
CUSTOMS and Excise ofcers recently
caught a tanker carrying thousands of liters
of undocumented crude oil intending to sail
for Malaysia. Strangely, Pertamina knew
nothing of the illicit cargo, while the gas and oil
regulatory body BP Migas claims such leaks did
not cause losses of revenues.

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Cartoon 10
Indicator 7
Letters 6
Picture Window 8
Opinion
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Opinion 11
Sidelines 70
National
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News Capsule 32
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JAKARTA Aksi penembakanterhadappoli-
si di Solo, Jawa Tengah, ditengarai menjadi
awal aksi teror yang lebih besar. Menurut
pengamat pertahanan dan keamanan dari
Universitas Indonesia, Andi Widjajanto, aksi
tersebut hanya wake-up call (panggilan)
terhadap sel-sel jaringan teroris lainnya.
Ditengarai akan ada peningkatan aksi
teror pada September hingga akhir tahun,
menuju sasaran utama, kata Andi saat
dihubungi kemarin.
Serentetan aksi teroris terjadi dalam dua
pekan di Solo, JawaTengah. TimDetasemen
Khusus 88 Antiteror pada Jumat malam
lalu terlibat baku tembak di Jalan Veteran,
Solo, dengan tiga terduga teroris. Aksi
itu diduga berkaitan dengan
penembakan pos polisi di
Singosarenyangterjadi seha-
ri sebelumnya serta kejadian
pada 17 dan 18 Agustus lalu.
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kan bahwa mereka (teroris)
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bergerak dan berkonsolidasi,
kata Andi.
Pengamat terorisme Al
Chaidar juga meyakini
akan ada serangan lanjutan
setelah penembakan polisi
di Solo. Jika saat ini mereka
dikejar polisi, mereka tetapmela-
kukan penyerangan sambil lari,
katanya. Dia menilai aksi penemba-
kan tersebut merupakan ijtima dari
teroris bahwa mereka tetap aktif.
Kepala Biro Penerangan Masyarakat
Mabes Polri, Brigadir Jenderal Boy Rafli
Amar, membenarkan soal adanya tren
peningkatan aksi teror setelah Lebaran.
Biasanya memang meningkat setelah Idul
Fitri, kata Boy kemarin. Dia memastikan
bahwa Mabes Polri beserta kepolisian dae-
rah setempat bakal terus menyelidiki aksi
teror yang terjadi di Solo.
SUBKHAN | AHMAD RAFIQ | SUKMA
AKSI TEROR
BISA MENGHEBAT
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Solo
Poso
Mindanao
MORO-POSO-SOLO
Salah seorang tersangka yang tewas,
Farhan, diduga sebagai anak Abu
Umar, tokoh Negara Islam Indonesia,
dan anak didik Ali Fauzi, mantan aktivis
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Reconciliation from the Heart

RECONCILIATION between former members and sympathizers of the
Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and NU (Nahdlatul Ulamathe big-
gest Islamic organization in Indonesia) clerics and members in a natural-
cultural manner has generally taken place and was becoming increas-
ingly intense when Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) took concrete action
in that direction. However, this process was in danger of failure when
there was excessive pressure from outside.
The things damaging the reconciliation process include, among oth-
ers, sketchy historical evidence apart from the sociopolitical context as
background for the event. For instance, the PKI is portrayed as a power-
less, persecuted victim of uncivilized actions. The clerics are described
as uncivilized for the heinous murders committed by Ansor (NU youth
organization). The stigma arising therefrom is that this religious commu-
nity constitutes an aggressive and brutal gang of people.
To avoid being trapped in a historical debate, it would be better to ob-
serve the sociological and cultural aspects with a view to promoting the
reconciliation process. Sociologically speaking, the pesantren (Islamic
boarding school), which constitutes the social base of Muslim clerics and
the NU community, is tolerant, fexible and is against violence. Should an
act of violence happen, meaning breaking the habit of pesantren, there
must be a compelling and extraordinary event taking place.
Prior to the 1965 rebellion, the great event compelling the NU to break
its habit was the jihad resolution to preserve the Unitary State of the Re-
public of Indonesia. The 1965 event itself constitutes the limit of the pa-
tience of the pesantren people in facing the provocative actions of the
PKI. The PKIs treatment toward the clerics and Islamic communities
from the early 1948s until the 1960s was extremely ofending. For exam-
ple, they called the cleric one of the seven village devils who had to be
crushed, and they seized the clerics land.
As a matter of fact, the reconciliation between the clerics cum the NU
members and the PKI families had taken place since the early 1970s, or
long before the idea of reconciliation came up. A concrete example is the
one that happened in Trisulo village, Plosoklaten subdistrict, Kediri Re-
gency. All the residents of this village were members and sympathizers
of the PKI. After the 1965 incident, nobody had ever dared come there.
Because of the cultural af nity with the NU, whenever somebody dies,
those who administered the Islamic requiem (tahlil) and performed the
prayers were NU members from the neighboring villages. And such was
the case whenever there was wedding, child birth and so forth. The his-
toric trauma of the residents were gradually cured. In 1997, the frst orga-
nization ever established there was the NU and Ansor.
When still the Chairman of NU and Blitars of Indonesian Ulema Coun-
cil (MUI), KH Abd. Rochim Sidik and several other NU clerics launched
the drive to look after the orphans as victims of the 1965 event. Hundreds
of PKI orphans were sent to school, enrolled in pesantren and educat-
ed by the clerics and the people. Many have become successful civil ser-
vants, entrepreneurs and politicians.
Therefore, reconciliation has taken place and is working out well in a
natural and cultural manner with no demand, no pressure, let alone acts
of discrediting each other. This pattern of cultural reconciliation is far
more efective and is more easily done rather than in a legal-formal and
especially political manner. It would be a better idea if this kind of pat-
tern is given more prominence and is further explored, rather than ex-
posing its historic-political aspects. The reason being, reconciliation is
not a mere question of procedure or recognition. Reconciliation is a mat-
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ter of heart which does not deserve to be politicized.

AL-ZASTROUW
Activist of Indonesian Traditional Arts and Culture
Response from JNE
WE would like to deliver our response to a letter entitled Incom-
plete JNE Responsibility by Mrs. Hayunani published in the Septem-
ber 24-30, 2012 issue of Tempo magazine. On behalf of JNEs man-
agement, we apologize for the inconvenience experienced by the
customer.
We would also like to explain that the issue has reached a pos-
itive conclusion. As part of our responsibility in this matter, we
have also contacted the item shipper and paid damages for the loss
involved.
VISI FIRMAN
Head of Corporate Communications JNE
ww.jne.co.id
Fertilizer Article Clarication

The Center for Regional Information and Research (PATTIRO)
would like to express its appreciation for the publication of the re-
sults of research and social audit of our subsidized fertilizers in
Tempos September 24-30, 2012 edition. However, we wish to clar-
ify the information in the article on page 64 which reads: USAID
has found embezzlement This is wrong. It is not USAID that fnds
the abuse of the subsidized fertilizers, but PATTIRO. USAID is sim-
ply the one that provides the funds for our research and other ac-
tivities.

SAD DIAN UTOMO
Executive Director of PATTIRO
Subdistrict Bureaucracy is Annoying

A FEW days ago, I came to the Tambora subdistrict of ce, West
Jakarta, to request a signature. But I was received with a sour smile
shown by the administrative employee. The red tape was made dif-
fcult. I also had to pay ZIS (alms for the poor). I gave it, but the fe-
male employee there said that the ZIS I had given was insuf cient.
I gave an additional amount of money. But, angrily, perhaps be-
cause the money I had given was still not enough, that woman
taunted me with an annoying facial expression.
Subdistrict of ce should provide good services to the low-in-
come people like myself, instead of being a terrifying place for the
poor. I hope that the new Jakarta governor will signifcantly orga-
nize not only the bureaucracy but also the of ce that provides ser-
vices. Employees should be educated to become honest and re-
spectable.

ZULIA L
Jembatan Besi, Tambora
West Jakarta
Predicting Jokowi via
Social Media
THE algorithm by PoliticaWave was able to accurately
predict DKI Jakartas gubernatorial election on both
rounds. A week before the rst rounds quick count
was announced, PoliticaWave predicted that Jokowi-
Ahok would lead and Foke-Nara would be second.
This outcome was different from all the other survey
agencies predictions.
As a social media, PoliticaWave used a completely
different method and sampling techniques. Their
analysis result of the rst round drew questions from
others; was it just a coincidence? However the same
prediction on the second round, which was similar to the
numbers obtained by quick counts from other surveys,
denitely proves that analysis based on social media
monitoring is a science that can be accountable.
PoliticaWave showed that what happens in social media
does indeed represent the publics real condition. To
predict the second round of the Jakarta gubernatorial
election, PoliticaWaves algorithm monitored around
2,000,000 conversations from 900,000 sources or
unique users. This is a huge amount compared to
samples used by conventional survey methods.
INDICATOR
PoliticaWave Polling
Results
Jokowi-Ahok Foke-Nara
54.9% 45.1% 53.8% 46.2%
Indonesian Survey
Institute Polling
Results
General Election
Commission
Polling Results
Total: 4,592,945
46.2% or
2,120,815
53.8% or
2,472,130
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SPECIAL LANE FOR BIKES . Despite the sign, a lone
cyclist gives in to the horde of motorcyclists and
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Canal, at the Duren Sawith area in East Jakarta. A
road divider fails to deter the motorcyclists, which
number in the millions at the nations capital city.
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IGHT from the start, it can-
not be made any clearer: only
the Corruption Eradication
Commission or KPK is autho-
rized to investigate the case
of suspected manipulation of funds allocat-
ed for the purchase of the driving simulator
machine. The legal as well as the ethical bas-
es reinforce this fact. But even if there are
still doubts, or attempts to obfuscate it, oth-
er cases involving Police Inspector-General
Djoko Susilo and a number of other senior
police of cers, should serve as clear and sol-
id reasons why the police are in a position of
a confict of interest.
One other related case is the procurement
of raw material to produce automobile li-
cense plates by the Traf c Division of the Na-
tional Police headquarters in 2011. The value
of the project was combined together with
the acquisition of the driving simulator, which came to Rp783 bil-
lion. Multiple markups are suspected in acquiring these materiel,
and billions of rupiah reportedly went to the pockets of a few se-
nior police of cials. Besides favoring businessman Budi Susanto in
the tender, the project is suspected to have profted certain peo-
ple in the Traf c Division. Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo was the of cer in
charge of the project.
That case, like that of the driving simulator, demonstrates how
senior police of cers are now in the hot seat. They face the prospect
of having to undergo the legal process and they could possibly end
up in jail. In all likelihood, they will band together in defense or try
to undermine the anti-graft commission that is also handling the li-
cense plates case.
As with the driving simulator case, the serious issue they must
face is one of ethics. One does not need to be a rocket scientist to
understand this dilemma. To borrow the tagline of a drink adver-
tisement, its nothing more than a case of an orange eating anoth-
er orange. It would be amusing if not tragic to have the police inves-
tigate a suspected crime committed by another police, especially
when its their senior. So, the conclusion is that it would be impos-
sible for the police to be totally efective when they investigate one
of their own.
If the police persist in maintaining that they have the right to in-
vestigate the simulator case, it does not mean the police are igno-
rant of the true basic facts of the case. They
are clearly and intentionally feigning igno-
rance. Of course, this pretense, which they
defend with the excuse that it was something
agreed jointly between the police, the prose-
cutor and the KPK in March 2012, will only
convince a very stupid public.
But people have proven, again and again
that they are not what the police think they
are. The people are good at using their com-
mon sense and to observe critically (perhaps
by openly expressing their disappointment
towards) the deceit behind the police moves.
Included in those missteps are the clear vio-
lation of Law No. 30/2002 on the KPK, par-
ticularly regarding the part that states the
KPK takes precedence when the case they
are handling happens to be investigated by
the police or the prosecutor.
The awareness of this reality is more im-
portant than hoping for the proactive step of President Susilo Bam-
bang Yudhoyono as the overseer of the police chief. As in the past,
instead of instructing the police chief to submit the driving simu-
lator case to the KPK, Yudhoyono, the head of state who is also the
head of government, prefers to hide behind the excuse that he does
not want to intervene in the due process of law. But the president
seems to forget that he is authorized to instruct the police chief to
comply with the law. That should not be seen as intervening in le-
gal matters.
Indeed, the president is expected to clarify and prove to what ex-
tent he is determined to fght corruption. But until he actually dem-
onstrates his conviction, everything remains in the hands of the
police.
There is only one of two choices that the police can make. The
frst option is to stand down, with the knowledge that their tac-
tics are unlikely to save everyone, or the second option, which is
to avoid a confict of interest by waving the white fag and cede the
driving simulator and the license plate cases, to the KPK.
The frst choice will keep on hitting the image of the police force,
which in truth, is already in shreds. The second choice will not only
save the police, it will also save this nation. In considering wheth-
er to value individual interest over that of the police corps, there
should be no dif culty in making the right choice.
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Opinion
TEMPO, OCTOBER 8-14, 2012
THE END OF THE LINES?
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Opinion
T
HE police force need not waste time to consider wheth-
er sanctions should be imposed on their members who
opt to became permanent staf of the Corruption Eradi-
cation Commission, the KPK. It is truly unwise to regard
the decision of those police members as an act of desertion. The
freedom to choose your work is part of a right that is guaranteed by
the constitution.
Five investigators originally from the police force have decided
to migrate to the KPK. As of the end of the year, they will number
28 people. They are not traitors to their institution. In fact, their
presence in the KPK should be seen as a success of the police re-
cruitment system, both professionally and morally. They are liv-
ing proof that there are policemen who want to enforce the law and
erase corruption.
The police force should actually see this development as a mere
criticism and not a betrayal of their institution. But the harsh re-
action of the deputy police chief by threatening to send the pro-
vost police to arrest investigators who refuse to return to the police
corps clearly shows that institution refuses to see the exodus as a
refection of their faults.
Penalizing the police investigators at the KPK will infame the
confict between the KPK and the police, which will continue to de-
grade the image of the police in the publics eye. The bad blood be-
tween the two institutions used to be known as the Lizard versus
the Crocodile case. If the second chapter of the saga in which the
police punish their members who opt to stay in the KPK is allowed
to go on, the negative publicity will just rebound on the police. Peo-
ple will be ofered yet another performance that will resemble the
movie Good Cop, Bad Cop.
The police should refrain from pitting the integrity of its insti-
tution in the fght against corruption. With regards to the KPK-Po-
lice confict, the publics sympathy is bound to fow to the KPK side,
particularly when the police is shrouded in all forms of corruption
cases. To castrate the authority of the KPK can be seen as a popu-
lar act by the legislators and among the corrupt elite, but not in the
eyes of the public.
Strong reaction from some of the people, particularly anticor-
ruption activists over the withdrawal of police investigators at the
KPK, is one proof of that. The police action will be seen as nothing
more than a pile of measures to weaken the KPK. Previously, the
House of Representatives or DPR had rejected the KPKs request to
build its own building and instead, instructed the Supreme Audit
Agency or BPK to audit its performance. Lately, it tried to reduce
the KPKs authority by proposing an amendment to the KPK law.
The KPK is bound to sufer without its police investigators. A
number of corruption cases can fall into neglect. The remaining 50
investigators will be under pressure with the added burden of cas-
es left behind by their colleagues. Although the police has prom-
ised to send replacements, the KPKs productivity is bound to be
upset for a while because the new investigators will need at least
four months to function normally.
To overcome the crisis, it would be appropriate if the KPK would
ofer good police investigators a permanent position in their of ce.
Government Regulation No. 63/2005 on the Human Resources
Management System of the KPK makes this possible.
It would be truly ironic if the police continue with their threat
to penalize their own men. To dig up past mistakes of the investi-
gators who opt to stay with the KPK will be like sparring with emp-
ty air. Besides looking for excuses, it would just show up the police
force as going in the opposite direction from the fght against cor-
ruption.
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S of the end of last year, there were 173 local and region-
al chief executives or their deputies, indicted for graft
or corruption. Of that number, 17 are serving gover-
nors, with their legal status hanging indefnitely. How-
ever, following the Constitutional Courts recent ruling that inves-
tigations of local and regional chief executives no longer requires
the presidents approval, all that may change. No matter how many
there may be, the pending cases must be immediately processed
and brought to court.
It is this huge task of the police and the prosecutors that must be
strictly monitored. Before the Constitutional Court issued its rul-
ing, the investigation of those local leaders always met with ob-
struction. Article 36, chapter 1 and 2 of Law No. 32/2004 on Region-
al Administrations stated that regional chief executives can only be
investigated after the president gives his approval. After the Court
ruled this article to be invalid, the list of chief executives suspected
GOOD COP, BAD COP
Penalizing members of the police force who opt to remain in the KPK must be
stopped. It only ruins the image of the police as a law enforcement agency.
RIDERS TO THE RULING
The investigation of provincial and local leaders without presidential approval
is open to abuse. Closer monitoring of the investigators will be needed.
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of graft and corruption must be immediately processed.
Clearly, it is not as easy as it looks. The legal status of many of
those of cials hung in the air without any progress. This is the case,
for example, afecting East Kalimantan Governor Awang Farouk.
Although he was indicted for corruption in 2010, pending the pres-
idents approval to investigate him, Awang remains untried. The
time hiatus could lead to all the evidence of the crime being lost.
The prosecutors will also face more dif culties in amassing the ev-
idence they need.
The Constitutional Courts ruling will also limit the prosecutors
array of excuses in delaying investigations. What often happens
is that the delay tends to open yet another opportunity for abuse.
The suspects manage to remain free. In fact, many of them manage
to run for reelection, and a few actually get voted in again, despite
their lame-duck status.
All this chaos and confusion is expected to diminish somewhat
after the Courts ruling. But the new regulation is not without risk.
Without the prerequisite presidential approval, the authority of
the police and the prosecutor will grow even more importantly in
the regions. In other words, the chances for abuse by them is ever
greater.
Such abuse of authority has been exposed, the most common
being negotiations carried out between the suspect and investiga-
tors. Normally, the person investigated will woo the investigator
into making the indictment less punishing. The investigator will
threaten the suspect with more serious charges if he or she is not
given some monetary reward. Another word for this is extortion.
Ultimately, this is nothing more than making the suspect a walk-
ing and talking ATM machine of the investigator.
The potential for other forms of abuse would be to take advan-
tage of the investigations for political interest: for example, ob-
structing an of cial running for elections to beneft his opposition.
This method is easier because the of cial being investigated has not
completely been proven to be guilty of corruption. Just by repeat-
edly summoning him or her for questioning is enough to ruin the
reputation of the of cial who is about to run in the polls.
To prevent such abuses, there must be stricter monitoring of
the investigators. Furthermore, any violation should be viewed
as more punishable than a breach of professional ethics. If there is
proof that authority has been abused, serious legal action must be
taken against the investigators concerned.
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T
HE word outsourcing is a refection of todays world of
human resources. Thousands of laborers nationwide
went on strike last week to reject any form of outsourc-
ing. The protesters blockade of accesses to toll roads
may have been tolerable, given their noble objectives to improve
the welfare of workers. Surely, we all support measures towards
that end.
But the issue becomes more complicated when labor fatly reject-
ed the use of outsourcing. Law No. 13/2003 on Manpower provides
a place for outsourcing, of course with restrictions. Companies are
prohibited from outsourcing work that forms its backbone. But the
work of providing security, catering, transportation and mining
can be carried out by third parties.
It is these third parties that can be problematic. Some compa-
nies providing the outsourcing tend to pay their employees below
the minimum wage standard. Social welfare, health compensation
and overtime pay are often omitted. Outsourcing turns us into
slaves, shouted one protester.
At this point, we need to hone our search for the reality. Is it the
system that is at fault? Or is it the application that is negligent? Con-
fusing the two can result in mistaken consequences. Outsourcing
should be a satisfactory solution to many problems, yet it can also
lead too even more complicated issues.
Outsourcing is actually nothing new. We have known about it for
sometime, particularly with regards to group workers or individu-
als. They are paid according to the work they provide at the agreed
period. The modern world provides us with ample opportunities
to outsource work. The main reasons for doing it has been cost ef-
fciency and the demand for expertise. Additionally, there are spe-
cifc skills, for example computer security, that cannot be handled
by just anyone, prompting companies to outsource this job to com-
petent people.
Computer companies at Silicon Valley in California, USA, for ex-
ample, hire people in Bangalore, India to produce their software.
Apple too chose to outsource their pride of product, the iPhone,
to China. Even many from the creative industrylike writers, jour-
nalists, photographers or artistswork independently. Its not that
they failed to meet the criteria for permanent employment, but
these creative human resources prefer to work on their own time.
They are reluctant to be caged in one particular institution.
Of course, there must be some regulatory procedures, without
eliminating outsourcing. Today, outsource workers in Indone-
sia number about 16 million people, almost 40 percent of the to-
tal manpower number nationwide, and that is 41 million people.
Imagine the closed opportunities if the outsourcing system were
to be eliminated.
Oversight on the application of regulations should not be neglect-
ed. Companies providing the outsource workers which violate pre-
vailing regulations must be penalized. The Manpower and Trans-
migration minister must be responsible for the review and moni-
toring of procedures.
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OUTSOURCE CODES
Labors demand to eliminate outsourcing seems excessive.
Oversight on the implementation of labor regulations must be tightened.
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PENYIDIKKPK
THE PROJECT
MASTER
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Businessman Budi Susanto worked on projects at the
Police Traf c Division, worth nearly Rp1 trillion in
2011. How he won the tender, in collaboration with
the Police Primary Cooperative, was prearranged.
Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo is suspected of actively
facilitating this mans business interests.
Djoko Susilo after questioning at the KPK, Jakarta, Friday last week.
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T was past normal working
hours one day at the end of De-
cember 2010. However, Police
Inspector-General Djoko Susi-
lo was still in his of ce, as Head
of the Traf c Division at the Na-
tional Police headquarters. Ac-
cording to one of his former
staf members, that night the
general was still with a guest: businessman
Budi Susanto, CEO of Citra Mandiri Met-
alindo Abadi.
At around 9pm, Djoko Susilo summoned
some senior of cers under his command,
who were tasked with managing the pro-
curement of goods for the division. They
had been asked to come to Djokos of ce on
the second foor of the division building,
located at Jalan M.T Haryono, Lot 37-38,
South Jakarta.
After starting the meeting that night,
Djoko asked his subordinates to immedi-
ately prepare the tender for the procure-
ment of two-wheeled and four-wheeled ve-
hicle driving simulators to test prospective
drivers before issuing them their license.
This project used funds from the Polices
2011 Non-Tax State Revenues.
Djoko ordered the of cers to go to Singa-
pore to study the operations at the Singa-
pore Safety Driving Center, to look for sam-
ple specifcations on simulators. Before the
meeting ended, according to one source,
he instructed them: Later, Ndoro Budi will
run this project.
His subordinates understood that Ndoro
referred to Budi Susanto. It is not clear what
relationship the two had, given that the
general referred to the businessman with a
Javanese word reserved for a master by his
servant. That moniker was repeatedly used
by Djoko.
Shortly thereafter, the Traf c Division
held a tender for the procurement of driv-
ing simulators. During the frst stage, 700
units of two-wheel vehicle driving simula-
tors worth Rp54.45 billion were to be pro-
duced. This was to be followed by the pro-
curement of 556 units of four-wheel vehicle
driving simulators worth Rp142.4 billion.
Djoko Susilos order given at the meet-
ing that night was executed. Citra Mandiri
Metalindo Abadi was named the winner af-
ter beating out four other companies. Lat-
er on, it turned out that Citra Mandiri divert-
ed the work to Inovasi Teknologi Indonesia,
a company belonging to Sukotjo S Bambang.
After this alliance fell apart, Sukotjo exposed
the manipulation of the project tender,
which from the outset had been arranged so
it would be awarded to Citra Mandiri.
The Corruption Eradication Commis-
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of price markups of nearly Rp100 billion.
Djoko, who had been reassigned as gover-
nor of the Police Academy, was named a
suspect, as were Budi Susanto, Brigadier-
General Didik Purnomo, assistant chief of
the Traf c Division Brig. Gen. Didik Purn-
omo, Soekotjo Bambang, and Senior Com-
missioner Teddy Rusmawan, head of the
procurement committee. On Friday last
week, Djoko was questioned for the frst
time by the KPK.
Budi denied he was awarded the proj-
ect due to Djoko Susilos help. He said Citra
Mandiri sought information on the tender
from the Traf c Division website. We fol-
lowed proper procedures the entire time,
he said in a written reply to Tempo, last
week. Tommy Sihotang, Djokos legal rep-
resentative, declined to comment on the
substance of the case. Everything will be
laid out by Djoko at the KPK, he said.
Based on Tempos investigation, Budi Su-
santos projects at the Traf c Division ex-
tended beyond simulators.

ACCORDING to Sukotjo, in addition to
the simulator project, Budi Susanto was af-
ter two other jobs in 2011: procurement of
material for license plates and temporary
plates, which was worth nearly Rp800 bil-
lion. Soekotjo, who is currently serving a
sentence at the Kebon Waru prison in Ban-
dungafter being convicted in a case of
funds embezzlement at a company owned
by Budiclearly remembers the chronolo-
gy of work done on that project. He wrote it
out by hand on four pieces of paper, which
he gave to Tempo, some time ago. I was in-
volved in all of the preparations, he wrote.
Preparing the tender for the license plate
project began in early January 2011. Ac-
cording to Soekotjo, Citra Mandiri did not
take part in the bidding, but used the Po-
lice Primary Cooperative (Primkoppol) of
the Traf c Division as a police escort. To
make the process appear fair, four compa-
nies were added to go along with the ten-
der, Soekotjo wrote.
Teddy Rusmawan, who led the procure-
ment committee, was also chairman of the
Primary Cooperative. However, in the ten-
der process, an employee of Citra Mandiri
Metalindo Abadi named Mulyadi, appeared
to be acting as representative of the cooper-
ative. The tender committee set the speci-
fcations for the material to be used, name-
ly Aluminum Alloy 531, something which
was indeed sold by Citra Mandiri. Seeming-
ly by magic, the auction committee named
Primkoppol as the winner.
Soekotjo also said that Budi had asked
him to prepare material for Djoko Susilo
to present to National Police Chief General
Timur Pradopo. He said he had to stay over-
night at the of ce of the Traf c Division to
prepare those materials. According to gov-
ernment regulations, projects over Rp100
billion must be submitted and validated by
the police chief as the budget user.
He recalled that early in the morning he
had to go to Bendungan Hilir in Central Ja-
karta, to print and bind the presentation
materials. At seven in the morning I took
the materials to the of ce of the police
chief, Soekotjo wrote. At noon, after the
presentation was over, the three projects
were given the green light by TB-1, a code
for the police chief.
In a copy of documents from the State
Treasury obtained by Tempo, the vehicle
license plates and driving simulator proj-
ects were paid in full. A payment for 700
two-wheeled vehicle driving simulators
and 556 four-wheeled vehicle driving sim-
ulators were paid in full for Rp54.45 billion
on March 1, 2011, and Rp142.4 billion on De-
cember 5, 2011, respectively. For the mate-
rial to produce the license plates and tem-
porary plates, full payment was made in
fve installments, totaling Rp782.2 billion.
Long before the tender was held, Budi T
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had already entered into a binding cooper-
ative agreement with Primkoppol to supply
aluminum. This agreement was signed by
Budi andonce againTeddy Rusmawan
as chairman of Primkoppol. It was made
in the presence of notary Imam Cahyono,
with the contract specifying cooperation
for 15 years.
A Tempo source said that this coopera-
tive project to supply aluminum cannot be
separated from a role played by Djoko Susi-
lo. He said a year before this project, Budi
set up an aluminum smelting factory at Ki-
lometer 57, Kerawang, West Java named Mi-
tra Alumnindo Selaras. Some of that com-
panys stock is said to be owned by Police
Brig. Gen. Utjin Sudiana, a retired director
of the police traf c unit, who is also an in-
law of Djoko.
Eric S. Paat, Soekotjos legal representa-
tive, confrmed his clients handwriting.
Notary Imam conceded the matter of the
binding cooperation. The of ciating of the
cooperation took place on May 26, 2010,
he told Tempo. Imam said that a budget of
hundreds of billions (of rupiah) was spec-
ifed in the agreement. However, I dont
know whether or not this was after he was
awarded the project [at the tender].
Budi confrmed he was involved with the
Primkoppol of the Traf c Division to supply
material for license plates. He emphasized
that this collaboration was made through
valid procedures. I have been doing busi-
ness in this feld since 2006, he said.
Teddy, who is being held at the Polices
Mobile Brigade Headquarters in Kelapa
Dua, Depok, did not reply to the written
questions sent by Tempo. Teddy cannot
give any replies as of yet, said Dwi Ria Lat-
ifa, his lawyer. Police Chief General Timur
Pradopo confrmed the license plate ma-
terial and license plate projects. It is done
every year, he said.

DJOKO rolled out the red carpet for Budi
when Citra Mandiri Metalindo Abadi ap-
plied for a loan to PT BNI, in the frst week
of December 2010. Sukotjo said that Budi
once asked him to make a presentation at
the BNI of ce at Central Jakarta. He clear-
ly remembers Budis question when they
were in Djajoesman Hall at the Traf c Di-
vision. Bams, today we make a presenta-
tion at BNI Sudirman. You explain about
the production and the capacity. I will talk
about the other things, per Bambangs
note on Budi, who often calls him Bams.
Budi also warned Sukotjo to not say any-
thing inappropriate. Two days ago Pak
Djoko made a presentation with me, Su-
kotjo wrote down Budis words. This pre-
sentation is important for us to be able to
get money for our work.
A Tempo source said that Djoko Susilos
presence was needed because Citra Man-
diri Metalindo Abadis application for loans
had always been rejected. The reason was
that loans more than Rp100 billion cannot
be given with the work order (SPK) as col-
lateral, for the two-wheeled vehicle driving
simulator project, which was only worth
Rp54.45 billion. Earlier, Budi had brought
the SPK for the four-wheeled vehicle driv-
ing simulator project, even though its ten-
der process had not yet begun. So that the
BNI side believed it, Djoko was brought in,
said the source.
One source said that Djoko did more than
just accompany Budi. It was also known
that on several occasions he communicat-
ed by phone with a BNI of cial. Reported-
ly, a memo call of this communication has
been confscated by the KPK. However,
when asked about this, KPK Deputy Chair-
man Bambang Widjajanto declined to com-
ment. I have not yet received a report from
the investigators, he said.
BNI Business Director Krisnha Supar-
to confrmed that a loan was given to Ci-
tra Mandiri Metalindo Abadi. According to
him, Budi Susanto is an old BNI customer
and had a good history with the bank. The
loan process went normally, he said. The
guarantee given for the loan was also made
according to normal procedure.
Krisnha said he did not know anything
about Djokos presence. Budi also denied
Djoko attended. According to him, the
loan-granting process followed the stan-
dard procedures. It is a big lie to say we
went through the unof cial route, he said.
In any case, Citra Mandiri was able to
get a loan. On January 12, BNI transferred
the Rp35 billion to Inovasi Teknologi. This
money was soon widely distributed, in-
cluding Rp15 billion which was deposited
at the Primkoppol bank account. Another
Rp2 billion, according to Sukotjo, was tak-
en to the of ce of Djoko Susilo and accepted
by his personal secretary. Funds were also
used as bribes to expedite the project pre-
audit process.
Some of the loan money was used to fund
the simulator project. As soon as the proj-
ect funds were issued by the state treasur-
er, they were carried over to work on the li-
cense plate project. In the end, with mini-
mum capital, Budis company obtained
projects worth nearly Rp1 trillion in 2011.
According to one source, there are quite a
few anomalies in the license plates project.
They said that in 2010 the price of the ma-
Driving simulator for motorcycle license
at Bandung Police Headquarters.
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A
ugust 2012 was
an exciting time
for Hotel Ciputra
Jakarta with the opening
of the completely rede-
signed and refurbished
frst foor restaurant, Te
Gallery. Te underlying
concept was that Te
Gallery would allow din-
ners to experience totally
immersed in Hendra
Gunawans canvases to
explore their aesthetic el-
ements. To do this, a ma-
jor focal point of the restaurant is its strik-
ing new carpet, which was inspired by and
created from a selection of Hendras works
of art. Te fuid and curvy featured and
lines of Hendras sculpture work are clearly
adapted to blend into the ceiling details, as
well as for the interior of the restaurants
entrance from the Mall. Te complement-
ing sculptures in the restaurant feature sub-
dued colour tones as well as special artistic
techniques.
For private and intimate dining, the
restaurant has three VIP rooms, each
inspired by people who have had a big
infuence on Hendras artistic style and
philosophies. Tese are the Wahdi Room,
named afer Hendras frst real painting
mentor; the Afandi Room, a tribute to
the well-known painter with whom Hen-
dra has had a very close relationship all his
life; and lastly the Ciputra Room (1 and 2),
in recognition of one of the most promi-
nent collectors of Hendras work to date
and a personal friend of the artist.
Another impressive focal point of the
restaurant is the long vertical mural on
the wall of the staircase coming up from
the Hotel Lobby. Te artwork of the mu-
ral is made up of some Hendra Gunawans
paintings, put together in the same man-
ner as in a collage.
Te physical form of the mural is di-
vided into three sections, symbolising
the three dimensional aspect of Hendra-
inspired sculptures by Dr Ir. Ciputra. l
Hotel Ciputra Jakarta
The New Concept of The Gallery
Restaurant
20 | | OCTOBER 14, 2012
THE procurement of automobile and motorcycle driving
simulators and the material used for license plates at
the Traffc Division at police headquarters were carried
out one after another in 2011. Businessman Budi
Susanto is suspected of working both projects, with the
help of senior offcers in the Traffc Division.
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A. Motor Vehicle License Plate and Motor Vehicle Temporary License Plate
Project winner: The Primary Police Cooperative of the Traffc Directorate at National Police Headquarters
Subcontractor: Citra Mandiri Metalindo Abadi
Value: Rp782 billion
Price: Rp30,000 per pair
Material: Aluminum Alloy 531
Size: 275 x 110 mm (for two-wheeled vehicles),
430 x 135 mm (for vehicles with four or more wheels)
Clarifcation: According to one source, the 2010 price from the vendor
was only Rp5,000 per pair. The material was obtained from Mitra Alumindo Selaras,
suspected of being owned by a relative of an in-law of Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo.
MARCH 17, 2011:
Rp54.453 billion for the payment
of 700 motorcycle driving
simulators
APRIL 27, 2011:
Rp175.737 billion for the
payment of 4,550,000
motorcycle license plates and
1,161,500 automobile license
plates
JUNE 7, 2011:
of 4,550,000 motorcycle
license plates and 1,109,500
automobile license plates
JULY 11, 2011:
of 4,550,000 motorcycle license
plates and 1,109,500
automobile license plates
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011:
motorcycle license plates
and 1,109,500 automobile
license plates
NOVEMBER 16, 2011:
motorcycle license plates
and 690,000 automobile
license plates
DECEMBER 5, 2011:
payment of 556 automobile
driving simulator units
Paid in Full
Those two projects were paid in full by the State Treasury.
B. Driving Simulators
Project winner: Citra Mandiri Metalindo Abadi
Subcontractor: Inovasi Teknologi Indonesia
Price:
Rp77.79 million per unit
Ordered: 700 units
Total: Rp54.453 billion
Clarifcation: On the invoice
of PT Citra Mandiri sent
to Inovasi, the price was
Rp42.8 million per unit for a
total of Rp29.96 billion.
Price:
Rp256.142 million per unit
Ordered: 556 units
Total: Rp142.415 billion
Clarifcation: On the
invoice of Citra Mandiri
sent to Inovasi, the price is
Rp80 million per unit for a
total of Rp44.48 billion.
terial for the plates was only Rp5,000 per
pair. However, in 2011, after the project was
awarded to Primkoppol and Budi Santoso,
the price went up to Rp30,000 per pair, de-
spite the fact that the exact same material
was used and the plates were only 4 centi-
meters longer.
It is suspected that the money from this
markup has been widely shared around.
This is why, said one source, police head-
quarters insists that this case should not be
handled by the KPK.
Moreover, the role of General Timur Pra-
dopo as the budget user is also being high-
lighted. This is because after hearing a pre-
sentation by Djoko Susilo as the Proxy Bud-
get User, Timur was then named the win-
ner. This was spelled out in letter number
Kep/193/IV/2011 dated April 8, 2011, nam-
ing the recipient of the four-wheeled vehi-
cle driving simulator procurement project
worth Rp142.4 billion, namely Citra Man-
diri Metalindo Abadi.
A Tempo source said that before sign-
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MAY
Budi Susanto represents
Citra Mandiri Metalindo and
Senior Commissioner Teddy
Rusmawan in the name of the
Primary Police Cooperative of the
Traffc Directorate at National
Police Headquarters, signing a
cooperation agreement to procure
material for manufacturing license
plates (TNKB). Signed in the
presence of notary Imam Cahyono,
the contract is binding for 15 years.
The CEO of Citra Mandiri asks for
SOURCES: PROJECT
DOCUMENTS, INTERVIEWS,
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
NO.50/2010
the help of Inovasi Teknologi
Indonesia to produce 54 pistons
for license plates pressing
machines.
AUGUST
Budi Susanto asks Inovasi
Teknologi Indonesia to produce
1,000 motorcycle driving simulators
and 1,000 automobile driving
simulators.
OCTOBER
Budi Susanto confrms the
procurement of 700 motorcycle
simulators and 556 automobile
simulators for 2011. Bambang is
asked to prepare the needed funds.
NOVEMBER
Budi Susanto applies for a loan
to BNI 46. The evaluation team
inspects the location and work
facilities belonging to Inovasi
Teknologi Indonesia in Bandung,
which has been camoufaged as
Citra Mandiri.
JANUARY
The polices Traffc Directorate
begins processing bidding on the
TNKB procurement project. Teddy
Rusmawan is in charge of the auction
committee. The Police Primary
Cooperative submits an offer,
represented by Wahyudi, an employee
of Citra Metalindo. It is arranged so
that the Primary Cooperative Primer
is awarded the project, with four
companies enlisted for support.
JANUARY 12
BNI transfers a Rp35 billion loan for
Citra Mandiri to the bank account of
Inovasi Teknologi.
JANUARY 13
The money is transferred:
Rp8 billion goes to the bank account
of the Police Primary Cooperative.
Rp2 billion is given directly to Budi
Susanto at the Pondok Gede Toll
Gate.
Rp2 billion is sent to the offce of
Djoko Susilo, who at that time was
Traffc Director, received by his
personal secretary.
JANUARY 14
A second transfer of Rp7 billion
is made to the Police Primary
Cooperative.
JANUARY 17
A transfer of Rp1 billion is made to
Mulyadi, an employee at Citra Mandiri.
JANUARY 26
Suripto Nitihardjo.
Mulyadi.
FEBRUARY 18
BNI transfers Rp9 billion of loan funds
for Citra Mandiri to the bank account
of Inovasi Teknologi. A transfer of Rp2
billion is immediately made to Mulyadi.
FEBRUARY 21
Some money is taken to Budi
Susantos house.
FEBRUARY 25
Mulyadi.
END OF FEBRUARY
Two projects are presented to
Inspector-General Djoko Susilo at
the offce of the National Police
Chief, namely the automobile
driving simulator project worth
Rp142 billion and license plate
material for about Rp782 billion.
MARCH
A purchase agreement for
motorcycle simulators is signed,
backdated to 28 February 2011.
An automobile simulator purchase
agreement is signed, dated 18 April
2011.
JULY
Budi Susanto and a team from
Citra Mandiri, the Police Primary
Cooperative, and the Traffc Corps
checks on the factory of Inovasi
Teknologi and fnds that the order
is not yet completed. Bambang is
deemed to be in breach of contract.
He is reported to the Bandung
Police Department. Inovasis
assets are taken over by Citra
Mandiri.
Project Zigzag
2010
2011
ing the letter naming the company award-
ed the project, Timur had conducted a re-
search procedure. Part of this was sending
a pre-audit team from the polices Inspec-
torate of General Supervision to check on
the tender process and the credibility of
the winning company.
General Timur, whom Tempo met last
week, said that he did not recall if he ap-
proved the naming of the bidding winner
for the procurement of material for license
plates. For sure, the entire process was
done according to procedure, he said.
The polices Inspector for General Super-
vision, Commissioner-General Fajar Pri-
hantoro, declined to comment about the
projects pre-audit. For the driving sim-
ulator, we did not encounter any discrep-
ancies. Djoko Susilo, who was questioned
for eight hours at the KPK, succinctly com-
mented, I will follow the legal process.
BUDI SETYARSO, SETRI YASRA, WIDIARSI AGUSTINA,
ARYANI KRISTANTI, RUSMAN PARAQBUEQ, FRANSISCO
ROSARIANS, MARTHA THERTINA, ILHAM TIRTA
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T
HE sun had still not risen that
morning as Sukotjo S. Bambang
arrived at Terminal 2 of Soek-
arno-Hatta Airport in Tange-
rang. In mid-January last year,
this CEO of Inovasi Teknologi Indonesia was
about to fy to Singapore on the frst Garuda
Indonesia fight that day.
Seated in business class, Sukotjo was trav-
eling with two police of cers from the Traf-
fc Division and Budi Susanto, CEO of Citra
Mandiri Metalindo Abadi, a colleague of his.
They were not on vacation. They were out
to do a comparative study of the Singapore
Safety Driving Center, a 25,000-square-me-
ter test-driving area in Woodlands.
In handwritten notes given to Tempo in Au-
gust, Sukotjo listed the chronology of events
of the trip to Singapore. I remember that on
arriving at Changi, I had to go to the ATM to
get money to pay for a taxi, he wrote. Erick
S Paat, Sukotjos lawyer, confrmed that the
notes were written by his client.
Sukotjo said that a survey was being done
at the request of Budi Susanto. However, a
Tempo source at the police headquarters
said that this comparative study was the out-
come of a discussion between Budi Susan-
to and Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo, then chief
of the Traf c Division. At least, the desired
prototype and specs were similar, said the
source.
Two months later, Citra Mandiri Metalin-
do won the bidding on the driving simula-
tor project at the Traf c Division. Sukotjos
company, Inovasi Teknologi, according to
an agreement with Budi, was the subcon-
tractor for this Rp192 billion project. Howev-
er, this business alliance fell apart not long
after. Budi accused Sukotjo of embezzling
the project funds. Sukotjo is currently serv-
ing out a three-and-a-half-year prison term
at the Kebon Waru prison in Bandung. This
shattered alliance exposed a major case at
the Traf c Division.
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Born in Pontianak 45 years ago, Budi Sus-
anto had been getting projects from the po-
lice department. When he visited the Tem-
po of ce, at the end of last March, this busi-
nessman who started his business by pro-
ducing bottle-caps, said that he began work-
ing on projects with the police department
in 2005. At that time, the Traf c Division was
still called the Traf c Directorate, with Brig-
adier-General Utjin Sudiana Djamhari as its
director.
At frst, Budis company supplied the raw
material for the manufacture of automobile
and motorcycle license plates ordered by the
Police Primary Cooperative (Primkoppol).
It was done through a purchase agreement.
Later, Budi expanded his business, supply-
ing license plate pressing machines. He
eventually found a provider, said Rufnus
Hutahuruk, Budi Susantos lawyer.
In 2009, when the Traf c Division was led
by Inspector Djoko Susilo, Budi took part in
the tender for the maintenance and procure-
ment or driving simulators. Budi said that he
was contacted by a police of cer. Pak Budi
was asked to fnd someone who could make
truck simulators, said Rufnus, his lawyer.
Budi joined the project bidding under the
fag of Citra Mandiri Metalindo Abadi. The
tender committee awarded the driving sim-
ulator project to this company. It was at that
time that Budi began to set up a factory. The
factory was only made in 2009, after we won
the tender, said Budi Susanto, last March.
Two years earlier, Budi had transformed
Citra Mandiri Metalindo into a limited liabili-
ty company. He made his wife, Lim Sie Khim,
and his younger sister, Fatmawati, the chief
commissioner and commissioner, respec-
tively. As written in the founding act of Citra
Mandiri, Budi is the chief executive of cer or
president director.
Budi worked with Megacipta Nusantara
owned by Andrie Tedjapranata to work on
the simulator project. This business relation-
ship ended in failure. Budi later discovered
that Andrie had ordered simulators from
Inovasi Teknologi belonging to Sukotjo S
Bambang. Since then, Budi made direct con-
tact with Sukotjo and brought him on board
to work on projects at the Traf c Division.
One of these was to work on the automo-
bile and motorcycle driving simulator proj-
ect worth Rp196 billion. According to Su-
kotjo, they were able to win the tender on
the simulator thanks to Budis close rela-
tions with Djoko Susilo. The tender process
had been arranged so that PT Citra Mandiri
would win. Sukotjo said that he was involved
in preparing the documents for the four
competing companies, and preparing the
material Djoko used to make a presentation
to the police chief, General Timur Pradopo.
Including the survey in Singapore to see the
specs, wrote Sukotjo.
It turned out that Djoko was also directly
involved. Several times, Djoko, through Budi
Susanto, asked Sukotjo to calculate the costs
of producing the simulators. In June 2010,
Djoko came to Bandung along with Budi to
Sukotjos of ce. There, despite the fact that
the simulator project had not yet been ap-
proved by headquarters, Djoko asked Su-
kotjo to speed up work on the drivers license
test devices a week ahead of schedule. This
was because they wanted to present and test
the prototype.
In 2010, according to a Tempo source at po-
lice headquarters, in addition to going after
the driving simulator project, Budi was also
Frequently awarded projects from police department
tenders since 2005, Budi Susanto is suspected of
collaborating closely with a relative of Djoko Susilo.
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Susanto as its CEO. Two other founders and
stockholders are Aji Cahya Soedarsono and
its commissioner, Atiet Krisdina. This latter
person, according to a Tempo source at po-
lice headquarters, is a relative of Utjin Sudi-
ana, the polices Traf c Director in 2004. It
is suspected that Utjin is an in-law of Djoko
Susilo.
Notary Iman Cahyono confrmed the es-
tablishing act of Mitra Alumindo which was
enacted on July 10, 2008. However, he re-
fused to give any other detail. Atiet Krisdina,
through her staf member named Tika, de-
clined to be interviewed. Ibu is out of town
right now, she said, on Friday last week.
Utjin Sudiana, at his home in Cempaka Pu-
tih, Central Jakarta, could not be contacted
either. Bapak is ill, said his personal driver.
The two cellular phones of this retired police
inspector-general were also inactive.
Budis lawyer, Rufnus Hutahuruk, con-
frmed that Mitra Alumindo is one of Budi Su-
santos companies. However, he disagreed
that there was a relative of that former Traf-
fc Division of cial in the company. They
only have an ordinary relationship, said Ru-
fnus. Pak Utjin is not in there.
Rufnus said that his client knows Djoko
and Utjin well. This is because Budi was in
contact with those two senior police of cers
when he led the Traf c Division. If he knows
Pak Utjin, thats understandable. He is a for-
mer traf c director. A relationship between
them is impossible, said Rufnus. With Pak
Djoko, that is purely a business relationship.
There is no special connection.
Djokos lawyer, Juniver Girsang, con-
frmed that his client knew Budi Susanto be-
fore the driving simulator procurement proj-
ect began. But he denied they were closely
connected. What do you mean by familiar?
If it means greeting one another when we
meet, can that be called familiar? said Ju-
niver to Tempo reporter, Anggrita Desyani,
two weeks ago.
According to Juniver, as a police of cer,
his client met many people. Anyone who
met him can claim they were close, he said.
However, he gets upset when such a relation-
ship is connected to the suspected corrup-
tion case of the simulator procurement proj-
ect.
WIDIARSI AGUSTINA, SETRI YASRA, ANANDA
BADUDU, IRA GUSLINA, ILHAM TIRTA, AFRIALIANIS
at work on the license plate material pro-
curement project being organized by Prim-
koppol. One way of locking this deal had to
do with the specifcation for using alumi-
num alloy 531 or AA 531. The specs on this
material could be directed towards the com-
pany owned by Budi, said the source.
It is suspected that Budi and Djoko had
very close relations. In addition to Citra Man-
diri Metalindo Abadi, Budi owns an alumi-
num company, Mitra Alumindo Selaras.
Located in Gintung Kerta village, Karawa-
ng, West Java, the company was founded in
2008. Residents refer to this factory com-
plex which sits on an area the size of a foot-
ball feld as an aluminum factory which
makes license plates and accessories for po-
lice uniforms.
When Tempo visited him on Wednesday
last week, the factory complex was securely
guarded byaccording to Klapanunggal vil-
lage chief, Slamet Supriyantoof cers of the
Klari Police Department and the Military Po-
lice. They are asked not to wear uniforms,
said Slamet.
In the founding act signed by Notary Imam
Cahyono in Depok, this company lists Budi T
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Threatened and terrorized, anti-graft ofcials
investigating the driving simulator graft case
face possible legal action.
A
LOCAL residents cam-
era caught police commis-
sioner Rudi Asriman pacing
in front of the home of Nov-
el Baswedan, a senior inves-
tigator at the Corruption Eradication Com-
mission (KPK), in Kelapa Gading, North Ja-
karta, about two weeks ago. Rudi also met
with the neighborhood chief to ascertain
that the house then being renovated be-
longed to the investigator.
In the photo seen by Tempo, Rudis
eyes seemed to be observing the situation
around him. He stood behind a man whose
face was half captured at the edge of the
photo. When he was contacted last Mon-
day, Rudi denied having spied on Novels
house. It wasnt me. There must be a mis-
take, he said.
A number of sources confrmed that the
man was Rudi. He is an of cer with the In-
ternal Security at the national police head-
quarters. He was tasked to keep an eye on
Novel. After the driving simulator case
blew up, the police was rumored to have or-
dered its personnel to spy on several KPK
of cials. The operation, according to a se-
nior police of cer, is being led by a police
brigidier general.
Aside from spying, the police are also
trying to look for any errors committed
by those investigators. Rudi, for example,
came to the shop that supplied construc-
tion materials to Novels house. The shop
owner was asked many questions, such as,
who paid for the materials purchased by
the owner? He was probably hoping some
patrons paid for them, said the source.
Failing to fnd Novels weaknesses in Ja-
karta, the police opened his old fle. Around
two weeks ago, the Jakarta police paid a vis-
it to the Bengkulu police precinct, where
Novel was once posted in 2003. There, the
police asked the Profession and Security
division to probe whether Novel had ever
committed any wrongdoing.
Head of Bengkulu precinct, Adjutant Se-
nior Commissioner, Joko Suprayitno, con-
frmed the visit of two Internal Security of-
fcers from police headquarters, but said,
They went straight to the regional head-
quarters. Chief of Profession and Securi-
ty of Bengkulu Regional Police, Adjutant
Senior Commissioner, Hendrik Marpaung
also confrmed the visit, adding that he did
not meet the of cers. I dont know what
their business was.
Novel told Tempo that he was not worried
about his past, saying he never committed
any major mistakes during his entire po-
lice career. What he worries about is the po-
lice fabricating his past. Suddenly there
would be a case, he said. In fact, a shooting
incident in Bengkulu in 2004 when he was
chief of detectives at the Bengkulu police
precinct surfaced out of the blue.
Last Friday night, after hours of investi-
gating Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo as a suspect
in the driving simulator graft case, Novel
was to have been picked up by the police.
The arrest warrant contained a strange
charge: fatally shooting a birdnest thief .
That is a concoted story, said Novel, who
at that time held the rank of Asst Suprint-
Police Internal
Security ofcers
at the KPK ofce
to arrest Novel
Baswedan,
KPK senior
investigator, last
Friday night.
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going. Another police source said that Nov-
el felt the pressure while several police of-
fcers involved in the shooting case were
forced to participate in the police scenario.
This is all a big lie, said the police source.
Meanwhile, Novel declared, Im ready to
face [the charges].
Dedy and his associates fnally dispersed
around midnight, apparently pressured
by more than 100 anti-corruption activ-
ists who formed a human chain outside the
KPK building. Coordinating Minister for
Politics, Law and Security, Djoko Suyanto
orderd police chief General Timur Prado-
po to withdraw his men from the KPK. Ac-
cording to the police chief, no instructions
were given to send the police to the KPK.
At the police headquarters, Dedy Rianto
did not deny his plan to arrest Novel. Yes,
we were going to arrest the suspect, he
said. In a bizarre twist, the police decided
to investigate the 2004 case, today. Dedy
gave an absurd reason, The victims fami-
ly only just reported it to the police.
Another important fact is that Novel was
already investigated by the Profession and
Security Division of Bengkulu regional po-
lice and declared not guilty. The shooting
was perpetrated by Novels subordinate,
explained KPK deputy chairman Bambang
Widjojanto. Novel told Tempo that he was
not even at the scene when the shooting oc-
curred.
Novel is not the only KPK of cial being
terrorized. A KPK investigator handling
the graft case involving Buol regent Am-
ran Batalipu is also facing possibly legal ac-
tion. During the raid to arrest Amran, the
investigator, armed with the KPKs of cial
warrant, borrowed equipment from the lo-
cal police mobile brigade. This procedure
is being questioned by the police, which is
calling it illegal.
There is also another investigator whose
house has been repeatedly visited by an
unknown individual. To terrorize the of -
cer, the house fences were taken away. The
padlock securing the fence was smashed.
The of cer is confdent that it was not a ran-
dom act of some prankster, especially since
it occurred after the KPK began to probe
the driving simulator case. At the same
time, his minor delinquencies during his
police academy years, were also raised to
tarnish his name.
Bambang Widjojanto said that the terror
izing became intense after the KPK issued
a notice of the appointment of 28 investi-
endent I.
Since Friday last week, the situation at
the KPK building has been tense. As the in-
vestigation proceeded, more and more po-
lice arrived. Based on Tempos observation,
there were around 200 policemen sur-
rounding the area. Some were wearing
bright military police uniform while some
wore Batik shirts. Others were seen hang-
ing out in foodstalls near the building. Bran-
dishing an arrest and raid warrant without
a court orderthe letter was not even num-
bered according to KPK deputy chair Bam-
bang Widjojantoseveral policemen clad
in Batik entered the KPK lobby.
The team was led by chief of General
Crime Division of Bengkulu regional po-
lice, Senior Commissioner Dedy Irianto.
Several top of cials from Jakarta regional
police holding the rank of adjutant senior
commissioner, among others, Deputy Di-
rector of General Crime Division, Nico Afn-
ta, Head of Crime and Violence Sub-direc-
torate, Adjutant Helmy Santika and Head of
Mobile Detectives Unit, Herry Heryawan,
were also present.
Novel was planning to come down from
his of ce on the 8th foor. However, the KPK
leaders, who refused to acknowledge the
warrant for his arrest, stopped him from
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gators last Wednesday. That same night, a
stranger paid a visit to the home of one of
the investigators. Another investigator was
tailed from the KPK of ce all the way to his
house. Then Novel, said Bambang, was vis-
ited last Thursday night by two men known
by the initials AA and AD, who claimed to
be the messengers of the police chief.
The two men, Bambang said, asked Nov-
el to meet Senior Commissioner Yazid Fa-
nani, the police chiefs private secretary, to
clarify the terror faced by Novel. Bambang
said, at that time Novel said he was ready to
meet Yazid with the permission of Busyro
Muqoddas, one of the KPK heads who hap-
pened to be in the of ce. But Busyro did not
give his permission.
The police denied the terror operation
against KPK investigators, including look-
ing for their faults. What for? We dont do
such things, said the police Public Informa-
tion of cer, Senior Commissioner Agus Ri-
anto, adding, We already have all the data
we need at the headquarters.
Since the driving simulator case, rela-
tions between KPK and the police have be-
come more and more strained, particular-
ly after the police refused to extend the ap-
pointment of 16 police of cers at the KPK,
which expired last month. This caused a
critical reduction of manpower at the KPK.
Previously, there were 88 police personnel
working as investigators.
The next massive recall is expected again
in the coming three months. In November,
the contracts of 12 investigators will end
and another nine in December, followed
by 21 and one in February and March, re-
spectively. If there are no replacements, by
March, the KPK can be incapacitated.
Worired that the manpower shrinkage
will disrupt its investigations, the KPK at-
tempted to keep the remaining investiga-
tors. Monday two weeks ago, secretary-
general Bambang Prapto Sunu sent a letter
to the police requesting that 16 investiga-
tors remain at the KPK. On the same day, 11
out of the 16 investigators suddenly decid-
ed to return to police headquarters.
The police claimed that the withdrawal
of the investigators was nothing more than
personnel rotation and that the police in-
tended to fnd replacements. At a glance, the
problem seems to have been solved. Howev-
er, to recruit replacements, KPK needs 2-3
months for the process, starting from regis-
tration to selection. With the familiarization
period, the replacements can only work ef-
fectively four months after the recruitment.
If there candidates fail, the screening must
restart from the beginning.
To get around the shortage of investiga-
tors, KPK has advertised its search. Apart
from employees at the Attorney General Of-
fce and Financial and Development Mon-
itoring Agency, police personnel within
the KPK were also ofered the opportunity.
The KPK also exchanged ideas with the Su-
preme Court and State Empowerment and
Bureaucratic Reforms Ministry regarding
the recruitment.
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AUFIK Baswedan described his
younger brother, Novel Baswedan,
36, as an investigator who loves
his mother. When a number
of police of cers approached the of ce
of the Corruption Eradication Com-
mission (KPK) to arrest him, last Fri-
day, Novel notifed his older broth-
er over the phone. He said, Please
take care of Mother, said Taufk.
His mother was the frst person
Novel communicated with re-
garding his intentions of resign-
ing from the police force and be-
coming a permanent employee of
the KPK. It was a dif cult decision
for the family. He contemplated var-
ious ways to tell her until fnally, the
1998 Police Academy graduate decided on
using the massage lobby to tell her of his
decision. One night, he approached his moth-
er while carrying some massage oil. I wanted
to massage her feet frst, and then tell her about
my resignation, he said.
As if she could read her sons mind, the mother
asked, Vel, arent you interested in becoming a
full time employee for the KPK? At hearing these
words, Novel became more certain about his deci-
sion to work full time with the KPK. Last Wednes-
day, his name was included in the list of the 28 in-
vestigators who were chosen to become a KPK em-
ployee.
Novel joined the KPK in January 2007, when the in-
stitution was headed by Taufequrachman Ruki. He is
not one of the fve investigators who was forced to re-
port to the police headquarters Tuesday this week. In
the appointment letter drafted by the National Police headquar-
ters, his of cial term of duty will end in December. If his term is
not extended, he should return by the end of this year.
This of cer, who holds the rank of a commissioner, has served
at the KPK of ce for almost six years and has handled various
cases. He was a member of the team that apprehended Nazaru-
din, who ran of to Columbia, and was the investigator of a num-
ber of cases involving the former treasurer of the Democrat-
ic Party. Novel was also involved in bringing back home,
Nunun Nurbaetie, suspected of bribery in the travelers
check case, from Thailand.
Lately, he has been a member of the unit as-
signed to handle the budget mafa case that in-
volved Wa Ode Nurhayati, a legislator at the
DPR. He even investigated a few cases involv-
ing some Senayan legislators. Novel has also
arrested several corruption suspects such
as Buol Regent Amran Batalipu and three
bribery suspects in the National Games
(PON) case in Riau.
Moreover, Novel was also the en-
gine behind the investigation on
the driving simulators that dragged
down a number of senior police of -
cers. He investigated those who were
witnesses of the case. Last Friday, he
interrogated the main suspect: the ex chief of the Traf c
Division, Insp.Gen. Djoko Susilo.
A senior KPK of cial named Novel as one of the best in-
vestigators there. His independence as the anticorrup-
tion commissions investigator has made him disliked
by the police. In an internal police mailing list, he was
berated after leading an investigation at the Traf c Di-
vision last July. Novel was labeled a traitor who was
intent on destroying the police corps.
Despite the terrorand the intimidation, Novel never
relayed his concerns to his colleagues or his family. His
cousin, the Rector of Paramadina University, Anies Bas-
wedan, has never heard Novel complain. A colleague in
the KPK said, Novel will never discuss his problems.
ANTON SEPTIAN, RUSMAN PARAQBUEQ
Having received no objection from the
two institutions, KPK last week sent a letter
to the police informing them it had appoint-
ed 28 investigators as permanent employ-
ees. Five among them were the police of -
cers who were called back to police head-
quarters last September. Everyone has re-
ceived the appointment letter, said Busy-
ro Muqoddas, KPKs Vice Chairman.
According to Busyro, the appointment of
the police personnel as KPK permanent in-
vestigators is in line with the KPK law and
Government By-aw No. 63/2005 regard-
ing KPKs Human Resources Management.
Once they become civil servants of the KPK,
Busyro explained, the investigators should
be discharged honorably from the police as
stipulated in the institutions standing regu-
lations.
The police thinks otherwise. Police
spokesman, Brig.Gen. Boy Rafi Amar, said
that the 28 investigators would be violating
regulations, since they moved jobs with-
out prior notifcation. Before joining the
KPK, they should have submitted their res-
ignation frst, which should have been ap-
proved by the police chief. Since they did
not comply with procedures, they can be
dishonorably discharged, Boy said.
Deputy police chief, Com. Gen. Nanan
Soekarna hinted that the investigators who
did not return to police headquarters after
their contract at KPK expired, would be ar-
rested by the military police.
They will be immediately arrested, he
added.
ANTON SEPTIAN, FRANCISCO ROSARIANS, RUSMAN
PARAQBUEQ, SUNDARI, ISMA SAVITRI (JAKARTA), PHESI
ESTER JULIKAWATI (BENGKULU)
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HEN news passed around
that the police were arriv-
ing to arrest investigator
Novel Baswedan last Friday,
his supporters gathered at the Corruption
Eradication Commission (KPK) building.
Former chairmen of this anti-graft institu-
tion, such as Amin Sunaryadi and Erry Ri-
yana Hardjapamekas, were the frst ones to
arrive at the scene. They headed towards
the third foor, the working area of the KPK
leaders.
KPK chairman and his deputy, Bam-
bang Widjojanto were already at their of-
fces. At 11:30 pm, Law and Human Rights
deputy minister Denny Indrayana, joined
them. The KPK staf, who had come back
to the of ce after going home, were busy
serving drinks. Other KPK leaders, like
Busyro Muqoddas was at his hometown of
Yogyakarta, while Zulkarnain and Adnan
Pandu Praja could not be seen. That night,
the group of activists providing support
were welcomed by Abraham and Handoyo
Sudradjat, deputy chairman for Internal
Oversight and Public Complaints.
The supporters gathered in numbers to-
wards midnight. Hundreds of red ants
a term Busyro used to describe KPK sup-
portershung outside as well as inside the
building. In one of the foors was Novel Bas-
wedan, 36, still smiling despite his precari-
ous situation and his fatigue.
Tempo reporter Budi Setyarso met the
1998 graduate of the Police Academy on Sat-
urday early morning last week. This is all
organized, very contemptible, said Novel
Baswedan. He was accused by the police of
involvement in the murder of a suspected
thief when he was chief of the Bengkulu Po-
lice precinct, eight years ago.
What really happened in 2004?
At that time, I had just been appointed
chief of the Bengkulu precinct, after head-
ing the Operations Department. A man
had been arrested for theft and shot. Then
he was tried, judged and sentenced by the
NOVEL BASWEDAN:
I WILL EXPOSE
EVERYTHING
mob. When I arrived, the thief had died.
I fgured it was unlikely to charge anyone
over his death. So, in the end, I made the
decision to take the responsibility myself.
So, when the incident happened, I was not
even at the location.
How was the situation at Bengkulu at that
time?
I went there when problems of gam-
bling, narcotics and theft were quite se-
rious. The amount of money deposited
with the security people was incredible.
When I was appointed chief over there,
I changed the entire staf. I chose young
people who were determined and solid. I
started with myself: I told them we would
do away with the culture of regular depos-
its from residents. Since that time, I was
seen as an enemy.
Is it true you were investigated by the Di-
vision of Professionals and Regional Police
Security?
Yes, I was reminded not to take respon-
sibility (over the death). I was threatened,
that if I went on to do it, I would be penal-
ized. I replied: I was ready to face it, be-
cause it was unlikely to charge anyone for
that death. I didnt want an innocent man
to be punished.
When did you nd out
this case was being re-
vived?
Two or three weeks
ago, I was informed that
the Police headquarters
had sent their personnel
to Bengkulu. They spoke
to witnesses, who were
asked to give evidence
in order to charge me. A
former staf of mine was
summoned to confrm
some things, but they all
said I was not involved.
Is it true the police even
came to your house?
The neighborhood
chief where I live was vis-
ited by a few people, to
dig about my personal life
and possible wrongdoing
on my part. I called the
neighborhood chief, and
told him, Pak, if you sup-
port the corruption erad-
ication, answer accord-
ing to facts. Do not fol-
low their made-up stories.
If necessary, let them come to me. What
they need, I will give them: a checking ac-
count statement, my savings book, what-
ever secrets I have. I am not afraid because
I have nothing to hide.
You have been hard towards the corrup-
tion case involving the Trafc Division.
Could that be why they are threatening you?
We are investigating this case not to de-
stroy the police as an organization. In fact,
we want to improve it. We have solutions,
were not trying to mess things up. I will
not stop, now that they are trying to pe-
nalize me. I will expose everything. If nec-
essary, I will speak to the press, if I am al-
lowed by the KPK leaders.
What are your plans in facing this case?
I will get a lawyer to prepare for my de-
fense. I will face the case head-on.
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FTER the food of criticism
aimed at the House of Repre-
sentatives (DPR) for the past
two weeks, political factions
have agreed to withdraw
their plan to amend the Law on the Corrup-
tion Eradication Commission (KPK). The
growing support for the KPK has caused
the legislators to write letters to the KPK
chairman and request that the amend-
ment, which has already been submitted to
the legislature, be withdrawn.
The Democratic Party faction initiated
this act last week. Faction leader, Nurhaya-
ti Ali Assegaf, wrote a letter requesting that
their previous plan to amend the law be an-
nulled. Its because this revision has de-
viated from our aim of strengthening the
KPK, she said. The government party was
very active in suggesting that the fve KPK
authoritiescoordination, supervision,
wiretapping, investigation, and prosecu-
tionbe reviewed.
This move was followed by other political
factions such as the Prosperous Justice Par-
ty (PKS), United Development Party (PPP),
and National Awakening Party (PAN). Be-
fore the outburst of protests, PPP and PAN
were factions that supported the amend-
ment. PKS was undecided and requested
the National Law Commission to explore
further the amendment frst, as refected at
the plenary meeting early last July.
The Law Commission meeting, which
was attended by 26 out of 61 members, de-
cided that the amendment draft of Law No.
30/2012 should be brought to the DPR to
be sorted and reviewed in order to ensure
it does not confict with other laws. All fac-
tions agreed that the KPKs authority need-
ed to be stripped down, except for the Dem-
ocratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) who felt
that the amendment was not yet necessary.
The factions who agreed to amend the
THE KPKS
ROUND THREE
A number of legislators are attempting to
undermine the KPKs authority. Many of them
fear being bugged.
articles generally argued that the KPKs
authority in acting against corruptors was
too broad. One thing that needs to be re-
viewed is whether wiretapping should be
allowed during an investigation. The KPK is
currently able to do this, stated Syarifud-
din Suding, spokesman of the Peoples Con-
science Party (Hanura).
The meeting, lead by the commission
deputy chairman, Aziz Syamsuddin from
the Golkar faction, was a continuation of
a previous meeting attended by a number
of Tim Mawar (Rose Team) politicians
on January 2012 with the Head of the Law
and Legislative Bureau at the DPR, Rudi Ro-
chmansyah. The Rose Team is a nickname
coined for the leading politicians in the
Law Commission: Aziz Syamsuddin and
Bambang Soesatyo (Golkar), Ahmad Yani
(PPP), Syarifuddin Suding (Hanura), Trim-
edya Panjaitan (PDIP), Abu Bakar al-Habsy
(PKS), and Desmon Mahesa (Gerindra).
Some other politicians were present to
hear Rudy describe the initial draft of the
amendment. Its contents included how
wiretapping would need a court order, the
right to prosecute was eliminated, and the
KPK was given the authority to stop an inves-
tigation, stated a politician who was pres-
ent. There was also a suggestion that the
right to investigate should be eliminated.
The meeting altered from its initial agenda
of listening to the suggestions of the factions
to an explosion of insults toward the KPK.
This politician added that the gener-
al opinion of the meeting was how the ac-
tions of the KPK in wiretapping and captur-
ing politicians and of cials who have accept-
ed bribes had already obstructed the Indo-
nesian legal order. KPKs actions in arresting
hundreds of regional of cials have obstruct-
ed development in the nation. Others con-
sider the wiretapping to be recklessly done
by the KPK. There was a politician who was
bugged and found fornicating, he said.
The amendment also increased the min-
imum corruption limit the KPK would be
allowed to investigate from Rp 1 billion to
Rp 10 billion. They stated that the KPK of-
ten makes arrests based on bribes worth
a few hundred million rupiahs. Based on
the large budget allocated for the KPK, the
politicians do not consider that amount to
be worth their investigation. But that was T
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their of cial reason. Well, the real reason
was to ensure the corrupt players cannot
be caught, stated a politician.
The draft brought to the table by Rudy
was actually an elaboration from an inter-
nal Law Commission meeting led by Benny
Kabur Harman from the Democratic Par-
ty. Benny, who was requested by DPR depu-
ty speaker, Priyo Budi Santoso, to immedi-
ately create a draft, came up with ten KPK
authority points that should be altered. In
essence, the KPK will be asked to focus on
corruption prevention. Investigation and
prosecution rights will be handed over to
the police and prosecutor.
At that moment, the KPK was vigorously
investigating and arresting politicians who
received travelers checks during the elec-
tion of senior deputy governor of Bank In-
donesia. A number of senior Golkar cadres,
such as Paskah Suzetta and Hafz Zawawi,
were examined, then arrested. Paskahs ar-
rest caused a stir at the Golkar Party.
Long before that, in 2007, the idea to
amend the KPK Law came from President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono himself. At
that time, he considered a revision neces-
sary because there was an idea to form a re-
gional KPK. This idea then evaporated be-
cause it was considered as an attempt to
weaken the anticorruption movement and
politics were heating up for the upcoming
2009 General Elections.
However, the intention never faded.
Each year, the DPR always includes this
amendment initiative in the National Legis-
lation Program. Law Commission meetings
always makes sure this amendment should
be immediately put into action. The draft
amendment was even bundled last on Feb-
ruary. That was a month before a number
of Commission members hoped to travel to
Hong Kong, France, Germany, and South
Korea under the claim of conducting a com-
parative study in order to create regula-
tions for an anticorruption institution.
That is why Aziz Syamsuddin was en-
raged when factions who initially support-
ed the amendment turned their backs on
it when criticisms started to fy. According
to the legislator, who was also a corruption
suspect in the development of the Attorney
Generals Of ce, the plenary meeting and
comparative study revealed that the fac-
tions agreed to the amendment from the
very beginning. Its the upcoming 2014
Elections, everyones beating around the
bush, he said during a meeting to discuss
Public Prosecution Laws, last week.
This was because the PDI-P, who frm-
ly rejected the amendment, was only de-
laying. In a faction statement read by Nur-
din, the KPK Law amendment was not ur-
gent. His reason was simple. The PDIP felt
they never received a draft prepared by the
DPR Law Bureau and the agreement made
in the January meeting was that they would
further discuss the amendment of the Civ-
il Code (KUHAP) and the Criminal Code
(KUHP) frst.
These two policies were also the priori-
ty of the 2011 National Legislation Program.
When these two laws have been revised,
the PDIP will then agree to amend oth-
er laws below them, such as the Supreme
Court Law and KPK. The KPK is just a part
of the criminal code. The main law is the
KUHAP and KUHP, said Nurdin.
A number of faction leaders also felt
they were being held back by members in
the Law Commission. PAN Faction Secre-
tary, Teguh Juwarno, felt he never signed a
draft that was sent to the Legislation coun-
cil. Teguh stated that according to the reg-
ulations, after the working committee at
the Commission agrees on a draft, it is sent
back to the faction to be approved. This
KPK amendment did not go through the
faction, said Saan Mustopa, Democrat Fac-
tion Secretary.
The discussion in the Legislation council
was also unusual. According to the Head of
the Revision Harmonization, Dimyati Na-
takusumah, as the lead proposer, Aziz nev-
er attended a meeting discussing the draft.
Instead, he asked us to explain the amend-
ment to the Law Commission, he said. As a
result, the draft was to be immediately dis-
cussed by a special committee before it was
ratifed during the DPR plenary session.
The problem was, there is no regulation
canceling the draft that has already been
submitted to the Legislative council. The
DPR regulation states drafts must be dis-
cussed by having factions debate on the ma-
terial that has been rejected or accepted in
a special committee. This is the frst case
where a draft amendment was discontin-
ued at the Legislation Council, said Cha-
tibul Umam Wiranu, a member of the Law
Commission from the Democratic Party.
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LABORS DEMAND ACCOMMODATED
THE Manpower Ministry promised to accommodate the labors
demand of outsourcing system rearrangement. Minister Muhaimin
Iskandar promised to evaluate the companies which employed them.
Muhaimin asked regional chief executives to watch over the operating
outsourcing companies during the evaluation period. Outsourcing
workers must be only for cleaning service, security, transportation,
catering and mining support, he said.
The response was made as a reaction to the rallies of thousands of
workers last Wednesday in Jakarta, Tangerang, Bogor and Bekasi. The
rallies were centered at, among others, the State Palace, Central Jakar-
ta. Apart from the elimination of outsourcing, the workers also deman-
ded higher wages.
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Aziz Syamsuddin
Golkar
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Center at
Attorney
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No game.
(March 14, 2012)
Olly Dondokambey
Indonesian
Democratic Party of
Struggle (PDI-P)
Adhyaksa Center at
Attorney Generals
Offce
No such thing.
Zulkarnaen Djabar
Golkar
Procurement of Quran
and computer lab at
the Religious Affairs
Ministry
Im not involved.
(July 9, 2012)
Angelina Sondakh
Democrat Party
Bribery for athletes
village at the Youth and
Sports Affairs Ministry,
University project at
Education and Culture
Ministry
It was decided at a joint
meeting between the
government and the
DPR.
I Wayan
Koster
PDI-P
Bribery for
athletes
village at the Youth and
Sports Affairs Ministry,
University project at
Education and Culture
Ministry
I leave everything to the
legal process.
Abdul Kadir
Karding
National
Awakening
Party (PKB)
Procurement of Quran
and computer lab
at Religious Affairs
Ministry
Not yet confrmed
POLITICIANS GUARD
NAZARUDDINS PROJECT
Y
ULIANIS, former deputy fnance director of Per-
mai Group, said that her company had some con-
nections with several House of Representatives
(DPR) members. They were to guard the compa-
ny owned by M. Nazaruddin to win projects of which the bud-
get was still being deliberated by the House. For the project
at the Attorney Generals Of ce, theres Aziz Syamsuddin, a
Legal Commission member, Yulianis gave as an example.
Yulianis named several Golkar politicians at the DPR in her
testimony in the trial of Angelina Sondakh, Democrat Party
legislator at the Corruption Court last Thursday. Angelina is
a defendant in a bribery case at the ministries of education
and sports.
In addition to Azis, according to Yulianis, Permai Group
had connections with other commission members in the DPR.
They were, among others, Golkar politician Zulkarnaen Dja-
bar (Religious Afairs Commission), Indonesian Democratic
Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Olly Dondokambey (for-
mer Deputy Head of Budget Committee) and National Awak-
ening Party (PKB) politician Abdul Kadir Karding (SOE Com-
mission, formerly in Religious Afairs Commission). The legis-
lators named above denied Yulianis statement.
With regards I Wayan Koster, member of Sports Afairs
Commission from the PDI-P, he was asked to help guard the
SEA Games athletes village budget and the procurement of a
university laboratory. In order to win the 12 projects, Yulianis
said, Permai Group bribed Angelina and Wayan Koster with
US$2.35 million and Rp12.58 billion respectively. The two leg-
islators also denied the charges.
SOURCE: STATEMENTS AT THE TRIALS, PERMAI GROUPS FINANCIAL RECORDS
THOSE WHO
ARE NAMED
PERMAI Groups
accounting recorded
hundreds of names, from
tender organizers, several
parties lawmakers, to
ministers. According to
the records, they received
cash amounting to
millions and billions of
rupiah, and thousands
to hundred thousands of
dollars.
Yulianis
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FREEDOM, BLASPHEMY
AND VIOLENCE
V
IOLENT attacks on
US diplomatic outposts
across North Africa and
the Middle East have
once again raised the question of
how to respond when Americans
and other Westerners engage in pro-
vocative expression that others con-
sider blasphemous. Though the at-
tack on the US diplomatic mission
in Benghazi, in which Ambassador
J. Christopher Stevens and three
members of his staf were mur-
dered, may well have been planned,
as the State Department has main-
tained, the killers clearly exploited
the opportunity created by outrage
at an anti-Muslim flm produced in
the US.
There have been several episodes in recent years in which per-
ceptions of blasphemy have led to threats of violence or actual
killings, starting with the publication of Salman Rushdies nov-
el The Satanic Verses more than two decades ago, and including
the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Postens cartoons of the Prophet
Muhammad. In the Netherlands, Theo Van Gogh was murdered
on an Amsterdam sidewalk in retaliation for his flm Submission,
which criticized Islams treatment of women.
Even some who defended freedom of expression in those cases
may be disinclined to do so now. This time, the flm that triggered
riots in Cairo, Benghazi, Sana, and elsewhere is so crude and in-
fammatory as to seem clearly intended to elicit the outrage that
it produced.
Yet judgments about literary or artistic merit should not be the
basis for decisions about freedom of expression. The proclivity
of some elsewhere to react violently to what they consider blas-
phemous cannot be the criterion for imposing limits on free ex-
pression in the US, the United Kingdom, Denmark, or the Nether-
lands (or anywhere else).
It is important to diferentiate blasphemy from hate speech.
What is objectionable about hate speech, and makes it punish-
able by law in countries around the world, is that it is intended to
incite discrimination or violence against members of a particular
national, racial, ethnic or religious group.
Even in the US, where freedom of expression is zealously pro-
tected, such incitement may be prosecuted and punished in cir-
cumstances in which violence or other unlawful behavior is im-
minent. By contrast, in cases of blasphemy, it is not the speak-
er (or the flmmaker) who is directly
inciting discrimination or violence.
Rather, it is those who are enraged
by the expressed views who may
threaten or actually engage in vio-
lence, either against the speaker, or
against those, like US government
of cials, whom they believe have fa-
cilitated (or failed to suppress) the
blasphemers activities.
It is, of course, impossible to be
certain what will arouse such anger.
At times, as seems to be the case with
the video that triggered the current
protests in cities across North Afri-
ca and the Middle East, a long peri-
od may elapse between the ofen-
sive materials dissemination and
an outpouring of popular rage. The
rage, it seems, is not spontaneous; rather, it is an artifact of local
or regional politics. This does not diminish the irresponsibility of
those who gratuitously engage in such ofensive behavior, but it
does make clear that outrage against their actions should not be a
basis for abandoning our commitment to freedom of expression.
What, then, is to be done? The only appropriate response is the
one chosen by the US Embassy in Cairo, which denounced the
flm and said that the American government condemns those
who ofend others religious beliefs. And Secretary of State Hill-
ary Clinton reinforced the condemnation when she called the
flm disgusting and reprehensible.
Plainly, that was not enough to deter those who sought an oc-
casion to attack the US Consulate in Benghazi. If they had not
grasped this opportunity, they would have sought another. Sim-
ply condemning a flm will not mean much to those who believe
that, as may be true in their own countries, a powerful govern-
ment like that of the US can simply decide whether a flm should
be made or broadcast.
The statement from the US Embassy in Cairo has become the
target of political criticism, but it warrants praise for exemplify-
ing American values. Contrary to the criticism, condemnation of
the flm is not censorship. While rejecting censorship, the US gov-
ernment should not renounce its authority to speak sensibly and
condemn an appalling and apparently intentional provocation
that produced such tragic consequences.
*THE PRESIDENT OF THE OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE AND A FOUNDER OF HUMAN
RIGHTS WATCH, IS THE AUTHOR, MOST RECENTLY, OF TAKING LIBERTIES: FOUR
DECADES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR RIGHTS.
ARYEHNEIER
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Traces of Shaolin
on Song Mountain
The Shaolin Temple has been around since the fth century.
Its long history has enriched the world of martial arts. Tempo
went to visit the temple, considered to be the Mecca of kung
fu, in Henan Province, China. Tempo also went to investigate
the life of martial arts master Louw Djing Tie, who migrated to
Parakan in Central Java and lived there until his death in 1921.
T
HE Chinese sun glared down
from the summer sky. It was
only 10 a.m. on Song Moun-
tain, on the periphery of the
Dengfeng County in central
China, but the temperature had already
reached 32 degrees Celcius. The heat, al-
though ferce, was unable to penetrate the
thick walls and the lines of pine and Gink-
go biloba trees surrounding the Shaolin
Temple. There, cool winds blow unceasing-
ly, rather like in the Puncak region of West
Java.
In one of the inner courtyards of the Sha-
olin Temple in Henan, Shiu Yanxin stood
with his legs planted on the ground in a
frm stance. His right hand was thrust for-
ward in a fst, his eyes in a fxed glare. Wear-
ing the grey kasayathe robe worn by all
monks staying at the Shaolin Monastery
the bald man performed the xin i pa with
great agility. The xin i pa is a kung fu tech-
nique intended to strengthen the lower
body. Shiu also displayed the one-fnger
technique.
This movement can be used to kill a per-
son, said the 25-year-old Yanxin, one of
the monks whom Tempo talked to at the
Temple last May. He started training at the
Shaolin Temple at the age of fve. I want-
ed to learn Buddhism at this temple, he ex-
plained.
Yanxin, originally from the town of
Tangshan in the Hebei province near Bei-
jing, along with the other 500 monks living
in this Buddhist monastery, make up the
latest generation of Shaolin masters at the
Shaolin Temple. Wang Yumin, the temples
spokesperson, said that the Shaolin Tem-
ple was established in 495 B.C. by Batuo, a
monk from India who wished to spread the
teachings of Buddhism in China. Its of cial
name is Shaolinsi. The word shao was tak-
en from shaosi or Shi Mountain, while lin
means forest and si means temple. So
the name means the temple in the forests
of the Shi mountains, Wang said.
It takes nearly three hours by bus, fol-
lowed by a ride in an unregistered pub-
lic transportation, to get there from Zhan-
zhou, the capital of Henan province. In the
Shaolin Temple complex there are seven
main halls at the center of the temple that
are used for praying. These are surround-
ed by supporting buildings used as sleep-
ing areas and dining halls. With a length
of 360 meters and a width of 160 meters,
the total area comes to 57,000 square me-
ters. The complex has been a UNESCO
World Heritage site since 2010. Shaolin is
the home of more than 500 monks50 of
whom are womenwhose ages range from
17 to 80 years. There are also dozens of chil-
dren living there solely to learn religion and
kung fu. They are led by the 47-year-old Shi
Yongxin, the Temples abbot.
Life in the Temple is very orderly. The
residents of the Temple rise at 4am every
morning for assembly and meditation. At 5
a.m. they head for training on Song Moun-
tain behind the monastery. After train-
ing for about two hours they return to the
Temple to perform housekeeping tasks
such as reflling oil jars used for lights and
lighting new incense sticks, before opening
the gates of the Temple to outside visitors
at 8am. They then take turns standing by
at the entrance gates and guiding the visi-
tors and pilgrims to the Temple. Those who
are not needed for this may carry out their
favorite activities: meditation, reading the
Buddhist holy book, or practicing martial
arts. One of the teacherswho are called ei-
ther Laotse or Shifuwill teach two or three
pupils known as tudi. They are like one
small family, commented Wang.
Visitors are not allowed to witness the
kung fu exercises. Nevertheless, a young
monk was willing to divulge a bit of infor-
mation. The location of the training on Song
Mountain is at Damo Dong, the cave where
the Bodhidharmathe Indian monkmedi-
tated for nine years in 527 B.C. The distance
from Shaolin Temple, declared Shi Yongxi-
na, was a 10-minute run for a trained monk.
But the average person would require T
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about two hours to get there, he remarked.
The monk may have been exaggerating or
he may indeed be that dexterous. Perhaps
he is, bearing in mind that he has already
acquired the sobriquet Shi, which is given
to all monks in China and could be likened
to the title ustad or religious teacher in In-
donesia.
Yanxin described how the training area
had been moved out of the Temple com-
plex because of the ever-increasing num-
ber of visitors to Shaolin. Previously, exer-
cises were performed within the Temple
complex. There are halls within the com-
plex whose foors are damaged due to the
martial arts masters methods of practic-
ing the strength of their legs, which is to re-
peatedly stomp their feet onto the ground.
Another victim of kung fu practice are
the trees surrounding the complex. There
are holes in nearly every tree in the vicini-
ty, each bearing deep scars from the fngers
of numerous monks throughout the ages,
who practiced the one-fnger kung fu tech-
nique on these trees.
This kung fu move, also known as Yi Zhi
Chan, is one of the most popular kung fu
techniques. Yoko, who was played by Andy
Lau in the television series The Legend of the
Condor Heroes often performed this tech-
nique. The ability to block the fow of blood
with the index and middle fngers has two
uses: to paralyze the enemy and to heal
deep wounds. The move can kill a per-
son, said Yanxin, who required ten years
to master this technique.
Another favored kung fu technique is the
Zui Quan or the Drunken Fist movement.
Jackie Chan made this technique famous
in a humorous fashion through his flm
Drunken Master in 1978. The moves imitate
the gestures of a drunken person, utiliz-
ing the weight of the body in swinging mo-
tions. Yanxin, who needed a year and a half
to master this technique, said it was created
during the Tang Dynasty (618-906), during
the reign of the Emperor Li Yuan, when he
permitted the monks to drink alcohol. Af-
ter his reign, however, monks were no lon-
ger allowed to drink alcohol. So they were
not really drunk as featured in the flm, he
said.
The Quan book of guidelines, which was
passed on through the 86 generations of ab-
bots, contains thousands of kung fu tech-
niques with as many as 72 of them coming
purely from the Shaolin Temple, including
Chi Kung. Simply put, Chi Kung is the sci-
ence of using energyalso known as chi
residing in the body. Through years of prac-
tice, a person is able to master the move-
ment and breathing required to channel
chi, which is located in the stomach region,
to other sections of the body and make
those other sections steel-hard. The hands,
the feet, and even the head of a person can
become as hard as a sledgehammer, strong
enough to split wood and stone.
Chi, which can be detected using a body
heat detector, is combined with physical
strength. This is done in various ways, such
as hitting ones own head or striking ones
head against a sandbag for two hours ev-
eryday, in order to strengthen the skull. A
persons neck can also be strengthened by
doing one-hour headstands all year long. A
well-trained neck can then be used to mas-
ter the art of the Iron Neck. With such mas-
tery a person can continue to breathe even
when he is hung by the neck.
During the learning stage there is al-
ways risk of injuries. So a monk must have
his own medicines ready, said Luo Wei,
a very young monk at the apothecary lo-
cated to the west of the temple. The room
has many cupboards with dozens of small
drawers flled with herbs. Most of the herb-
al remedies are for healing bruises and bro-
ken bones. He explained that Shaolin med-
icine has been popular since the Yuan dy-
nasty and has remained so for eight centu-
ries until today. Besides selling medicine,
the chamber with a board that reads Sha-
olin Pharmacy Bureau also sells souvenirs P
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from T-shirts to sling bags and leg bolsters
with the word Shaolin printed on them.
A television camera is placed in every cor-
ner of the room.
The magnifcence of the temple com-
plex has not, however, managed to endure
its lifetime without incident. The Shaolin
Temple has been destroyed and rebuilt on
numerous occasions. According to Wang,
since the monastery was established, it
has always had support from the govern-
ment. This often made them the target of
rebels. The frst destruction of the temple
occurred in the 14th century. The red tur-
baned troops forced the monks out of the
temple and looted it. The temple remained
neglected from 1356 until 1359, when Yuan
dynasty troops were fnally able to regain
control of the Henan Province. Confict
again broke out in 1641 when rebels tried to
overthrow the Ming Dynasty. The Shaolin
Temple was destroyed and was only rebuilt
at the beginning of the 18th century when
the Qing dynasty came into power.
Nevertheless, it was also the Qing dynas-
ty that brought about the most signifcant
destruction of the temple. The government
suspected the Shaolin monks of supporting
anti-dynasty forces and burned the tem-
ple to the ground in 1647. The monks dis-
persed, and the legend of the Five Oldest
Monks, about Shaolin monks who wan-
dered around China spreading kung fu
teachings, was born.
Shaolin was introduced in Indonesia in
the early 1900s by the master Louw Djin
Tie.
In 1928, the Kuomintang general Shi You-
san burned down the temple and destroyed
90 percent of the Shaolin documents. Fi-
nally, Mao Zedong launched the Cultural
Revolution in 1966 and banned all symbols
of religion. He also jailed fve monks who
were guarding the temple at the time.
Shaolins relationship with the govern-
ment improved after President Deng Xiaop-
ing began to carry out his Open Door Policy.
The temples ownership was returned to its
monks in 1987. In the same year, the head
monk Shi Xing Zheng passed away. His tem-
porary replacement Shi Yongxin became
a frequent guest at government functions.
In 1993, he was appointed as member of
the Henan Province Political Consultative
Committee and represented the province
at the National Peoples Congress in 1998. A
year later, Shi Yongxin was appointed the
abbot of the Shaolin Temple. We obey the
government in the same fashion as other
ordinary people of the land who practice
religious activities, said Wang.
The monasterys destruction did not
prevent the proliferation of Shaolin teach-
ings. While the Five Elders were fctitious
characters, many real Shaolin masters con-
tributed to the enrichment of world mar-
tial arts. Karate, which frst appeared on
the island of Ryukyu in Okinawa, Japan,
is thought to be a mixture of Shaolin kung
fu and local self-defense arts. Wing Chun,
a popular style of Kung Fu also has its or-
igins in the Shaolin. As told by the grand-
master Yip Kai Man (the teacher of the leg-
endary action movie actor Bruce Lee) be-
fore he died in 1972, this form of martial
arts began with the story of a young maid-
en who rejected the advances of a landlord.
The maiden then went to train with Ng Mui,
a Shaolin Temple monk who had taken to
wandering after his temple was destroyed
during the Qing dynasty. The master taught
her the snake and crane techniques un-
til she was fnally able to defeat the wicked
landlord. The new style of kung fu was giv-
en her name: Yim Wing Chun.
Inspiration has come from the Shaolin
Temple to famous fgures like Bruce Lee,
Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Lei Wulong, the cre-
ator of the Drunken Master technique ex-
hibited at Tekkens competitive arena. The
world of action flms has become far more
alive because of them.
REZA MAULANA, MAHARDIKA SATRIA HADI
(DENGFENG)
The Song
Mountain Central
Tourism Area
monument at the
Songshan Shaolin
Temple complex in
Henan Province.
Shaolin students
use tree trunks
as an object for
practicing Yi Zhi
Chan (above).
Shaolin students
pack medicines
at the Shaolin
Pharmacy Bureau.
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I
THOUGHT for a moment I had land-
ed in the wrong place when alighting
from the car that took me to Deng-
feng county in Chinas Henan prov-
ince last May. I had come to see the
Shaolin Temple, but the sign posted along
the way said Central Monument of the
Song Mountain Tourist Area. My fears,
however, soon dissipated when I saw an-
other sign that read: Song Mountain Shao-
lin Temple.
Disregard your childhood fantasies de-
picted in kung fu flms where hundreds of
monks in one fowing motion performed
out the dragon technique. There is no hot
wok where David Carradine, or Kwai Chang
Caine, burned the dragon and the tiger tat-
toos onto his arm as depicted in the last de-
cades hit kung fu serial. In every corner all
that is to be seen are tourists, tourists and
more tourists.
A hundred yuan, cried the woman at
the ticket counter at the entrance to the
Shaolin Temple. (A hundred yuan is worth
about Rp150,000.) I had not managed to
place my wallet back into my bag when just
a few dozen meters from the ticket counter,
payment was again demanded from visi-
tors. This time we had to pay Rp15,000 to
ride an electric car for three kilometers to
the main temple in the complex. At the cor-
ner, a sign was displayed, with a hammer
and sickle and the words: I am a Member
of the Communist Party. Tell Me What You
Need.
The car moved away from a cluster of
souvenir shops selling various things re-
lating to the Shaolin Temple, such as rings
and necklaces with jade pendants spelling
out the name of the 15-century-old temple.
There were also postcards with pictures of
Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Commu-
nist Party of China who launched the Cul-
tural Revolution in 1966 and captured the
Shaolin Monastery.
Has Shaolin become commercialized?
The Temple spokesperson Wang Yumin de-
nied the allegation. All our monks only live
from two sources of income here, namely,
the sale of tickets and donations from tour-
ists, he explained. Most visitors who also
pray at the six temples located on the site
often have donation boxes thrust at them.
There are more than 500 monks living on
The One Hundred
Yuan Monastery
The Shaolin Temple has become a tourist destination.
The temples abbot receives all sorts of VIPs at the temple.
the site. Providing food three times a day
for so many people is clearly no easy mat-
ter.
Wang remarked that during the reign of
the Chinese emperors, Shaolin survived
on the alms provided by pilgrims and from
farming. Records say, during the Tang dy-
nasty (from 618 to 906) they owed 4,500
plots of land. This number rose and fell
with time, and after the land reform car-
ried out by Mao Zedong, Shaolin no longer
had any land to farm.
Improvements in the Temples relation-
ship with the government as of Deng Xiap-
ings era in the 1980s brought many chang-
es. The government began to build more in-
frastructure, such as road signs and electric
cars. The purpose of this was clear, namely,
to draw more visitors to the Temple. Every
summer at least ten thousand visits to the
Shaolin Temple are recorded. This means
that within a period of three months ticket
sales alone are able to bring in Rp1,5 billion.
The income from the ticket sales is then dis-
tributed. Thirty percent of the income is
for the monastery; seventy percent is for
the government, explained Wang.
The monasterys treasury benefts from
ticket sales. Their mainstay for this is the Zan
Shaolin Music Ritual, which has been per-
formed more than a thousand times since it
was frst performed in May 2007. This mu-
sical drama is a collaboration of monks and
artists. For one and a half hours hundreds
of performers recount the story of the lives
of monks, covering four seasons and vari-
ous challenges of nature. The strength of the
performances, which are without dialogue,
lies in production, lighting, scoring and vari-
ous performance techniques.
Despite the food of tourists who visit the
temple, the people living in the surround-
ing areas do not beneft from the tourism.
Jiao, who has a grocery stall about 500 me-
ters from the temple entrance said he once
tried to approach prospective buyers with-
in the temple complex, but he was immedi-
ately ordered to leave. They thought that I
would dirty the place, said the 64-year-old
man. The Temples monthly rental fee of
Rp7.5 million makes it impossible for Jiao to
realize his dream of opening a shop there.
Shaolins popularity continues to rise.
Since Russian President Vladimir Putin vis-
ited the Temple in 2006a visit followed by
an invitation for the high of cials of Shao-
lin to visit Russiamany other important
visitors from various countries have come
to Song Mountain. While the young monks
busy themselves as guides for various vis-
itors, Shi Yongxin, the Temples abbot, at-
tends various international forums.
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MONK walks staggeringly into
the Shaolin Temple. The kasa-
yaa Chinese monks robe
he is wearing is crumpled and
shabby, and its yellow is fading, as if it has
not been washed for days. He is carrying a
knapsack, a bag slung over his shoulder and
holding in his hand a medium-sized travel
bag. His name is Shi Chuanchun, 42.
Im looking for the monk in charge
here, he told Tempo in the yard of the Sha-
olin Temples library at Dengfeng late last
May. He was carrying an envelope contain-
ing a letter requesting that he be allowed
to stay temporarily to learn martial arts at
Shaolin. While waiting for the temple jan-
itor, Chuanchun reported the purpose of
his visit.
This man has been a monk since 1991.
His only goal is to make a profound
study of Buddhism. His frst monas-
tery is at Fuan, in the Province of Fuji-
an, South China. His thirst for knowl-
edge propelled him to travel from
one temple to another. The last
place he stayed at was a monas-
tery in the Town of Putian, Fu-
jian. Having fnished all the
books at the temple, he decid-
ed to continue his wandering.
The winds took him to Deng-
feng and the courtyard of
Shaolin. Im stopping by
here because I happened to
by passing through, says
Chuanchun.
He is not the only visit-
ing monk. Shaolins spokes-
man, Wang Yumin, says that
the monastery remains open
to traveling monks, regard-
less of their background or the
length of their stay. All visi-
Andy Lau and the
Crumpled Robe
Shaolin Temple continues its open-door tradition, training
actors like Andy Lau and Donnie Yen in martial arts.
tors will certainly get help, he says. Non-
permanent students supported by a third
party, local or overseas, are also welcome.
Last November, Shaolin received a group of
students from Gabon, Rwanda, and Cam-
eroon for a fve-year study on a scholarship
program from their countries.
Non-permanent members may have var-
ied intentions, one of which is to learn kung
fu for an acting role. Wang still remembers
Andy Lau who once spent two weeks at
the Temple on Shaoshi Mountains in 2010.
The 51-year-old Hong Kong-born actor
studied there for the role of Hou Ji, a war-
lord who changes his mind and becomes a
monk in the flm The New Shaolin Temple.
He was provided with a special teacher,
says Wang without mentioning the nomi-
nal value of the donation made by the
temporary pupil.
Another actor is Donnie Yen, 49.
This Guangzhou-born man is fas-
cinated by self-defense arts. He
masters kickboxing, wres-
tling, karate and Brazilian
jiu-jitsu. In 2008, he added
to his long list of skills an-
other skill by learning mar-
tial arts at Shaolin. His ob-
jective was to make a re-
fned improvement of
Wing Chun, a specialized
close-combat kung fu
that originates from Sha-
olin. His eforts have not
been in vain. His acting
as Ip Man in the flm with
the same title makes him
one of the highest in-
come-earning Asian ac-
tors. Ip Man, a.k.a. Yip Kai
an, is a Wing Chun expert
and the coach of the leg-
endary action actor Bruce Lee. Yen is con-
sidered to have successfully popularized
Wing Chun.
How about the regular students? Wang
says that the requirements are easy: they
have to abide by the rules of the Chinese
government, have no criminal records and
unmarried. If divorced, he or she should
produce a divorce certifcate, he says. An
unmarried status is the most important re-
quirement since a monk must live a celibate
life.
Most of the estimated 500 Shaolin monks
at the Temple have lived there since child-
hood. The Temple is open to any children
who are at least 10 years of age, and charg-
es no fees whatsoever. Shi Yanchun, 28, for
example, left his hometown at Dongbei,
Northeast China, when he was 15 years old.
As a rule, at 17 years of age, the pupil is given
the option of continuing his life as a monk
or returning home. Yanchun is determined
to devote his life to Shaolin until he dies.
Its the call of my life, he says.
Out of hundreds of Shaolin members, Ch-
uanchun may be the only one who is not in-
terested in kung fu at all. Id like to know
more about Buddha and his wisdom, and
to learn mantras, he says. It sounds like an
unusual dream at the temple which is re-
garded as the Mecca of self-defense martial
arts. However, recalling the time when Bat-
uo laid out the corner stone [for the temple
construction] on Mount Shaoshi 1517 years
ago, it is Shaolins true mission.
REZA MAULANA, MAHARDIKA SATRIA HADI
(DENGFENG)
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HE grand harvest has come.
As in other tobacco-produc-
ing areas, Parakana town
at the foot of Mount Sindoro,
Central Java, 120 kilometers
northwest of Yogyakartabecomes a busy
port town. Farmers harvesting crops, work-
ers shredding, drying, and carrying tobac-
co leaves, and merchant bosses counting
profts.
Without exception is the house on Ja-
lan Demangan No. 16. Dozens of Nicotiana
tabacum basketscontaining at least 50 ki-
lograms of tobacco at a price of about Rp150
thousand per kilogrammakes the 2,000-
square meter house resemble a warehouse.
Only Louw Djing Tie could make Hoo Tien
Yong, the house owner, turn away from the
business, worth hundreds of millions of ru-
piah.
Armed with kung fu skills from Shaolin,
Djing Tie helped many downtrodden poor
people in some towns in Central Java. He
used to live here, said Tien Yong to Tempo
in the middle of last month.
The tale of Djing Tie was frst written by
Tjiu Khing Soei with the title Garuda Mas
dari Cabang Siauw Lim (golden eagle from
Siauw Lim branch) published in Semarang
late in the 1920s. According to Tien Yong,
the author was Djing Ties neighbor. The
story was rewritten as Dua Jago Silat di Java
(Two Martial Artists in Java) in 1935 and re-
published by Gramedia in a book titled Ke-
sastraan Melayu Tionghoa Jilid 5, (Chinese
Malay Literature Vol. 5) in April 2002.
Djing Tie was born in the village of Khee
Thao Kee near the Town of Hayting, Hokki-
an, China, circa 1855. Because this orphan
was fond of fghting, his elder brother sent
him to the Shaolin Temple. Like other frst-
year pupils, he was given the duty of taking
A Bit of Shaolin
in Java
A Shaolin master ees into the hinterlands of Central Java. His
Robin Hood-like tale seems to have faded with time.
water from the mountain with two buckets
to strengthen his muscles. Djing Tie spent
six years of his teenage youth at Shaolin. He
returned to his village, skilled in martial
arts, chi, and healing.
His interest in kung fu never waned. This
martial artist continued to learn the skills
from Biauw Tjien, an old monk who was
also a Shaolin alumnus. From the coach,
Djing Tie acquired the cunning trick of
turning things around him into weapons:
from tossing coins and a compass, blow-
ing a needle and green pea so that they
become implanted on the wall, to doing
tricks with a shawl used to wrap around the
waist. When thrust forward, it resembles
a snake, said Tien Yong, 62. With the next
teacher, Kang Too Soe, he supplemented
his skills with Pun Khi (art of blowing), Liap
Khi (absorbing power) and Tiam Hiat (fn-
ger technique).
After 15 years of learning martial arts at
various schools, the young Djing Tie began
to seek livelihood at Hok Ciu, the capital of
Hokkian. The government happened to be
looking for a martial arts coach to train the
government troops. The requirement set
was to defeat their champions. Seven were
thrown out of the arena before Djing Ties
friend, Liem Wan, stepped forward. Liem
Wan was also overwhelmed; he intended
to use the forbidden stance, which could
make its owner lose his life if the stance
failed to work. Seeing the champion adept-
ly evade every ofensive, Djing Tie made a
decision that changed his life: he got into
the arena and kicked his opponents geni-
talia. The champion was killed. Ever since
then, he turned into a fugitive.
The two fugitives went south. After stop-
ping over in SingaporeLiem Wan settled
down thereDjing Tie continued to Bata-
via and worked there as a traveling vendor
at Toko Tiga, today part of Glodok, West Ja-
karta. His fnances forced him to keep seek-
ing a better life. He went to Semarang, Ken-
dal, and Ambarawa where he stayed in one
after another friends house. In Ambara-
wa, Djing Tie secretly gave martial arts les-
sons, since the Netherlands East Indies gov-
ernment prohibited the teaching of self-de-
fense arts.
Djing Tie taught a lesson to two drunk
soldiers who ransacked an eating house.
He pulled their arms as easily and light-
ly as a kid would a barbie doll. Now, you
go home. Its night already, said Djing
Tie with a broad Chinese accent in the
book Dua Jago Silat (Two Martial Arts Mas-
ters). The next day the troublemakers came
with their buddies for retaliation. Nonethe-
less, the 15 soldiers, armed with machetes,
were no match for Djing Tie who relied sim-
ply on his fsts and his ponytailed hair that
functioned as a whip.
When visiting his friend in Semarang,
Djing Tie was once again in action. Wan
Tjok Djwan, a wealthy man living at Ped-
amaran, had a crush on the daughter of a
noodle man. Being jilted, he slandered
the noodle man by calling him a banknote
counterfeiter, thus causing him to be put in
jail. Djing Tie sneaked into the rich mans
bedroom, and using his puppet-perform-
ing skill, he made a potehi (Chinese pup-
pet) move and this frightened the wealthy
man. Djing Tie wrote Tjok Djwan a letter
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mans family and took Rp400 to bail out the
aggrieved noodle man from prison. The
greedy boss learned his lesson.
He left Ambarawa to move to Wonosobo,
then proceeded to Parakan, a town noted as
a place where the Chinese got together. In
this place he resided on Jalan Demangan 16
and opened the Garuda Mas (Golden Eagle)
martial arts school. In 1905, Hoay Hien, his
student, clashed with 30 soldiers who want-
ed to gang up on a Dutchman. Hoay Hien
kept his ground for 20 minutes uninjured
before the rioting soldiers were dispersed
by their chief. This incident was reported
in the daily Warna-Warni that appeared in
Semarang. Another person noted as Djing
Ties pupil was Hoo Liep Poen, a restaura-
teur, who provided him with lodging. Tien
Yong was the grandson of Liep Poen.
Tien Yongs languid eyes looked blankly
at the 300 square-meter courtyard, which
was enclosed by two-meter-high walls.
Here Djing Tie trained dozens of his pu-
pils, he said. The iron bar from which a
sandbag hung still stands upright. Behind
the main doorwhich Liep Poen decorated
with a Mandarin calligraphy meaning: pea-
cockwas a variety of weapons, like ma-
chetes, spears, tridents and fghting sticks,
all the legacy left by the Shaolin master. In
the drawing room was the painting of the
master teachers face measuring 40 by 30
centimeters.
Tien Yong mastered a little of Djing Ties
martial arts skills. That afternoon he dis-
played two basic moves, Thai Tjo (fst) and
Tat Tjoen (open hands). Ac-
cording to him, the Shaolin
kung fu move was simple and
unadorned. Unlike the ac-
tion flm, he said. The feet are
always planted on the ground
with their strength resting on
their hind part, thus enabling
easy kicks and avoiding the opponents
side-sweep. When standing still at the end
of the stance, he failed to move his already
wrinkled hand.
The mistake in the battle arena at Hok Ciu
haunted Djing Tie until his twilight years at
Parakan, 4,000 km from his native home-
land. His frst wife, a widow of Wonosobo,
died, and his next two marriages went on
the rocks. Djing Ties second wife cheated
on him and his third wife sufered from a
mental disorder. His businesshe dealt in
Chinese herbal medicinebecame slack.
He considered this situation a divine pun-
ishment for his past mistakes. Although
Ive escaped the law of the State, Ive yet to
escape Gods punishment, he said in Dua
Jago Silat
Djing had no children. According to Tien
Yong, the teacherwho slept standing,
resting against a plank to keep his muscle
strong and to stay alerthad the power to
withdraw his genitalia when fghting. This
feat made him barren.
Djing Tie died at Parakan in 1921 at the
age of 66. He was buried with his walking
stick and his favorite waist shawl at Gu-
nung Manden Cemetery at the outskirts of
Parakan. Engraved on his gravestone was
a Mandarin script which means To be Pre-
sented to Master Teacher Louw Djing Tie.
Built by All His Pupils. Died on the Ninth
Year of Chinas Independence.
After the teacher was gone, Garuda Mas
was disbanded. Liep Poen, who died in
1951, taught kung fu only to his children.
Tien Yong learned from his uncle, Hoo Ki-
ong Nio, Liep Poens frst child. Just a way
to get me sweating. Ive nev-
er been engaged in a physi-
cal fght all my life, said Tien
Yong.
Besides teaching the art of
self-defense, Djing Tie also
passed on the knowledge of
healing. Tien Yong continued
the business of his uncle, sell-
ing Garuda herbal medicines in
the form of ointment, powder,
and peppermints that have the
property of easing aches and bruises from
physical impact. The photo of Djing Tie is
displayed on the wrapper of their prod-
ucts. Unfortunately, this business venture
failed to fourish. They only produce less
than one hundred items each month, al-
though Tempo reporters admitted that the
Garuda medicine was efective in getting
rid of muscle stifness.
All the herbal preparations as well as the
kung futhe tale of Louw Djing Tieseem
to be forgotten with time. Almost every
person Tempo met in Parakan had never
heard of his name. Only six out of ten peo-
ple among the Chinese circles know [about
Louw Djing Tie]. And they know very lit-
tle, said The Han Thong, 58, the admin-
istrator of Hok Tek Tong Joss House, Para-
kan, who took Tempo to Djing Ties grave.
In the 1980s, the tomb was moved from the
foot to the summit of the hill at an altitude
of 775 meters, facing the Mount of Sumb-
ing. Djing Ties skeletal remains and his
walking stick remained intact. Among the
knee-high grass, we recited prayers at the
old grave. At the peak of Mount Manden,
the legend was lonesome.
REZA MAULANA (PARAKAN)
Louw Djing Tie taught kung fu at the
house owned by Hoo Liep Boen, who was
also his student, on Jl. Demangan 16,
Parakan.
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AHUDMAN Harahap
was still performing his
duty as mayor of Medan
last week, when he at-
tended the hand-over
of a Child-Worthy City
award organized by the
Women and Childrens Empowerment Min-
istry at Hotel Sahid Jaya in Jakarta. On Fri-
day, he again appeared at the commemora-
tion of the 67th Indonesian Military (TNI)
anniversary at the Bukit Barisan Regional
Military Command I headquarters in Me-
dan.
Rahudman was well aware of the rul-
ing by the Constitutional Court two weeks
ago, which annulled the provision requir-
ing presidential approval to investigate re-
gional chief executives, such as himself,
suspected of graft and corruption. As ma-
yor, he had three more years to go before
completing his term in of ce. Thats why
were preparing to deal with the case, Ra-
The Constitutional Court has abolished the article requiring
presidential approval to investigate regional chief executives,
which has delayed processing of those suspected of corruption.
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The North Sumatra Prosecutors Of ce in
2010 named the mayor a suspect in a cor-
ruption case involving the Village Adminis-
tration Income Allowance (TPAPD) of South
Tapanuli, worth Rp13.8 billion in 2004. Of
that amount, Rahudman, who was then Re-
gional Secretary, allegedly took Rp 1.5 bil-
lion. Although over a dozen witnesses were
already investigated in this case, of cials
still had not questioned Rahudman. He
was still waiting for the response to his re-
quest for the presidential approval, said
Noor Rachmad, the North Sumatra Prose-
cutors Of ce, in August.
The issue of the presidential approval has
been hotly debated by anticorruption activ-
ists and several regional chief executives.
Two weeks ago, the Constitutional Court
led by chief justice, Mahfud M.D. agreed to
abolish the frst and second points of Arti-
cle 36 of Law No.32/2004 on Regional Ad-
ministration, stipulating that the investi-
gation of regional chief executives or their
deputies required the presidents written
approval.
WAIT-LISTED
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Rahudman Harahap at the
Medan Mayor ofce, North
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This is against the principle that all citi-
zens shall be equal before law as stipulated
in the 1945 Constitution, Mahfud told Tem-
po. Such approval, according to Mahfud, is
unnecessary, even obstructs investigation.
In his view, the decision to examine and in-
vestigate a suspect should be an internal
one. That approval can take a long time.
The suspect can, in the meantime, remove
all the evidence.
The judges retained a provision specify-
ing that detention requires the written ap-
proval of the president. Mahfud indicated
the President should be aware of the immi-
nent detention of a regional chief executive
so the resulting vacuum can be flled. Here,
the Court laid down a time limit. After 30
days without any response to the request,
the regional chief executive in question can
be detained. Its assumed that within 30
days the President is already aware of the
regional chief executive impending deten-
tion, he said.
A number of regional chief executives
will defnitely be victims of this ruling.
As pointed out by Mahfud, the Courts rul-
ing is to take efect immediately. One of the
people afected will be Rahudman. Asked
about the likelihood of his immediate in-
vetigation and possible trial, Rahudman
took it valiantly. Im ready to be investigat-
ed any time as long as it is according to the
law, he said.
As a witness, Rahudmans testimony was
important to explain the fow of the bud-
get. But a year after being named a suspect,
pending the required presidential approv-
al, the Prosecutors Of ce never investigat-
ed him. Spokesman for the North Sumatra
Prosecutors Of ce, Marcos Simare-mare,
said Rahudmans case had been present-
ed to the Attorney Generals Of ce (AGO).
He thought his of ce could handle Rahud-
mans request to the president. But it was
not the case. We still had to wait for the
AGO, he added.
Another slow-going corruption case was
that of East Kalimantan Governor Awang
Farouk. Awang was declared a suspect in
the sale and transfer of Kaltim Prima Coal
(KPC) shares worth Rp576 billion in 2010.
At the time, Awang was still the regent of
East Kutai.
However, in Awangs case, Attorney Gen-
eral Basrief Arief had an excuse for the pro-
longed status. Investigators, he said, had
not processed the request to obtain presi-
dential approval because they were wait-
ing for the Supreme Courts decision on
the cassation. There were two diferent de-
cisions for two defendants in the case. The
CEO of Kutai Timur Energi, Anung Nugro-
ho, was sentenced to six years in jail, while
Director Apidian Triwahyudi, was acquit-
ted. The investigation can only be done
after the cassation is resolved, he added.
The slow process of obtaining the pres-
idential approval to investigate regional
chief executives has indeed been blamed
for the delay in processing corruption cas-
es in the regions. In April last year, accord-
ing to AGO spokesman, Noor Rachmad,
61 requests for such presidential approv-
al were piled on the desk of President Susi-
lo Bambang Yudhoyono, since 2005. One
of them was Awang Farouks, said Noor at
the time. The statement was immediately
denied by Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam. He
said it was impossible for the requests to be
left that long on the presidents table.
Mahfud said such statements were proof
that something was wrong in the investiga-
tive procedures of regional chief executives
suspected of corruption. It could be that
people from both sides may have taken ad-
vantage of this specifc legal requirement.
Corruption suspects are widely known as
law enforcers ATM, he noted.
Article 36 of the Regional Administra-
tion Law has determined a time limit for
the President to give his approval. If the
request gets no response in more than 60
days, the suspected regional head in ques-
tion can be investigated right away. But in
practice, this has not been the case. Its dif-
fcult to ascertain when the requests reach
the desk of the president, he said.
The lack of transparency was what
prompted anti-corruption activists to ap-
ply for a judicial review of Article 36 in No-
vember last year. The activists included
Feri Amsari (lecturer of the Law School,
Andalas University), Zainal Arifn Mochtar
Husein (lecturer, Gajah Mada Unversity),
Teten Masduki, and the Indonesia Corrup-
tion Watch (ICW).
To Tempo, ICW researcher Febri Dian-
syah said another reason for the judicial re-
view of Article 36 of the Regional Admin-
istration Law was that they had frequent-
ly received complaints from investigators
at the prosecutors of ce and the police.
These investigators, he said, found it dif -
cult to process corruption cases afecting
regional chief executives. This presiden-
tial approval has always been a major im-
pediment in the fght against corruption,
said Febri.
Attorney General Basrief Arief expressed
his delight at the Courts ruling in eliminat-
ing this cumbersome legal condition. Nev-
ertheless he said, the prosecutors must still
proceed with the case only when they have
solid data on losses incurred by the state.
The AGO last week began following up on
the Constitutional Courts ruling. Junior At-
torney General for Special Crimes, Andhi
Nirwanto, said his of ce had circulated the
Courts ruling to all prosecutors and district
attorneys of ces. Every case involving a
regional chief executive must be processed
without delay, he pointed out. This time
there is indeed no excuse for the prosecu-
tors to say, no presidential approval yet.
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expressed his delight
at the Courts ruling
in eliminating
this cumbersome
legal condition.
Nevertheless he said,
the prosecutors must
still proceed with
the case only with
concrete data on losses
incurred by the state.
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Retained:
(1) Investigation and examination of
regional chief executives or their
deputies can be carried out after a
written approval of the president at
the request of the investigator.
(2) In the written approval as
stipulated in chapter 1, if it is
not given by the president within
60 days, counted from the day
the request is received, the
investigation and examination
process can proceed.
(3) The investigation process
followed by arrest and detention
requires the written approval of
the president, as in article 1 and
article 2.
Note:
In this clause, arrest and detention
can proceed if the letter requesting
the presidents approval has passed a
30-day period without a response.
Article 36, Law No. 32/2004 on
Regional Administration.
Annuled:
1. MUHTADIN SERAI
Regent of Ogan Komering
Ulu, South Sumatra
(processed by
South Sumatra High
Prosecution Offce)
Case: Suspected
corruption in the
construction of the Saka
Selabung market, valued
at Rp7 billion in 2004
Status: suspect
Note: Has been
questioned as a witness,
not as a suspect

2. BUDIMAN ARIFIN
Regent of Bulungan, East
Kalimantan
(processed by Nunukan
District Court)
Case: Suspected
corruption in the
demolition of open green
space valued at Rp7.06
billion in 2004. He was
JUDICIAL REVIEW ON REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION LAW
LEGAL EXCUSES
The prosecutors offce will be the one institution that will come under
public focus , given that many corruption cases implicating regional chief
executives have ended up against a blank wall. When asked about them, the stock
answer is usually the special article requiring presidential approval before a regional
chief executive can undergo due process of law. Last year, the Attorney Generals
Offce reported that 61 regional and local leaders were awaiting the presidential
approval. The following are seven regional chief executives whose cases received
the most press attention:
6. JAMRO H. JALIL
Regent of South Bangka,
Bangka-Belitung Islands
Case: Corruption of
KUT funds worth Rp338
million.
Status: suspect since
2007
Note: Until August 2010,
the prosecutors offce
said they had sent
three letters requesting
presidential approval to
investigate him.

7. MALIKUL AMDJAD
Deputy mayor
of Pangkalpinang,
Bangka-Belitung Islands
Case: He and all
Pangkalpinang DPRD
(local parliament)
members of the 1999-
2004 period received a
gratuity from Umar H.S.,
Head of Pangkalpinang
Municipalitys Finance
Board. Each received
Rp40 million.
Status: suspect
Note: He has not yet been
questioned, since there
has been no approval
even though a request
has been made.
July 2011
Note: The prosecutors
offce await the result of
audit by the Development
and Finance Control
Board (BPKP),
before requesting for
presidential approval.

5. AWANG FAROUK ISHAK
Governor of East
Kalimantan
Case: Suspected
corruption of divestment
of Kaltim Prima Coals
shares, causing losses
of US$63 million to the
state
2010
offce states they are re-
studying the case as one
of the defendants has
been acquitted.

corruption case in 2005
worth Rp1.5 billion
2010
offce issued the decision
to stop prosecution.
But the case is now
reopened.

4. BUHARI MATTA
Regent of Kolaka,
Southeast Sulawesi
Case: Receiving a Rp5
billion bribe in connection
with nickel mining license
Regional Secretary of
Nunukan Regency.
Status: suspect
Note: Three persons
have been proven guilty,
among them Nunukan
Regent, Abdul Hafd
Achmad, sentenced to
two years in prison.

3. RAHUDMAN HARAHAP
Mayor of Medan
(processed by North
Sumatra Prosecution
Offce)
Case: Suspect in South
Tapanuli Regency
MUSTAFA SILALAHI, PDAT
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HE Constitutional Court was
showered with praises. It had, af-
ter all, issued an important ruling
on the procedure of trying cor-
ruption cases. The panel of judges led by
Mohammad Mahfud Md., eliminated the
requirement of obtaining a presidents ap-
proval to investigate regional chief execu-
tives or their deputies in cases of suspect-
ed corrruption. There was no dissenting
opinion among the judges, Mahfud proud-
ly told Tempo reporters, Mustafa Silalahi
and Jajang Jamaludin in an interview at his
of ce, last Thursday:
Aside from the legal arguments, what
was the main reason for the ruling?
Many criminal cases today, in particular
those dealing with graft and corruption of a
provincial or local leader or their deputies,
were being unneccesarily delayed. Many of
these of cials took advantage of this pres-
idential approval requirement. It was hap-
pening everywhere.
In what way was it misused?
If the case was allowed to hang for some
time, the accused can lose his tracks as
well as the evidence. Conversely, they can
also become victims of extortion, they can
become the ATM of of cials handling their
cases. A number of reasons can be used,
for example the lack of presidential ap-
proval or whatever to delay the case. When
I was a member of the House of Represen-
tatives (DPR) Legal Commission, many
people came to us to complain about this.
Is it a fact that many cases of the Attor-
ney Generals Ofce are stuck over this pre-
sidential approval clause?
The President once called me on the
phone. He said he had a clean desk and had
no requests to review investigations of local
executives. Whenever such a letter would
appear on his desk, it never took much time
for him to sign it. I believed him.
So where is problem?
Thats what I mean by artifcial reasons.
It means, if on the presidents side there
is no problem, is the problem then under
him? Could it be the AGO that is delaying
the request for the presidents approval?
That is what we dont know.
Can you recommend how to expedite the
process?
Its actually quite easy. The presidents
of ce can ask the AGO whether they had
sent the letter of request. Similarly, the
AGO can check whether their request had
been approved or denied. Why should
they be playing a waiting game?
To what extent can the Courts ruling pre-
vent abuse?
Abuse will, unfortunately, continue. Un-
scrupulous of cials will continue to ex-
tort using various other excuses. They may
have been able to get away with the ex-
cuse of waiting for the presidential approv-
al. Today, when such approvals are no lon-
ger needed, the investigating of cial can
threaten the suspected local leader with
immediate detention. This is a moral not a
legal issue.
So, what immediate benet can we ex-
pect from this ruling?
This ruling will be good because from
now on, the investigation wont need to
drag on. The police and the prosecutors
no longer need this excuse. And there will
be no more local leaders hiding behind the
president or the party in power.
But presidential approval is still needed
to arrest and detain regional chief executi-
ves suspected of corruption.
If its only to indict a person, no approv-
al is needed, except if the indictment is ac-
companied by detention. That needs the
presidents approval. He is after all, head of
state. He must know there are allegedly re-
sponsible people governing the provinces
about to go to jail. He must immediately fll
in the vacuum, by appointing a caretaker
or someone like that. If that is not done, the
implication can be chaotic.
What if the presidential approval for their
detention gets no response?
Theres a 30-day limit. If after that peri-
od there is still no presidential approval,
the suspect can be immediatelly detained.
That means the president is presumed to
know about the case. In our view, that is
the most proper step to be taken, especiall-
ly to eradicate graft and corruption.
What if the prosecutor or the police refu-
ses to execute the ruling?
This ruling is efective immediately. Test
it on a suspected corruption case current-
ly being processed. The prosecutor and the
police can no longer make excuses to delay
the investigation. If this ruling is breached, it
means they are violating the constitution.
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THREE years ago, Tempo visited the village of Bululangkan in North
Toraja to witness a manene, the cleansing of the dead ritual that
takes place once every three years. At that time, the Bulukangkan
villagers had vowed to use some of the proceeds from their manene,
to improve their village. In August, Tempo returned to the scene,
to check just how far the villagers commitment had gone. Tempo
journalist Irmawati reports from South Sulawesi province.
BLESSINGS
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HE padlocks on the doors of a number
of patane (tombs) with concrete walls
in Lembang (village of) Bululangkan,
Rindingallo district, North Toraja regen-
cy, South Sulawesi, were unsealed. One
by one, wooden co ns were taken out. Some of the
corpses were neatly wrapped and without co ns;
the caskets were cloaked in plain and motif cloths.
But red cloths were dominant; the color indicates
the highest social status. In order to use red fabric,
a family must rst slaughter at least seven buffalos
in the ritual of rambu solo, the death ceremony of
the Toraja people.
In that particular morning at the end ofAugust,
the Lembang Bululangkan people performed a
triennial procession, manene. Families cleaned
and changed the clothes of their parents corps-
es. Manene is a show of respect for our ancestors,
somewhat similar to a grave visit, said Head of
Lembang Bululangkan, Elyas Ungke Toding Allo,
43. This procession is held after rambu solo, and be-
fore rambu tuka or ascending the tongkonan, the
traditional house of Toraja with a roof shaped like
the hull of a ship.
After the corpses were cleaned with brush-
es and slightly exposed to the sun, they were then
groomed. Worn-out clothes were replaced and
those that were still in good condition were kept,
and fresh sheets of fabric may be added. Once this
process was fullled, some of the corpses were tied
up with plastic strings or torn strips of used sa-
rongs. Those not strapped were directly put back
into their caskets.
The following morning, when the bodies were
already wrapped up, and the smell of incense and
camphor was gone, the patane doors could then be
closed. Everybody then prepared for the closing,
ne pare lapuk , in the Loko Lemo hamlet, Lembang
Bululangkan. The ritual was held in Rante, a spe-
cial eld surrounded by menhirs (upright stones).
These stones are a symbol of the villages dead.
Mats were unrolled; women laid out dishes to be
savored by the villagers. The day before, all fami-
lies prepared various kinds of food. One of the man-
datory dishes is papiong, or pork avored with
onion leaves, garlic, chili, pepper, salt and other
leaves, stuffed into bamboo tubes and then roast-
ed. They never fail to serve tuakpalm liquorin
this ceremony.
Though not all residents were yet gathered to-
gether, several men had started slaughtering buf-
falos. Five buffalos were distributed. The buffalo
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meat was cut into half-kilo to one-kilo pieces and
tossed to those present.
After the meat was distributed, the only parts left
were the buffalo heads and legs. These were placed
at the center of the eld, along with the heads of
pigs, to be contributed to residents who made the
papiong. There were 37 heads in total.
At the end of the ritual, the pieces of meat
were auctioned. Prices varied from Rp20,000 to
Rp200,000. A total of Rp2.03 million from the meat
sales was collected. Pengantar (church executive in
Bululangkan) of Batu Mendaun Catholic Church,
Marten Toding Bua, 42, said the funds would go to-
ward the ongoing construction of the church. Be-
fore leaving Rante, residents held a meeting and
agreed to hold the next manene in August 2015.

TO reach Bululangkan, Tempo had to go by ojek
(motorcycle taxi) from Rantepao, the North Toraja
capital. The steep and meandering road required
the passenger of the ojek to be very alert and to
rmly grasp the driver of the motorcycle to avoid
falling off.
Apart from the complicated topography, the 50-
kilometer road was badly damaged, with holes
here and there. We also had to cross a wooden
bridge less than a meter wide because of a prior
landslide.
But as we entered the area of Bululangkan, the
rocking of the vehicle lessened because most of the
major roads were made with concrete, leaving only
around 200 meters still under construction. How-
ever, the development was temporarily halted as
locals were busy with the manene procession.
They believe that continuing the construction dur-
ing the ceremony is pamali (prohibited). The fund-
ing for the connecting road comes from the Nation-
al Program for Rural Community Empowerment
and the North Toraja Budget of Income and Expen-
diture.
Yet the Toraja arent willing to rely only on exter-
nal funds. Not far from the interregional connect-
ing road, theres Jalan Tanite, the principal road
of the village. The 500-meter road forms leads to
the o ce of the village head. When Tempo visited
three years ago, the road hadnt existed. The local
community funded its development. Where did
the money come from? Apparently, it comes from
Arisan (traditional savings) in memory of the de-
ceased.
Three years ago, as required by the tradition, the
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Bululangkan people organized manene, complete
with ne pare lapuk and an auction. But they came
up with something new: They spread the propos-
al, Tamuan Mali to Bululangkan (Gathering of Bulu-
langkan), to Toraja people away from home, in or-
der to raise more funds for village development.
We spread it not only all over Indonesia, but also
as far as Malaysia and London, said Ungke.
There were several sources of funding. First,
they conducted an auction. This year, 37 pig heads
and buffalo heads were collected. But higher pric-
es were xed, ranging from Rp50,000 to Rp200,000.
The auction fund amounted to Rp4.35 million.
After the auction, ceremony chief Yunus Lum-
baa, 56, a local custom leader, reminded residents
of their promises to donate. Local people and trav-
elers had already been transferred to the account
of the Tamuan Mali to the Bululangkan committee.
Rp80.35 million was accumulated through the
fund raising efforts, and Rp76 million went to the
construction of Jalan Tanete. The remaining sum
was donated to six local churches.
The satisfactory condition of the road has made
the lives of local much easier. Now I can work even
in the rainy season, said Yakop Padatuan, 48, an
ojek driver. Farm animals for rituals often have to
be carried by ojek. Apart from two-wheeled vehi-
cles, cars have also beneted from increased mo-
bility. These cars carry agricultural produce, cat-
tle, and staples from and to the village markets.

THE concept of donating during manene in Bu-
lulangkan has in fact been applied since 1984. The
initiator was the late Tumbang Lisuallo, an older
brother of Yunus Lumbaa. According to Yunus
commonly called Nek Sayanghis brother was
concerned over the underdeveloped condition of
the village.
When Lisuallo slaughtered seven buffalos for the
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CORPSES IN
THE MANENE
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manene ritual, he decided to contribute a portion
to be auctioned. The fund was then spent on village
infrastructure. He thought that the manene cere-
mony, when all the families were gathered togeth-
er, was the right moment to coordinate support
for the village, said Nek Sayang. Since then, fami-
lies in this village of two thousand people have fol-
lowed in the footsteps of the inuential gure and
held auctions at the close of manene.
In 1999, structural o cials of Bululangkan, tra-
ditional organization members, communal g-
ures, and church executives made another modi-
cation of the manene tradition. Previously, each
family group held manene at the time of their
choosing. But this was inconvenient for Toraja peo-
ple who lived outside the village. Attending the cer-
emony each year was too di cult for them. They
couldnt stay in the village for two months to follow
two families manene rituals. Furthermore, not
all travelers were successful, so they had to save a
lot of money to be able to return with all their fam-
ily members.
Because this was a reasonable concern, the el-
ders agreed to carry out manene simultaneously
every three years. The request was proposed in
1999 and the rst simultaneous manene took place
a year later, noted Nek Sayang. And it has been that
way ever since.
By gathering residents and travelers at one time,
seeking donations from them became an easier
task. Whats more, successful travelers risk losing
face if they do not contribute.
But the elders werent satised yet. Ungke and
a few communal leaders including Nek Sayang,
along with a few church executives, discussed the
matter. We thought, why wasnt this donation
done more seriously? said Ungke. They nally
came up with the idea of spreading a Bululangkan
gathering proposal for manene in August 2009.
In January 2009, the proposal was prepared. As
soon as it was composed, the proposal was offered
to residents who were seen as established and pros-
perous. The request was partly transmitted via
email and text messages. Family members were
asked to convince their relatives that this was a val-
id program. The proposal served to ensure emi-
grants that donations were not misappropriated
and that they were purely in the interest of the vil-
lage, added Ungke. They requested the donations
to be transferred to a special bank account.
To avoid misappropriation, all development
projects were handled by the community. This
way, community members can supervise each oth-
er and minimize the opportunity for the manipu-
lation of funding.
Sadly, though the arisan of the deceased in 2009
succeeded, this year such a savings gathering
wasnt held. Despite the funds collected, their total
wasnt as great as three years ago. This year weve
had no money to make the proposal, said Ungke.
In addition, they still want to evaluate the result of
the arisan of 2009.
But, considering the various needs of the vil-
lage and the thriving arisan of 2009, the commu-
nity eventually agreed to again spread the propos-
al by the time of manene 2015. Aside from roads,
we also want to build schools, said Ungke. They
wish to clear the land for a primary school in Bu-
lulangkan. Nek Sayang intends to install the neces-
sary apparatus in providing clean water for every
household.
Ungke and the other village gures also have
other dreams. After the road infrastructure in Bu-
lulangkan is improved, they are interested in pro-
moting village tourism. We have great tourism
potential; not only cultural tourism like manene,
but also natural tourism like our three-tier water-
fall, said Ungke in anticipation.

A CHURCH
CONSTRUCTED
USING FUNDS
COLLECTED
DURING THE
MANENE RITUAL.

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HE corpses taken out of the
rows of patane (tombs) of the
Bululangkan village at the
end of August were in vary-
ing condition. Some were soiled, dusty
and even covered with mold due to
dampness. One of them was the mum-
my of Nek Esra Lumbaa, who died in
1998. Three years ago, when Tempo at-
tended the same procession, his fami-
ly members cheered because the body
was intact, though its mass was slight-
ly decreased. But because of the tombs
humidity, mold grew on Esras corpse
and it grew black.
There were other corpses, howev-
er, that were still intact and neatly
wrapped. Among them was the body
of Nek Banaa, which occupied the pa-
tane next to Nek Esra Lumbaa. Deb-
ora Tumba, 58, smiled happily to see
her mothers undamaged corpse. Her
dry skin was stuck to the bones; her
long white hair was in disarray; her
necklace remained around the neck
and her earrings on the lobes. Debora
took out a brush and cleaned the dust
off the corpse. Afterwards, she kissed
and hugged the dry remains.
The event was photographed by
relatives. Pocket cameras, handyca-
ms and cell phone cameras were thus
clicking. They asked to have their pic-
tures taken with the mummies. Even
the children showed no fear at all.
They shouted gleefully when they saw
their predecessors.
Ungke said they were cheering be-
cause they found the corpses com-
plete and recognizable. Its the pride
of the families left behind, he point-
ed out. But usually a moving and sad-
dening atmosphere followed, because
the families would start to remember
their moments with their loved ones.
What made the condition of the
corpses vary? A traditional gure in
Bululangkan, Yunus Lumbaa, 56, said
according to local belief, the bodies are
considerably affected by their actions
while still alive. Besides, in his view,
theres another no less important fac-
tor: the way corpses are preserved.
Before the 1980s, Yunus said, peo-
ple used a traditional concoction to
preserve corpses. The preparation
was a blend of pine leaves and tillea
small bamboo plant used as a preser-
vativecombined with kerosene and
soap to prevent a bad smell. They occa-
sionally added tea into the equation.
The tea was sometimes fed to the dead.
However, after the 1980s, residents
began to use formalin for practical
purposes. According to Nek Sayang,
the bodies preserved with traditional
methods last longer.
A resident, Yakop Padatuan, 48,
shares the view. Until today, his fam-
ily still uses the traditional method to
preserve the corpses of their relatives.
We used tea to preserve the bodies,
he said. The tea is fed the moment one
dies; its dregs are smeared over the
dead body. The tea treatment is done
only once. The result? The corpses of
his three relatives, Sara Sombo Allo
and Welem Supanwho died 27 years
agoand Bungawho died in 2002
have remained intact.
LASTING CORPSES,
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T
HE sun was already at its pinnacle, but
the cool air was still rushing over our
skin when Pieter Rayub, a resident of
Lembang Poton, Toraja, led the proces-
sion of manenethe change of clothes of
the dead bodies of villagers who passed away years
before.
The ritual began with the opening of the patene
doordoor of the family cemetery that holds mem-
bers of seven clans of one lineage. After the door
was opened, around twenty young men rushed
into the patene, following Pieter, and took out three
black moss-covered co ns. Like railway coach-
es, one by one the co n was carried away from the
tomb.
The rst co n contained the corpse of Pieters
father, Piter Sampe Sambara, who died at the age
of over 100 in 2003. It was followed by a second cof-
n containing the corpse of the mother, NeBose,
who died ve years ago at the age of 80. The last cof-
n belonged to Ne Martha BuTu, the older sister of
Piter Sampe Sambara, whose age was estimated to
be 100 years old when she passed away 40 year ago.
After the co ns arrived at Pieters residence,
which was lled with the fragrance of burning in-
cense and camphor, the mummied corpses were
slowly taken out of their co ns and placed in a
standing position. Each family member took off
the moldy clothes and cleaned the dust and dirt
from the corpses.
Within less than half an hour the corpse of Piter
Sampe Sambara was dressed up in a long sleeve
batik shirt, jacket, pants and belt. Sunglasses were
put on his face and a cigarette was inserted be-
tween bones of the nger. NeBose and NeMartha
BuTu also got new clothes, bracelets and necklaces
from Piters daughters.
The presentation of these accessories, according
to local customs, is intended to please the deceased
with articles they cherished in their lifetime. Af-
ter the make up was done, the three corpses were
wrapped again with a piece of plain red and black
cloth, tied with ropes, and put back into new cof-
ns. The next ritual was bringing them back into
the patene.
The manene ritual is celebrated by the people
NEW CLOTHES FOR ANCESTORS
of Lembang Poton once a year. They believe if this
ritual is not performed, disasters will befall their
whole village: harvest failure or a long lasting dis-
ease in the family, to name a few examples. This
ceremony is often accompanied by tears of happi-
ness from the deceaseds family who feel as if they
have been reunited with their loved ones after a
long period of absence.

TEXT
SYARI FANI,
IQBAL LUBIS
PHOTOS
IQBAL LUBIS
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THE CORPSE
OF PITER
SAMPE SAM-
BARA WAS
DRESSED UP
IN A LONG
SLEEVE
BATIK SHIRT,
JACKET,
PANTS, BELT,
AND SUN-
GLASSES. A
CIGARETTE
WAS INSERT-
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HIS FINGERS.
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T
HE Toraja ethnic group is renowned for
their emotional relationship with the dead.
One of the traditions is the Manene. This
procession is an expression of respect for
the ancestors, said Petrus Kembuno, 80, one of the
traditional elders in Bululangkan.
Nobody knows when the Toraja began to prac-
tice the manene tradition. But in the traditional
belief of aluk todolo, Bululangkan resident Yunus
Lumbaa explained their ancestors tradition of
worshipping the dead. Then, there were rituals in-
volving the offering of buffalo bones, the betel and
areca nuts, as well as cigarettes; these items were
placed close to the grave or the sarcophagus at the
time of the manene.
Manene is performed after the rambu solo, the fu-
neral ceremony, and before the rambu tuka or the
festival of riding the Tongkonan housethe indige-
nous Torajan house with the roof resembling a boat.
The purpose of the manene procession is to com-
memorate the ancestors, Yunus explained. The
pilgrimage to the cemetery and the changing of
the shroud are expressions of respect for the an-
cestors. In this procession there is also a chance to
slaughter the buffalo for those who, on the funeral
day, were unable to participate.
The Toraja culture has changed over the course
of time particularly when the Torajans began to
embrace Christianity. Since Christianity came
to Toraja, the manene procession was adjusted to
Christian teachings. Among other things, the res-
idents no longer worshipped the dead, but wor-
shipped God instead. The ceremonial procedures
and the prerequisites are also adapted to current
times. According to Yunus, this must be done so
that the tradition is preserved in the community.
For example, the patane. The family cemetery
that holds members of seven clans from a com-
PAYING HOMAGE
TO ANCESTORS
The ritual of readorning corpses
in the Toraja tradition is a form of
paying homage to ancestors and
relatives who have passed away.
mon ancestor used to be located on the cliffs. Due
to the cemeterys trying location, the corpses were
propped up to walk to the grave in a special ritual.
But nowadays the patane is performed in an easily
accessed place, such as an open space by the street.
Because of its accessibility, the dead can be brought
directly into the patane.
One of the family cemeteries visited by Tempo
belonged to the family of the late Moli Sesa and Nek
Banaa. The construction of the 3 x 4 meter patane
cost around Rp100 million. The budget for the con-
struction of a cemetery depends on each familys -
nances. In Bululangkan, there are around 30 pa-
tanes that have been modied, including those em-
bellished with images of the cross and the Madon-
na. The shroud used to wrap the corpses has also
changed with time. In former times, the dead body
was wrapped in burlap sack or dry bark before be-
ing wrapped in a plain red and black cloth. Later,
when cloths were more available, the residents
started using clothes, sarongs, or bed sheets.
One other adjustment is that before the closing
ceremony, or ne pare lapuka thanksgiving par-
tythe residents hold a service for half an hour.
Afterward, the ne pare lapuk is performed at Ran-
te, an open space surrounded by megaliths where
those present can dine together.
If in former times the manene was performed
within each clan, now it is conducted together by
the whole village, Yunus said.
The calendar for the ritual is not xed; some-
times it is celebrated every four, ve or six years.
The ancestors performed the manene on the basis
of consensus, sometimes once in 12 years, said Tu
Mina Lumba, an elder in Lempo Poton village.
Today, the manene is not merely meant to com-
memorate the ancestors. It has also become a home-
coming event for Torajan migrant workers.
NE PARE
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CLOSING RITUAL
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HE statement by Constitution-
al Court chief justice, Mahfud
Md, seemed to have annoyed
the State Palace. One day in
April, after returning from an
out-of-town of cial trip, he received a call
from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyo-
no himself.
The President brought up the subject of
reports that he was responsible for delaying
the process of corruption cases involving re-
gional chief executives. He made it clear that
no requests had piled up on his table, that he
usually signed all letters on his desk. My ta-
ble is always clean, Mahfud said last week,
quoting the President.
Two days before, the President called
Mahfud, the spokesman for the Attorney
Generals Of ce (AGO), Noor Rachmad said
61 corruption cases involving chief execu-
tives remained hanging pending presiden-
tial approval. According to Mahfud, it was a
setback, particularly compared to Yudhoyo-
nos frst presidential term.
The Presidents call that day afected
Mahfuds conviction somewhat. He agreed
that the presidents table may be empty of
letters of requests today, but not in the past.
I call it artifcial obstruction, added Mah-
fud.

THE privileges given to public of cials
entangled in legal cases were earlier con-
tained in the 1949 Constitution of the Unit-
ed Republic of Indonesia and the 1950 Pro-
visional Constitution. Both constitutions
regulated forum privilegiatum or the spe-
cial rights of high ranking of cials to trial
at frst instance and last instance by the Su-
preme Court.
The of cials enjoying such privileges
were the president, vice president, minis-
ters, speakers and members of the House of
Representatives (DPR), chief justices, the at-
torney general, heads and members of the
Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), and the gov-
HIDDEN LEGALITIES
ernor of the central bank. The special status
applied, their resignation notwithstanding,
on the condition that their alleged crime
was committed during their terms of of ce.
Since Indonesias return to the 1945 Con-
stitution, forum privilegiatum has become
invalid. But articles on the special treat-
ment of of cials have remained in many
laws. This time, what is special is not their
place of trial, but the required presidential
approval before they can be investigated or
examined.
Those granted such privileges are,
among others, speakers and members of
the legislature. Members of the Peoples
Consultative Assembly (MPR), the Regional
Representative Council (DPD), and the DPR
can only be questioned by investigators af-
ter getting the presidents approval. Mem-
bers of the governing council of Bank Indo-
nesia also enjoy the same privileges.
The special treatment is also granted to Su-
preme Court justices, Constitutional Court
judges, and members of the BPK. Their ar-
rest and detention must be at the instruc-
tion of the Attorney General, after obtaining
written approval from the president.
It was not only central government of -
cials that enjoyed such status. The Regional
Administration Law also regulates the spe-
cial treatment given to regional chief execu-
tive and legislative of cials. Regional heads
and their deputies can only be questioned
by investigators following a presidential
approval. Members of provincial legisla-
tive councils (DPRD) are only to be ques-
tioned by investigators after it is approved
by the Home Afairs minister on behalf of
the president, while the examination of re-
gency or city DPRD members must obtain
the approval of governors, on behalf of the
Home Afairs minister.
In 2008, the AGO Research and Develop-
ment Center conducted a special study of
this system, concluding that the required
presidential approval contradicted some
judicial principles. They are, for instance,
the principles of equality before law; of
speedy, simple and low-cost trial; and of
the judiciarys independence.
According to prosecutors, the presiden-
tial approval has frequently hampered in-
vestigation. Apart from being time con-
suming, the of cial requests often got no
response. In fact, with no approval issued,
the suspected of cials could easily fee; re-
move or destroy evidence; or infuence wit-
nesses to testify in their favor.
The system sides with of cials who are
named as suspects. On the side of law en-
forcers, being the police and prosecutors,
the problem is no less complicated. House
Legal Commission member Eva Kusuma
Sundari said the state apparatus can manip-
ulate the various loopholes in the process of
requesting presidential approval for investi-
gations. As proof, noted Eva, in 2011 the DPR
Legal Afairs Commission received com-
plaints from 76 regional chief executives
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ecutors or the police processing their cases.
The mode applied, among others, was
none other than the pending presiden-
tial green light. While cases were being
probed, for example, some would promise
they could delay the approval. The condi-
tion was that the of cials had to deliver cer-
tain sums of money. Besides bribes, there
was also persuasion to make regional of-
fcials change their parties to hinder the
presidential approval. So the chances of
capitalizing on and politicizing the approv-
al system was wide open, said Eva.
While he was a member of the DPR Le-
gal Afairs Commission, Mahfud also got
the same reports. One day, a DPRD mem-
ber from a regency in East Java lodged a
complaint. To Mahfud, the local politician
claimed he had been treated like an ATM.
Every time there was a change of leadership
within the police or the prosecutors of ce
in the region, some would come to ask for
money from the suspect politician. They
had the same tone: Do you want your case
processed or not? In fact, despite all the
payofs he made, the local legislator ended
up going to prison.
Law and Human Rights deputy minis-
ter, Denny Indrayana, did not deny the
likelihood of abuse in seeking presiden-
tial approval. Each of the law enforcers
way of dealing with the system was open to
abuse, said Denny. But he made sure such
maneuvers did not occur in the of ce of the
President.
Denny related his experience with re-
gards to Bengkulu Governor Agusrin M. Na-
jamuddin being made inactive and who is
now serving time at Cipinang prison in Ja-
karta. When Agusrin was a defendant in the
Central Jakarta District Court, the pressure
to dismiss the Golkar Party politician was
mounting in Jakarta as well as in Bengku-
lu. But President Yudhoyono could not di-
rectly dismiss Agusrin. The President said
he would frst wait for letters from the court
and the Home Afairs ministry.
Denny ofered to trace the progress of the
requests, which had not reached the desk
of the President. The dossiers turned out to
have been held in many places in the court
as well as at the ministry. Minute record-
ers, letter drafters and document couriers
also contributed to the delayed arrival of
the requests. I dont know if there was any
maneuver or not. According to Denny, as
soon as it reached the President, the letter
requesting that Agusrin be dismissed was
signed right away.
Because the presidential approval pro-
cedure was prone to manipulation, many
people welcomedthe ruling of the Consti-
tutional Court. It is a signifcant step for-
ward, said a member of the Indonesia Cor-
ruption Watch working group, Emerson
Yuntho. In his view, the judicial review rul-
ing is the success of civil society in abolish-
ing rules that protect corruptors and em-
bezzlers.
But the fght of anticorruption activists is
not over yet. Outside the Regional Adminis-
tration Law, provisions giving privileges to
corrupt of cials remain untouched. Such
a questionable article can be found among
others in Law No. 23/1999 on Bank Indone-
sia, which has been amended by Law No.
3/2004. Article 49 of this law stipulates that
in order to summon, examine and investi-
gate members of the governing council of
Bank Indonesia, prior approval in writing
from the president was required. There is
also Law No. 15/2006 on the BPK. Article 24
of this law specifes that any police action
involving members of the BPK in the exam-
ination of a case must be conducted at the
orders of the Attorney General after obtain-
ing presidential approval in writing.
According to Mahfud, the Constitution-
al Courts ruling only annulled the article
concerning presidential approval of the
law under review. For the abolition of the
same articles in the other laws, said Mah-
fud, the public can continue to request judi-
cial reviews from the Constitutional Court.
However, Mahfud suggested that the DPR
and the government should correct the
problematic laws themselves. Its better
that you do it yourselves rather than we an-
nul the articles, added Mahfud.
JAJANG JAMALUDIN
Session in the Constitution Court building,
Jakarta, November 2011.
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HREE piles of documents
were stacked high, in a cor-
ner of the main corridor in the
investigators of ces on the
eighth foor of the Corruption
Eradication Commission (KPK) building.
The bundles of documents were fles of sus-
pects in the travelers checks bribery case,
involving the selection of Bank Indone-
sia senior deputy governor, Miranda Swa-
ray Goeltom in 2004. If there are new fnd-
ings, the case can expand, said a KPK of-
fcial who accompanied Tempo to view the
documents last week.
The documents were bundled up not
long after the suspects cases went to court.
At the investigation level, the administra-
tion of the suspects cases was completed.
Of 31 suspects, all have been convicted in
court. A majority of the rulings were fnal
and binding or in kracht. A number of those
convicted have even been released as they
had already completed their prison sen-
tences. As many as 29 of those who accept-
ed the checks were members of the House
of Representatives (DPR) Banking Commis-
sion during the 1999-2004 period.
Apart from indicting former legislators,
the KPK also indicted Nunun Nurbaeti. The
wife of the former deputy police chief was
accused of giving out the bribes. After al-
most two years on the run overseas, the so-
cialite was arrested by the Royal Thai Po-
lice last December and handed over to the
KPK.
As a result of Nununs confession, Miran-
das role became increasingly clear. Previ-
ously, her name had only been mentioned
in passing by a number of the former legis-
lators indicted in the case.
A month after Nununs arrest, the KPK
indicted Miranda. The commission ac-
cused this University of Indonesia profes-
sor of economics of assisting Nunun in dis-
tributing 480 travelers checks worth Rp24
billion. The majority of the checks went to
41 members of the DPR Banking Commis-
sion, who voted for her as the central bank
STOPPING AT MIRANDA
The KPK is having difculties uncovering the person behind the
travelers checks paid to legislators to ensure Miranda Goeltom
was elected Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor in 2004.
senior deputy governor. The checks were
purchased by First Mujur Plantation & In-
dustry from Bank Artha Graha.
Nunun was sentenced to two years and
six months in prison by the Jakarta anti-
corruption court. Although Nunun did not
appeal, the case has now gone to a higher
court because the KPK prosecutor was dis-
satisfed with the appeal ruling that upheld
the district courts sentence on Nunun.
Two weeks ago, it was Mirandas turn to be
convicted by the courts. Banker and lov-
er of orchestral music, Miranda was sen-
tenced to three years in prison by a panel
of judges headed by Gusrizal at the Jakar-
ta anti-corruption court. According to the
panel, Miranda was proven to have joined
in bribing a number of legislators to ensure
that she would be chosen as the number
two person at the central bank.
Miranda was shocked and unbelieving
at the sentence. She immediately reacted
by appealing the verdict. From the outset,
she had been quite certain that the judg-
es would side with her. So certain was she,
that the night before the ruling, she asked
her driver, Saleh, to collect her belongings
from the detention center in East Jakarta,
a branch of the KPK, where she is being
held.
Saleh said that he was told by Miranda
to remove her belongings from the deten-
tion center because his boss was certain
she would be released after the ruling was
read the next day. The belongings taken
home were, among others, three pillows, a
shoe rack, pots, carpet, bathing and beauty
accessories, as well as a large suitcase con-
taining clothes. However, the decision of
the judges turned Mirandas hopes upside
down. I will appeal, she said.
Despite the fact that the Mirandas ver-
dict difered by only one year from the
prosecutors demand, the KPK gave notice
that it too will appeal the decision. Besides
hoping that the verdict of the appellate
court will match the prosecutors demand,
the KPK also hopes that the appellate judge
will make a ruling on the issue of who ac-
tually fnanced the travelers checks, even
though the court reportedly leans more to-
ward an examination of previous evidence
( judex juris).
In the beginning, the KPK hoped that, at
Mirandas trial level court hearing ( jedex
factie), there would be an indication as to
who fnanced the travelers check. A Tem-
po source said that investigators had pre-
viously gathered information regarding a
key witness who could uncover the bank-
roller of the bribes. The witness is called
Indah. According to the statement of Ar-
tha Grahas cash of cer, Tutur, Indah is the
woman who signed the confrmation order
for the travelers checks from Bank Artha
Graha to Bank Internasional Indonesia. Tu-
tur testifed that Indah was also the person
who picked up the 480 travelers checks.
Shes an employee of First Mujur, he said.
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volving loan fund at the bank, owned by
tycoon Tomy Winata. First Mujur also has
of ces on the second foor of Bank Artha
Graha Building in Sudirman. High-rank-
ing of cials at First Mujur and Artha Graha
have several times denied involvement in
the bribery case. Tomy Winata also claims
he knew very little because he does not get
involved in the day-to-day operations of the
bank he owns.
According to Tutur, it was also Indah who
transferred Rp24 billion from Bank Artha
Graha to Bank Internasional Indonesia, us-
ing a real time gross settlement facility. Ac-
cording to a source at the KPK, investiga-
tors have summoned Indah several times
but she has not appeared. The Commis-
sion is having dif culty fnding her where-
abouts. At the trial, two former First Mujur
commissioners, Yan Eli Siahaan and Ron-
aldo Harijanto, testifed that Indah was not
an employee of First Mujur. Shes the pros-
ecutions witness, we are sure she exists,
said the source.
The source said that while the admis-
sion of First Mujur Finance Director, Budi
Santoso, that the travelers checks were re-
quested by Suhardi Suparman, also known
as Ferry Yen, this was considered by the
KPK to be mere gossip. According to Budis
explanation to the KPK, on June 8, 2004,
he was asked by Hidayat Lukmanwide-
ly known as Teddy Ubanto pay the frst
part of the cost of a Rp 24 billion plantation
expansion to Ferry Yen. In the beginning,
said Budi, the cost was to be paid with bank
checks. Later, however, Ferry asked for it
in the form of travelers checks. This sto-
ry of Budis is supposed to be his alibi, the
key witness is Indah, said a senior of cial
at the KPK.
According to the of cial, uncovering
the fnancier of the travelers checks is like
searching for a needle in a haystack. Mi-
randa and Nununs hearings, which were
expected to provide more information, he
said, turned out to be a disappointment.
Nunun did not touch on who the fnan-
cier was. She was only forthcoming when
asked about Mirandas role, he said.
The KPK of cial claims they also have in-
formation about a Bank Indonesia audit of
Artha Graha Medan. In the audit, a Rp24
billion stream of funds was found to have
been sent to Mujur and then used to pur-
chase the travelers checks. Strangely, the
KPK chief stated that within a month, the
debt would be paid, not by First Mujur but
by a number of private banks. Weve re-
quested an audit, but the central bank has
not responded, the of cial said.
A Bank Indonesia spokesperson, Dif A.
Johansyah, confessed that he did not know
about the KPK request. As for the audit, Dif
said, he will not comment because it in-
volved an individual bank audit. The head
of General Afairs at Bank Artha Graha Med-
an admits not knowing about these devel-
opments. She also denied that Bank Indo-
nesia had ever audited her of ce in relation
to the travelers checks. The Artha Graha
Medan branch chief, Arifn Djaja, was not
available when Tempo visited his of ce on
Wednesday last week.
Another Tempo source said that the KPK
was also preparing to investigate the fnan-
cier of the travelers checks by collecting
data on a number of banks which have prof-
ited from Mirandas policies when she was
the central banks senior deputy governor.
However, steps to fnd out who the fnan-
cier was, had to be postponed because of
the commotion over the withdrawal of KPK
investigators by the police. Due to a short-
age of investigators, the bankroller ques-
tion has been temporarily postponed, the
source said.
KPK chairman Abraham Samad, prom-
ised that he would continue to investigate
the fnancier of the checks. This case will
not end with Miranda, we will continue to
look for the mastermind behind the travel-
ers checks, he said. KPK spokesman Johan
Budi, said they were certain they will un-
cover the bankroller. No matter how small
the piece of information, we will investi-
gate it, said Johan.
ANTON APRIANTO, TRI SUHARMAN, SOETANA
MONANG HASIBUAN (MEDAN)
Miranda Swaray Goeltom preparing her
defense at the Corruption Court, Jakarta.
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DISSERTATIONS
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XERCISING and dyeing her hair. Those are the ac-
tivities never to be missed by Miranda Swaray Goel-
tom, whose days are now spent in the detention
center located on the ground foor of the Corrup-
tion Eradication Commission (KPK) building. There are four
cells. Mirandas cell is at the far east end. Next to hers are Kar-
tini Marpaungs cell, the judge who was arrested for receiving
bribes, and, Siti Hartati Tjakra Murdayas cell. In front is Ne-
neng Sri Wahyunis cell, wife of Muhammad Nazaruddin, con-
victed in the Wisma Atlet case. They usually gather around to
watch television close to the security guards desk.
Dyeing her hair is a habit of 63 year-old Miranda, long before
the former Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor became a
prison inmate. Showing of colorful hair styles is what Miran-
da likes to do. She usually dyes her hair close to the security
guards desk located near her cell. Miranda uses a lamp on the
desk as a mirror. The Commission does not allow inmates to
keep items made of glass or iron.
At least once a week, Miranda exercises together with her
cellmates. The location is the ninth foorthe highest and open
foorof the KPK building. From the exercise yard, surround-
ed by a fve meter high wire fence, the inmates can enjoy the
surrounding views while exercising. Miranda always appears
well-dressed when exercising: wearing white sneakers, a grey
shirt and a grey tracksuit with a white stripe down the side.
She performs the exercise well: small runs of around 60 laps
while holding light barbells and doing a number of stretching
moves. Among the four, she usually exercises the longest,
said a Tempo source at the KPK. After exercising, she showers,
eats dinner and usually reads a book. Sometimes until two in
the morning, the source added.
Miranda has also begun a consultation schedule as advisor
of students preparing for their doctorates. According to Miran-
das lawyer, Dodi Abdul Kadir, there are at least four doctoral
candidates who routinely visit Miranda in her cell. Regularly
waking up at 5am, after showering and eating, Miranda usual-
ly relaxes in a chair and reads her students work.
Saturday and Sunday are Mirandas busiest days. She is usu-
ally visited by friends, her children and grandchildren. On
days like these she gets up earlier. Usually, after praying, Mi-
randa will apply cosmetic powder and dye her hair. After that,
she showers and emerges fresh faced.
Until two weeks ago, Miranda told her visitors that she was
certain she would be released. This was the reason she in-
structed her driver to retrieve her personal efects in her cell
-- a shoe rack, pillows, fower pots as well as several items of
clothing, and take them home. But it was not to be.
USMAN PARAQBUEQ
TRAVELERSCHECKS
Miranda Swaray
Goeltom, clad in a KPK
detention suit, after her
trial at the Corruption
Court, Jakarta, July 24.
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LOGGING
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LLEGAL logging by organized crime threatens to un-
dermine global eforts to combat climate change, curb
deforestation and protect endangered wildlife, accord-
ing to a new report from the UN Environment Programme
(UNEP) and the international police organization INTERPOL.
The global illegal logging trade is worth between US$30-
$100 billion annually and is responsible for up to 90 percent of
tropical deforestation, according to the Green Carbon, Black
Trade report released last month at the World Forest Confer-
ence in Rome. It warns organized environmental crime pres-
ents serious obstacles to the Reducing Emissions from Defor-
estation and Forest Degradation (REDD) programs worldwide
and urges a coordinated international response from national
governments and law enforcement authorities.
REDD+ initiatives launched in several countries are creat-
ing national and international legal mechanisms to reduce il-
legal logging. But if REDD+ programs are to be sustainable over
the long term, the report stresses, payments to communities
for their conservation eforts must be higher than the returns
from forest-clearing activities.
Illegal logging can undermine the REDD+ efort, robbing
countries and communities of a sustainable future, if the un-
lawful activities are more proftable than the lawful ones under
REDD+, said UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner.
Environmental crime and the illegal grabbing of natural re-
sources are becoming ever more sophisticated, the report
notes, urging national authorities and law enforcement agen-
cies to strengthen responses to halt illegal logging and the glob-
al trade in illegal wood products.
The report describes 30 ways of procuring and laundering il-
legal timber, including falsifcation of logging permits, bribes
to obtain permits (up to US$50,000 for a single permit in some
countries), logging beyond concessions and hacking govern-
ment websites to obtain or change electronic permits. In Ka-
limantan, the report noted, a bribe for a logging permit for
around 20 km2 of forest can cost up to US$30,000.
In Indonesia, the amount of logs allegedly produced through
plantations increased from 3.7 million cubic meters in 2000 to
over 22 million in 2008, according to the report. It noted the UN
Of ce on Drugs and Crime estimates suggest that less than half
of the plantations actually existed, refecting a massive orga-
nized laundering operation.
The report concludes that without an internationally coor-
dinated law enforcement efort, illegal loggers and cartels will
continue to shift operations from one haven to another to pur-
sue their proftable trade.
HUNDREDS OF PLANT SPECIES
ENDANGERED BY DEFORESTATION
AN alarming number of plant species in Indonesia are on the ver-
ge of extinction as a result of deforestation, the Indonesian Insti-
tute of Sciences (LIPI) warned last week.
The country is home to 393 ora listed as critically endangered,
said researcher Bambang Prasetya, deputy chairman of the Indo-
nesian Institute of Sciences biodiversity department, Antara re-
ported. The number represents a 1.7 percent increase from 2010,
putting Indonesia in fourth place, alongside Brazil, on a list of
countries with the greatest number of threatened plant species,
according to data from the International Union for Conservation of
Nature. There must be an instrument which can comprehensively
accommodate integrated conservation efforts of plants, starting
from the ecosystem level to genetics, Bambang was quoted as
saying. The role of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation,
which has been recognized and adopted in botanical gardens
around the world, is greatly needed.
FOREST MORATORIUM REVIEWED IN
NEW BOOK
THE Special Staff to the President for Climate Change, Agus Purno-
mo has released a book reviewing the two-year moratorium on new fo-
rest permits, and perspectives from government agencies, conserva-
tionists and businesses.
Protecting Our Forests: Pro-Cons of Moratorium on Forests and
Peatlands Policy, published with the support of the Presidential Se-
cretariat, Cabinet Secretariat and the Forestry Ministry, records the
process of development and issuance of Presidential Instruction No.
10/2011 in May 2011, which ordered a suspension on the issuance of
new permits in primary forests and peatlands.
The Presidential Instruction is a rst step in the governments policy
to develop mechanisms to manage Indonesias forests in a transparent
and sustainable manner. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is the
rst Indonesian president to issue a policy ordering a moratorium on
new concession licenses on primary forests and peatlands.
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T was late Wednesday night two weeks ago. Finance Minister
Agus Martowardojo was visited by guests from the Asset Man-
agement Company (PPA) at his of cial residence at the Widya
Chandra Complex in South Jakarta. They reported that Tu-
ban Petrochemical Industries would pay only Rp61 billion of
a loan that amounted to Rp734 billion. In one hour, a new day would
arrive. It would be exactly one month since the due date for Tuban
Petro to settle their outstandings.
Due to their inability to pay in cash, as stipulated by the agree-
ment, the parent company of Trans Pacifc Petrochemical Indotama
(TPPI) aromatic plant is to be declared in default. The following day,
armed with Minister Agus blessings, PPA issued a notice of default
on the debt personally guaranteed by Honggo Wendratno, founder
and CEO of TPPI. There was nothing else we could do. If we hadnt
done it, we would be questioned about our negligence, said CEO of
PPA, Boyke Eko Wibowo Mukijat, to Tempo last week.
The Rp734 billion would be the seventh payment in a 10-series of
multiyear bond Tuban Petro Group. When it was published eight
years ago, this multi-year debt reached Rp3.26 trillion. What remains
is the debt originating from a restructuring by the Indonesian Bank
Restructuring Agency (IBRA) on non-performing loans worth Rp4.2
trillion incurred by Bank Pelita and Bank Istimarat. Both belonged
to the Tirtamas Majutama Group, jointly owned by Honggo, Hashim
Djojohadikusumo and Njoo Kok Kiong aka Al Njoo.
In the restructuring process, Hashim and Njoo Kok Kiong with-
drew, leaving Honggo by himself. The Tuban Petro Group was estab-
lished as the new parent of assets formerly owned by Tirtamas. The
government, through IBRAwhich became PPA after it was disband-
edcontrolled 70 percent of the shares, with Honggo controlling the
rest through the Silakencana Tirtalestari company.
Through Tuban Petro, PPA indirectly controlled the subsidiaries
formerly belonging to Tirtamas, namely, TPPI (59.5 percent), Poly-
tama Propindo (80 percent), and Petro Oxo Nusantara (50 percent).
TPPI aromatic plant is located in Tuban, East Java; the Polytama
polypropylene plant in Balongan, West Java; and Petro Oxo alcohol
producing plant in Gresik, East Java. All shares are collaterals of the
debt.
Originally, the Tuban Petro Group was expected to gain proft to
pay of their debts by 2014. Once settled, PPA would return the shares
TWILIGHT FOR
HONGGO
The restructuring of the Tuban Petro Groups
loan was messy and has ended in a payment
default. This might spell the end for Honggo
Wendratno.
TPPI plant at Tuban,
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used as collateral to Honggo. Unfortunate-
ly, the groups debt, especially TPPIs, be-
came bigger. Until the end of last August,
the total reached US$1.74 billion, or about
Rp16.5 billion (at Rp9,500 to the dollar).
Most of it, US$649 million, is owed to Per-
tamina.
In December last year, Honggo, Tuban
Petro Group, and the government creditors
signed a master restructuring agreement
(MRA) as a new scheme for debt settlement.
Honggo, who claimed to have secured a
US$1 billion fnancing from Deutsche Bank,
promised to pay US$1.07 billion to PPA. He
made the same promise to Pertamina and
BP Migas. His condition was that Pertami-
na must buy mogas and LPG produced by
TPPI.
In reality, the MRA collapsed at the expi-
ration of the renewal period of implementa-
tion, on August 18. Non-government credi-
tors rejected the restructuring scheme and
demanded to be treated equally as the gov-
ernment creditors. Eforts by Honggo in let-
ters he wrote to government creditors and
forwarded to Coordinating Minister for
the Economy Hatta Rajasa, requesting the
MRA be extended, were rejected.
Consequently, PPA had to refer back to
the multiyear bond payment schedule in
accordance with the initial agreement. This
was what the Tuban Petro Group could not
pay at the end of last month. With the de-
fault status, Honggo now only has 180 days
to pay of the entire debt. If he fails to do so,
PPA will permanently control all collater-
als, including Silakencanas shares in Tu-
ban Petro.
According to a Tempo source, three
weeks ago or a week prior to of cially be-
ing in default, Honggo and Tuban Petro of-
fered to settle his debts through asset settle-
ments, in other words by selling of the debt
guarantees in PPA. They brought along two
potential investors who were ready to buy
Tuban Petros shares in Polytama Propin-
do and Petro Oxo Nusantara.
The CEO of Tuban Petrochemical Indus-
tries Amir Sambodo confrmed that his
company only had Rp66 billion in its cof-
fers to settle the principal of the debt to PPA
and Rp14 billion for the interest. That was
the reason why the company ofered pay-
ment through shares and assets. But PPA
rejected it because the agreement stipulat-
ed cash settlement, he said on Thursday.
The decision by PPA was like a breath of
fresh air to Pertamina, who had since June
2009 declared four times that TPPI was in
default. The default is applicable to the sub-
sidiaries as well. This means that Pertam- S
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CREDITORS COLLATERAL AMOUNT (US$)
UOB (trade nance facility) Ranked frst on cash and banks 94 million
Pertamina**
Product delivery instrument
Open accounts receivable
Ranked frst on physical assets
None
406.2 million
232.9 million
JGC Corporation
Mezzanine loan
Deferred EPC payment
Ranked second on physical assets
Ranked second on physical assets
17.5 million
186.4 million
Argo
Mezzanine loan
Tranche B working capital loan
Unsecured liquidity support loan
Ranked Second on physical assets
None
None
20.9million
30 million
110.2 million
BP Migas None 183 million
Vitol
Tranche B working capital loan
Unsecured liquidity support loan
Mezzanine loan
None
None
None
47.9 million
26.9 million
22.3 million
Others Secured debts
Unsecured debts
83.8 million
265.7 million
TOTAL 1.73 billion
* Not including the remaining multiyear bond debt of Rp2.82 trillion by Tuban Petro to PPA
Pertaminas Version ** per September 30, 2011
SOURCE: FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF TPPI PER APRIL 30, 201
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ina is increasingly determined to execute
TPPIs assets.
Two weeks ago, they registered their ex-
ecution plan to the State Service Of ce of
Finances and Auctions in Surabaya, East
Java. According to the agreement, Per-
tamina can directly execute collateral ob-
jects without a trial if TPPI is declared in
default, said Pertamina vice president of
communications, Ali Mundakir.

FOR a few months, the roar of engines
and the loud screech of the horns were no
longer heard from the TPPI refnery com-
plex in Tasikharjo village, Tuban, East
Java. Last Wednesday, the row of chimneys
no longer billowed smoke. Cars and buses
parked in the front of the plant looked emp-
ty, unkempt and covered by bushes.
In the back, the area along the port
stretching more or less 100 meters was also
empty. Since late last year the factory was
no longer operating, a spokesman for TPPI
Tuban, Hilal, told Tempo. He said many of
his colleagues had resigned.
Amir Sambodo does not deny that the
TPPI refnery could be said to be suspend-
ed in time. The protracted implementation
of the MRA resulted in the company not re-
ceiving the necessary supplies of conden-
sate from BP Migas and other raw materi-
al suppliers. This was because TPPI cant
open a letter of credit, he said.
Pertamina, as a senior creditor, may be
free to execute the assets in Tuban. If TPPI
is sold, they will receive frst priority be-
cause payment of their loans receives frst
priority because the status of their guar-
antee ranks frst over physical assets. The
problem is, PPAs loan ranks third after a
mezzanine lender, such as JGC Corporation
and Argo. TPPIs debts to BP Migas do not
even have collaterals. Such conditions are
now burdening the government creditors.
Asset execution wont be easy, said the
Tempo source.
Last year, in preparation for the MRA,
PPA assessed the companies under the
Tuban Petro Groups umbrella. Polyta-
ma and Petro Oxo were estimated to be
worth US$70 million and US$130 million
respectively. At a minimum, TPPI must cov-
er Rp1.07 trillion as part of the multiyear
bond. Because it is not operating, TPPIs
value will not cover its debts to the govern-
ment.
That is why Finance Minister Agus has
asked the three government creditors to
prepare a proposal to ensure all loans are
paid to them. The government wants TPPI
to resume operations. Understandably, be-
cause to build a new aromatics plant would
cost at least US$2 billion, not to mention the
four years it would take to complete con-
struction.
PPA and Pertamina are reluctant to dis-
close their strategy after Tuban Petros
default. Obviously, we want TPPI to re-
sume operations sooner, said Pertami-
nas Director of Investment Planning and
Risk Management, M. Afdal Bahaudin, last
Thursday.
It seems that the government creditors
must move quickly. Last week, the news re-
ported two foreign creditors, Argo Capital
and Argo Global Holdings would be suing
TPPI. If they can have TPPI declared bank-
rupt, all governments plans will go awry.
A Tempo source at Pertamina said that
they were discussing with PPA and BP Mi-
gas various options. Starting from tak-
ing over all shares in Tuban Petro, leav-
ing TPPI management to Pertamina, con-
verting debt into shares, to inviting strate-
gic investors as operators. Clearly, whatev-
er the option chosen, the government cred-
itors must immediately assess Tuban Pet-
ro Groups assets and ensure Honggo will
throw in the towel. This default is like the
beating of the drums of war, the source
said.
As an immediate measure, Pertamina,
which has a 15 percent stake, will attempt
to embrace the other shareholders at the
general meeting of TPPI shareholders on
Thursday this week. While awaiting the
valuation of assets, Pertamina plans to of-
fer a management takeover of TPPI from
Honggos hand. At the end of the day, Hon-
ggo must leave.
AGOENG WIJAYA, RETNO SULISTYOWATI,
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AST years story repeats itself. The Tuban Petro Groups default sta-
tus caused Argo Global Holdings and Argo Capital BV to fle for bankrupt-
cy against Trans Pacifc Petrochemical Indotama (TPPI) in Central Jakarta
Commercial Court on Friday last week. Our clients want to be treated
equally in the payment of this debt, said Argos attorney, Stefanus Haryanto last
Thursday.
This years situation is similar. The two foreign creditors appear when Honggo is
under pressure. The impact is exactly the same: government creditors, particularly
Pertamina, become anxious.
How can they not be? If TPPI is declared bankrupt, the gov-
ernments debt settlement plan may go awry. Pertaminas
intention to seize the collateral debt will be jeopardized.
The Court will gather all creditors and debtors to nego-
tiate for peace, agree to delay the debt repayment obli-
gations, or appoint a receiver to sell assets and divide
them according to the list of debt rating.
If this happens, it is possible that not all of TPPIs
debts to the government will be repaid. In addition,
the status of TPPIs debt to Pertamina in the form of
open accounts receivable valued at more than US$232.2
million and to BP Migas at US$183 million, is unsecured.
In other words, there is no priority of payment.
A Tempo source in the government said that the lawsuit fled
by the Argo camp last year weakened the governments position in their discussions
with Honggo on restructuring. The source suspects that Honggo is behind this law-
suit. With this lawsuit, for the time being, the government cant just go ahead and
take over TPPI, he said.
Stefanus chose not to comment on the allegations. What is important, he said, is
that they can prove their claims as TPPI creditors. We would like any action associ-
ated with the debt to be done together, he said.
Presumably, everyone one would have to wait until the frst hearing on Argos law-
suit is held on Wednesday this week. Interestingly, last year Argo revoked its law-
suit one hour before the judge opened the trial, after the government and Pertamina
agreed once again, to give TPPI some room to maneouver. AGOENG WIJAYA
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Wendratno, CEO of Silakencana
Tirtalestari, came to the of ce
of the Asset Management Com-
pany (PPA) in Jakarta two weeks ago. Ac-
companied by Amir Sambodo, CEO of Tu-
ban Petrochemical Industries, Honggo ex-
plained his companys inability to pay his
loan installment.
On August 27, Tubaan Petro should have
paid back Rp734 billion to the government,
through the PPA. Silakencana is 30 percent
owner of Tuban Petro. The rest (70 percent)
comes under the PPA. The petrochemi-
cal giant company owes the government
in the form of a multi-year bond, Rp3.1 tril-
lion. Hinggo claims his assets are still valu-
able, enough to pay back the loans. But the
PPA rejected the proposal, and proceeded
to issue a notice of default. Last Thursday,
Amir Sambodo explained to Tempo report-
ers Bambang Harymurti, Jobpie Retno Su-
listyowati and Pingit Aria, the beginnings
and the consequence of the failue to repay
the loan.
Why has Tuban Petro failed to pay their
loans?
We dont have that much money. At that
time, we only had Rp66 billion in cash to
repay the principal and Rp14 billion to pay
the interest. We still owed about Rp600
billion. We ofered to pay using our stocks
and assets. The minimum we could get
was US$75 million, enough to pay the in-
stallment. But the PPA rejected it, because
based on the agreement, it must be in the
form of cash.
What will be the consequence of that?
All companies under the group will fail
to repay their loans, including TPPI. The
consequence is that we must pay all of the
remaining loan, not just the installment.
And the obligation goes to Honggo as the
guarantor, no longer Tuban Petro, be-
cause it failed to repay the loan. The PPA
gave Honggo a deadline of 180 days as the
personal guarantor, to pay the remaining
Rp2.8 trillion.
What happens if Honggo is unable to meet
the deadline?
If in that period of time Honggo is un-
able to repay the loan, he is totally fnished.
Will Honggos 30 percent shares be tak-
en over?
The 30 percent shares of Silakencana is
controlled by the PPA, which can be exe-
cuted any time. So, all Tuban Petro shares
are now owned by PPA.
Can the PPA conscate Honggos person-
al assets?
Well, it was a personal guarantee. If the
sales of assets is not enough to repay the
loan, he must accoount for it personally.
How is Honggo taking this?
He asked that the three companies
(TPPI, PON and PP) be sold.
If the assets are sold, will the proceeds be
enough to cover the PPA loan?
In the next 180 days, all subsidiaries will
be evaluated. Based on previous evalua-
tions, Petro Oxo Nusantara was estimat-
ed at US$136 million, Polytama Propin-
do US$75 million and
TPPI Rp1.07 trillion. I
explained to the PPA
that all that can be re-
paid. When that hap-
pens, Silakencana will
own 78 percent shares,
while PPAs share will go
down to 22 percent.
Before the default no-
tice was issued, did Tu-
ban Petro and TTPI meet
with PPA? Reportedly,
you brought an investor
with you.
Thats true, all com-
pleted. Nobel Chemi-
cals plans to buy Poly-
tama Propindo, while
Wellington is interested
in expanding his own-
ership in Petro Oxo Nu-
santara. Honam and
Samsung were once
also interested but they
backed out when they
saw the chaos at TPPI.
So Tuban is actually
quite strategic.
Why not come to an
agreement?
The PPA asked that by
September 27, everything must be paid in
cash. Thats impossible.
In October 11 , TPPI will hold an extraordi-
nary meeting of its shareholders. What will
be the agenda?
The management and commissionerss
of TPPI will convey alternative solutions to
the TPPI problem, bankruptcy or call in. In
the call in, Pertamina would be supplying,
operating and selling the products. The
TPPI would just get a management fee.
What was the solution you offered?
There are fve choices for Tuban Petro.
First, the guarantee can be executed. Sec-
ondly, the asset settlement is for the gov-
ernment if it wants to own shares, third-
ly, the sale of Tuban Petro asets should be
auctioned. Fourthly, there is a possibility
of another restructurization. Esssential-
ly, all assignments are with the PPA. For
TPPI, there are two alternatives: bankrupt-
cy or restructurization, which can be quite
heavy. Or a debt to equity conversion.
Is Honggo ready to come out of the TPPI?
He said yes. What other choice is there?
He has no direct access to the PPA. He of-
fered assets and was rejected. It may be ar-
gumentative, but legally, there is nothing
against paying debts with assets.
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HE crowd bounces up and down
energetically, causing dust to rise
and cloud the air. Spontaneous
shrieks sliced through the barren
sky. Beneath the scorching sun, hundreds
form a square gate around a horse rac-
ing arena that has lately been packed with
spectators.
Two weeks ago on Sunday, this tradition-
al race was held in Keleyan village, Socah
subdistrict. The exact spot of the arena was
a 350-meter long, recently harvested rice
feld. The command was given, followed
by roars of excitement, and in an instant
two horses sprang from the start line and
sprinted towards the fnish line.
One or two people occasionally breached
the gate separating the spectators from the
track, in order to approach the horses.
Its fun. We can go in the arena and throw
stones at the horses so theyll run faster,
said Maria, 25 years, a student from Bang-
kalan.
Similar to traditional horse races in Sum-
bawa, the jockey does not use a saddle,
shoes, or even a helmet. The diference
is, in Sumbawa the jockeys are children
WHEN AYU TINGTING
GALLOPS
Horse racing is guaranteed to entertain tourists in Bangkalan.
whereas the jockeys in Madura are adult
males. In order to grab the attention of the
crowd, they name their horses with names
of musicians such as Ayu Tingting, Anak
Manja, and even Scorpion, the heavy met-
al band from Germany.
On that particular Sunday, over 100 hors-
es competed. They entered one of three
classes based on their heights. Class C is es-
pecially for horses below 133 centimeters,
Class B 133-138 centimeters, and Class A 138-
148 centimeters. The winners of each race
will compete with one another until there
is fnally one champion. The losing horses
also compete against each other; the win-
ner of this race is called the lower cham-
pion.
Traditional Bangkalan horse races frst
appeared in Parseh village, Socah subdis-
trict, in 1985. This tradition started from a
group of carriage drivers who were simply
having fun while hanging out at the mar-
ket. Carriage drivers from other cities then
started to hold similar competitions. Oc-
casionally, a competition between villag-
es is held, consisting of tens of participants.
There was a hiatus and the competition was
fnally held again in Parseh in 2008.
During its development, a number of
entrepreneurs and kiai (Islamic clerics)
became interested in participating. This
caused the size of the horses to vary. Due
to the growing number of enthusiasts, the
Indonesian Horse Society, (Pordasi) Bang-
kalan branch, was then formed. The orga-
nization agreed on various regulations, in-
cluding issuing certifcates for jockeys.
The horse race is now a prestigious event.
Fans of the race search for horses to com-
pete from all over the country: Surabaya,
Sumbawa, East Nusa Tenggara. The ani-
mals they seek are worth anywhere from
Rp30 million to Rp50 millionno longer
around ten to twenty million, which is the
value of a horse used to pull a carriage.
The cost of maintaining a horse is quite
expensive. Ali Fahri spends up to Rp1.5
million per month for the maintenance of
Anak Manja, his prized horse.
Tending to the horse is not an easy mat-
ter. At around 6am, the horse goes on a
walk up to 5 kilometers. Afterwards, it is
bathed with a washcloth soaked in warm
water and then scrubbed with a mixture
of grated ginger and alcohol. The horse is
then dried in the sun for one hour until its
coat is dry and fed a mixture of wheat pow-
der and vitamins. Grass is only given occa-
sionally.
In order to add to the horses vitality, the
horse is given a special jamu (herbal medi-
cine) each week: 25 free range chicken eggs,
young coconut, ground cofee, and honey.
Although Im only a farmer, I always have
enough to take care of my horse. It is not a
burden at all, said the 41-year-old man.
Despite its expensive care, the prize of-
fered for the winner of a race is not entic-
ing at all: a mere 14-inch television and
Rp150,000. It is a matter of prestige for
horse owners when their horses win the
race. The value of our horse can also in-
crease if we win, stated Muji Masri, a con-
testant.
Jockeys are paid Rp200,000 for a string
of races. Its not unusual for one jockey to
be hired by two to four horse owners at one
time. My thighs really hurt from riding a
horse without a saddle, said Suki. These
horse races are also hoped to be able to at-
tract tourists, like the karapan sapi (cow
race) that has sprinted ahead in the world
of racing.
YUDONO Y. AKHMADI,
MUSTHOFA BISRI (BANGKALAN)
Horse racing in Bangkalan, Madura.
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T was high noon on Wednesday, Sep-
tember 19, when customs of cers on-
board the vessel BV 8005 patrolling
uninhabited islands in the waters of
Riau, of the eastern coast Sumatra,
spotted a ship slowing to a stop at the cape
of Tanjung Berakit.
An of cer, with the aid of binoculars,
identifed the ship as MT Martha Global, an
Indonesia-fagged tanker, heading for Ma-
laysian waters.
Caught by BV 8005, the tanker was found
to be carrying 32,000 kiloliters of crude
oil. When questioned, the tankers skipper,
identifed only by his initials as EWI, could
not produce proper documents.
Clearly they were trying to smuggle the
cargo out of the country, Andhi Pramono,
head of the Riau Customs Investigation Of-
fce at Tanjung Balai Karimun told Tempo
last week.
According to Pramono, the cargo carried
by the 45,000-DWT tanker is worth Rp216
million, a potential loss to the state of the
same value had the tanker managed to slip
away, and a blow to government eforts to
meet domestic fuel requirements. There-
fore, the case should not be viewed from its
material aspect alone, said Pramono.
MT Martha Global was the biggest catch
in Riau waters during September of this
year. Three other tankers seized during
the month were smaller in terms of cargo.
THE MYSTERY OF
TANJUNG BERAKIT
Customs ofcers have seized tankers bound for Malaysia
with millions of liters of undocumented crude oil
ECONOMY
MT Admiralty and SB Siga-Siga seized in
Seraya Island waters.
Gde Pradnyana, BP Migas Public
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On September 8, MT Admiralty, a St Kitts &
Nevis-fagged tanker was caught in waters
of Seraya Island with a cargo of 951 kiloli-
ters of high speed diesel oils.
Admiralty was seized as it was unload-
ing about 9 tons of the cargo to SB
Siga-Siga. The tankers skipper
A.H. was detained at the local
customs of ce.
On September 13, MT Hor-
net, an Ulan Bator (Mongolia)-
fagged tanker, was seized at
Tanjung Berakit with 102 tons of
marine fuel as cargo, worth an es-
timated Rp700 million
On September 14, MT Sakthi, another
tanker registered in St Kitts & Nevis, skip-
pered by SF, was seized with an undocu-
mented cargo of 650 tons of crude oil be-
lieved destined for Malaysia.
The skipper of MT Sakthi insisted the car-
go was bound for islands in Riau. Where in
Riau do islands require so much oil? asked
Pramono. And where does the crude oil in
such large quantities come from?
Gde Pradnyana, the deputy for opera-
tions at the oil and gas regulatory of ce, BP
Migas, told Tempo on Wednesday last week
that crude oil theft was rife among oil op-
erations in Sumatra Its a well-organized
mafa, involving thousands of people, in-
cluding police and military personnel.
Whether the tankers seized in Riau wa-
ters had any connection with rampant
crude oil thefts in mainland Sumatra, is as
yet unknown. Pradnyana said BP Migas is
carrying out a forensic test on samples of
crude seized by the customs of cers to de-
termine their origin. We are also wonder-
ing where the crude came from. Pradnya-
na claims, however, that BP Migas can de-
termine where the stolen crude came from
because every kind of crude has a chemical
characteristic, a sort of fngerprint that we
can identify from our database.
From a recent test of samples from MT
Martha Global, said Pradnyana, BP Migas
established that the crude came from oil
wells in the Duri area operated by Chevron
Pacifc Indonesia. Its crude that the gov-
ernment receives as a production share
from the area, said Pradnyana
According to Pradnyana, several days
before the tanker was seized, BP Migas held
a shipping coordination meeting with Per-
tamina. Since the crude from Duri is the
governments share of production, Per-
tamina was appointed the party to trans-
port and sell the crude. If the crude is a
share for the production-sharing contrac-
tor, then the contractor is free to dispose of
it as it likes, said Pradnyana, adding that at
the coordination meeting, Pertamina gave
a presentation on liftings, destination and
transportation.
In a word, the cargo carried by MT
Martha Global consisted of the gov-
ernments share of crude pro-
duced. It was loaded aboard
the tanker at Dumai termi-
nal on freight-on-board basis.
It means that the government
had received payments for the
cargo on the date of loading.
Further responsibility for the car-
go rests with the of-taker Pertamina.
Under the agreement, the cargo was
destined for the Pertamina refnery at Ba-
longan in West Java, said Pradnyana. I
wonder why the tanker was seized and
found without proper documents. More-
over, he added, the tanker tried to fee
when the customs boat approached, sur-
rendering in international waters close to
Malaysian waters. All this needs some ex-
planation from Pertamina.
Pertamina spokesman Ali Mundakir ac-
knowledged his company charters the MT
Martha Global to transport the cargo to the
Pertamina refnery. He said Pertamina sup-
ported the investigation of the case by the
customs of ce. Some of our employees
have been asked to provide information on
this case.
Mundakir said he did not know what real-
ly happened in Riaus waters that Wednes-
day afternoon. If the tanker was late in ar-
riving at the refnery, we would slap a pen-
alty on it. We cannot play a guessing game,
so wed just better wait for the results of the
investigation.
As to the seizure of the three other tank-
ers, Mundakir said it might be related to the
theft of crude from Pertaminas oil pipeline
in Riau, Jambi, and South Sumatra. The wa-
ters in these areas are open. A daily average
of 1,000 barrels of our crude is stolen.
Y. TOMI ARYANTO, RUMBADI DALLE
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was killed along with Agus Bastiar, his brother-in-law, in the explosion
of a Pertamina pipeline at Bayung Lencir in the South Sumatra district
of Musi Banyuasin, the previous day. The explosion was believed to have
been sparked by fre accidentally, lit by men siphoning crude oil from a breached
pipeline.
As of Thursday night, seven people had died from severe burns. Dozens of others
injured in the accident were treated at a local hospital. Alfan and Agus were rubber
tappers. They were not thieves stealing crude oil from the pipeline as reported in the
media, said Safarudin, Alfans other brother-in-law.
Shauf, speaking on behalf of the bereaved family, said both Alfan and Agus had
no means to engage in the theft of crude from the pipeline. They were in the area
scooping oil spills; that doesnt mean they were stealing.
They were victims of rich and high-ranking people, said Shauf. They could not
possibly be thieves. Look at their houses. Nothing of value could be found in Alfans
5 x 4-meter house with a corrugated tin roof, except for a rickety plastic chair and a
tattered plaited mat.
The reality contrasts with the fact that thousands of barrels of Pertamina crude oil
is stolen daily. The state oil company claims to have lost Rp200 billion in crude oil sto-
len from the Tempino-Plaju pipeline alone. In the past fve months, 242,504 barrels
were stolen, Pertamina Public Relations Manager Agus Amperianto, said last week.
Amperianto said Bayung Lencir recorded the highest number of cases of crude
theft. In 2011, there were 158 cases recorded, increasing to 373 cases during January
to September this year
Sr. Com. Toto Wibowo, head of the Musi Banyuasin Police, said scores of people
were siphoning crude oil from the pipeline when it exploded. Wibowo said he found
in the area hundreds of pools, each measuring about a meter in diameter and 2 me-
ters deep. Apparently these pools were used as temporary storage for the stolen
crude. The question is why he allowed the illegal activity to happen under his very
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HEN the Indonesian Press Council held a panel discussion
on the status of women journalists recently, two unique cas-
es emerged. Both come from confict areas: Aceh and Pa-
pua, yet, while they may share the same sense of mission,
the sociocultural and political challenges they face in the
course of their jobs, could not be any more diferent. Saniah from Aceh and
Angela from Papua speak out on their roles as members of the media.
ANGELA FLASSY SUARA PEREMPUAN PAPUA CHIEF EDITOR AND ACTIVIST
FROM AN ORAL TRADITION TO
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faces in her job as a journalist in
Papua is not her gender, as in oth-
er provinces of Indonesia, but the
minimum infrastructure and a highly-sen-
sitive security situation. She walks miles
and must take rickety canoes to cover sto-
ries, and her of ce is watched constantly by
members of the intelligence. Nevertheless,
Angela is committed to producing a critical
media that will keep the public properly in-
formed.

You are the chief editor of Suara
Perempuan Papua (Voice of Papua Women)
weekly tabloid. How did this publication
begin and when did you rst get involved
with it?
Suara Perempuan Papua was established
in 2004, by a group of women concerned
that the news in Papua lacked gender and
development perspective. They wanted a
forum to promote the rights of women and
related issues. So, on August 6 that year,
the paper published its frst edition and I
was one of its frst reporters.
Its contents, however, are not all about
womens issues.
Well, womens issues touch all aspects of
society, so we monitor development proj-
ects and we follow public opinion. Our cov-
erage is more on what is happening out-
side the towns, in the jungles and up in the
mountains, because other media tend to
cover just the urban areas.
That must be quite a challenge, given the
lack of roads.
Our coverage depends on our capacity.
For example, when one of our staf goes on
home leave, we will ask him or her to cov-
er their home areas, or anything that may
happen along the way. It costs too much
money to send a staf to go anywhere.
What makes journalists like yourself
endure such a difcult environment?
I think its because we are professionals
and we are very concerned about the cha-
otic situation here. Thats why we chose
to take on this job, even though we could
have easily become civil servants, a more
secure and better paying job.
Young Papuans are not interested in
journalism?
I dont think so. We once had a recruit-
ment drive, but many just use this job as a
stepping stone to working with the govern-
ment.
What about going into community
service?
I dont see an environment that moti-
vates young people to think about working
for the community. In campuses in Java,
there used to be campus newpapers, thats
how I and others got interested in pursuing
this career.
What are the most serious social issues
you cover in Papua?
Today, schools outside of big cities
have no teachers. A lot of money has been
poured into Papua, but there is no one to
run the schools and the health clinics and
local administration of ces are often emp-
ty. Sometimes, the principal of a school
must double as a teacher. His class would
have 90 or 100 students. If there is a doctor
at the health clinic, he is alone, without any
nurses. And there is no laboratory, even
though malaria is a big problem. We have
the structure but no human resources to
operate them.
Why dont they want to work out of town?
Too remote, not enough pay?
Some of those places are not that re-
mote, public transportation gets there.
And they get enough pay, but they do have
to go into town to get it, which can take
days. I think some people have no calling
to serve the people. But there is one former
journalist who is staying, as a principal of a
high school. So I suppose its all about char-
acter
Where is your newspaper distributed?
At the beginning, we were able to go to
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all districts. But the problem is how to re-
trieve our payments. We succeed only
when we have trusted people to manage
our accounts out there. So today, our pa-
per is distributed only in the towns of Me-
rauke, the provincial capital of Jayapura
and its environs, in Wamena and Timika.
How does a media in Papua get its
funding?
Theres advertising from the govern-
ment. We used to get a bit from them, 30
percent comes from non-government or-
ganizations, and some from the owner. But
its getting harder to get ads.
What about big multinational companies
and big national plantations?
They seem to prefer other media.
Maybe your paper is perceived as too
radical.
We are journalists. We report on human
issues and peoples needs, and everything
we report is based on facts, what happens
on the ground. We dont write about pol-
itics. So, we cannot be described as radi-
cals. Yet the authorities accuse us of being
negative, of saying that regional autonomy
failed. We never say that. We are asking:
how can the public get access to education,
health facilities and other public services?
Have you ever felt discriminated against
as a female journalist in Papua?
I dont think so. I have never been
abused. I think journalists dont make dis-
tinctions when we report the news. I have
never been excused because I am a wom-
an, even when I was pregnant I was expect-
ed to do my job no matter where.
Have you ever had the chance of
covering the separatist movement?
I have never encountered an armed OPM
member. But I do meet with politicians
who speak about indepednence. They are
not the armed guerrillas. My only contact
with a so called OPM was actually a gun-
runner on the border with PNG. I believe
much of the news and reports about the
OPM lack substance.
As a Papuan journalist, do you feel a
conict in reporting on Papua?
I am a professional and I do my job the
best I can. At times, however, I am a Pap-
uan, like when I atttend a conference of
tribal elders. I want to know how my fate is
being decided, so then I am a Papuan.
How do you report on charges of
injustices in Papua?
I dont think there are of cial data about
it. But the fact is that if I wanted to open a
chicken shop selling for Rp32,000 each,
I lose out against chicken coming in from
Surabaya, which are sold for Rp24,000
each. The Jayapura Chicken Vendors As-
sociation went to the government to stop
the supplies from Surabaya and give us ki-
osks at the market. But it seems the Suraba-
ya chicken vendors had paid them of, be-
cause nothing got changed. In my view, the
peoples economy is not working because
all commodities like chicken, fsh, garlic,
soybeans and corn, come from outside Pa-
pua.
But can farmers in Papua guarantee
supplies?
We should be able to. The transmigrants
produce good rice and chillis. Yet these
products are brought in from Surabaya, at
lower prices. In the end, this kills the Pa-
pua farmers. The money is there, credit is
available but we still cannot set up a busi-
ness. Its like we are intentionally neglectd
so we remain undeveloped.
What would you like to do next?
I would like to do something about in-
stilling a culture of reading and writing in
Papua. Papuans have had an oral tradition
for a long time, so the gap is very wide be-
tween the two. I would like to set up public
reading rooms, start a campus newspaper
and a private radio station with creative
programs.
How about becoming a legislator,
represent your constituents and change
the laws?
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VER since high school, Saniah
had always wanted to be a jour-
nalist. I want to see changes,
said the 39-year-old activist, who
was born and raised in the once strife-torn,
resource-rich province of Aceh. She is one
of nine siblings whose mother continues
to push her cart daily, peddling fresh cuts
of beef around her village, just outside of
Lhokseumawe town. Lacking funds to go to
university, Sania went to neighboring Ma-
laysia as a migrant worker at 18, returning
six years later to enroll for journalism class-
es, earning a degree in 2005. She plunged
enthusiastically into a career mired in po-
litical challenges and full of social taboos,
in Sharia-based Aceh.
How did you become a journalist?
I began as a student at the Sekolah Tinggi
Ilmu Komunikasi Pembangunan after I re-
turned from Malaysia where I was a mi-
grant worker.
You were a migrant worker?
At 18, after graduating from a madrasah
(Islamic school), I went to Sungai Petani at
Kedah Daral Aman state, working at a Na-
tional Panasonic factory. I started out as an
operator and ended as a supervisor.
But you decided to come home.
Well, my objective in working in Malay-
sia was to save enough money to go to uni-
versity. I achieved that, so I came home be-
cause I always wanted to study journalism
and become a reporter.
Why?
I want to make changes. I want to write
and provide the public with the right infor-
mation, and with that information, they
can initiate changes for the country.
Are you saying that the public doesnt
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fed personnel, we only cover the big cases,
like corruption and traf cking. Yet, there
are many more that need to be exposed.
What kind of trafcking is there in Aceh?
Youths and children are lured into pros-
titution. Many of the traf ckers pretend
to run beauty salons, but they are actual-
ly prostitution dens. This is a big problem
in Aceh.
Are they sent overseas?
Yesterday, the Aceh police handled a
case in which the children were taken to
Batam Island, and sold to people in Sin-
gapore. And there seems to be a mafa in-
volved in this.
As such, have you or other reporters
covering this story ever faced danger?
Yes. I once did my own investigation.
I interviewed a woman who worked at
night, asking her why she ended up in such
a situation. Not long after that, I got a nas-
ty phone call.
Youre not afraid of working at night?
I stay in a boarding house and the peo-
ple around me know about my work. I
make myself known to the proper author-
ities on what my job is so they are aware of
my comings and goings. Sometimes I come
home at four in the morning, or I leave at
that time for early duty. So far, God Willing,
no problems.
You have a mother. Does she approve of
your job?
She is actually proud because I am a jour-
nalist, particularly when she sees my by-
line in print. What makes her sad is that she
thinks I have no future.
What do you mean no future? Many
journalists end up being, politicians,
ofcials, legislators
She doesnt think journalists get paid
well and its a job that is not conducive to
having a steady family.
As a woman, what is the most important
thing to ght for?
I would like women journalists to get the
same attention, given the same access as
the men, particularly in their career devel-
opment. And most importantly, to dedi-
cate myself to enabling people to improve
their lives.
And beyond that?
Write a book to honor my mother, may-
be set up an NGO, teach and share my ex-
periences.
I want to make
changes. I want to
write and provide
the public with the
right information,
and with that
information, they
can initiate changes
for the country.
get the right information?
Well, not all information given out is in-
correct but not everything is balanced. The
media writes more about the government,
instead of peoples needs.
Do you think thats how it is in Aceh?
That people are more focused on money
and material rather than on peoples
welfare?
My observation is that the media tend to
write from the governments perspective,
even though they will criticize their policies
at the same time. Unfortunately, critical me-
dia are not backed by the advertising world,
and are excluded by the government.
What do you usually cover?
Almost everything. But I like best to cov-
er and write about the arts and culture,
tourism and most importantly, human in-
terest stories, like human rights?
What do you mean by human rights?
In Aceh, there are many problems that
do not get enough exposure, like the vic-
tims of the tsunami who still dont have
proper homes. Those who have lost jobs
end up begging. I want to write about them
so their cries can be heard and hope the
government will be able to do something
about them.
When we talk about human rights,
discrimination comes to mind. Is there a
difference in the treatment between men
and women in Aceh?
Actually there is, and I think its not just
in Aceh. Many people still think women
are weak, for example, that women cannot
be given the same position as male journal-
ists. But as a woman, I feel quite challenged
to be covering confict situations, natural
disasters or events that are neither cere-
monial and government-related. Yet, it is
male reporters that are given priority in ca-
pacity-building training.
There was a very tragic incident in
Aceh recently, of a girl who killed herself
because she was reported by the media
as a prostitute, even though there was
no evidence of it. As a woman and as a
member of the media yourself, how do you
feel about this?
As a journalist, I would review again why
she, Putri, was arbitrarily branded a pros-
titute. Any information involving Sharia is
issued by the Islamic Sharia Of ce. If the
reporter had been more sensitive and car-
ing, he would have checked with the Of-
fce, or asked the victim or the accused. Or
the word alleged could have been added
to the story. But from what I read in the pa-
pers, the journalist never bothered to con-
frm with Putri or her friend, to balance the
story. I think however, that this only came
out because Putri committed suicide. If she
had not, no one would have cared.
In your view, was Putri treated unfairly?
If the reporter had written a balanced
story, this would never have happened.
How many active women journalists are
there in Aceh?
From data we obtained in 2010, there are
25 women for every 115 men. Of the 25, only
six are print reporters. Others work in tele-
vision stations, as presenters.
Is that because few women are
interested in reporting?
Actually, when I ask women, they are in-
terested in doing reporting work. But the
pay is low, the risks are high. Some feel
pressured because they get no support
from their parents. If they come home late,
they also fear the possible consequences of
being branded bad women.
What are the problems that most grab
the interest of the media in Aceh?
Much in the news are issues of educa-
tion, health and how to improve the peo-
ples economy.
What about corruption?
Of course. Recently, there was the case
of the North Aceh regent and his deputy
who were involved in a Rp220 billion cor-
ruption case.
Is crime part of your coverage?
Yes, but because of a shortage of quali-
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sense of solidarity is linked to violence.
What triggers violence? Where does it
come from?
It can come from anywhere, for exam-
ple from flms which emphasize violence
as the solution to problems. It can even
come from the students homes. For ex-
ample, some parents claim to hit their kids
because they care for them. And the kids
think, so thats the way to care.
The lack of space in the city is seen as one
factor in triggering student brawls, because
there is no way for youths to use up their
high energy.
Thats true. Where can the kids go now-
adays when they want to have fun? Theres
no space for them to play football, so they
end up hanging out at malls or on the
street. They need to be taught how to chan-
nel their energy: scream out loud, turn on
the music loudly would be a few examples.
They must be asked to do things that are
social in nature, that would contribute to
the public good.
Many youths suppress their energy and
seek relaxation through drugs.
Sometimes, they dont know where to
go when they have problems. They fnd
SCHOOLS NEED TO
IMPROVE THEIR IMAGE
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WO weeks ago, a tragic incident cast a pall over our
school system. Alawi Yusianto Putra, a student at
State High School (SMA) 6, died following an attack
by students from a neighboring school, SMA 70, in
South Jakarta. Two days later, in the same general
area, Deni Yanuar, a student of SMA Yayasan Karya 66, died after
he was attacked by a group of students as he alighted from a bus.
Unfortunately, these two deaths are stark examples of the ris-
ing number of victims of violent student brawls in Indonesia. Ac-
cording to the Indonesian Commission on the Protection of Chil-
dren, this year alone, 17 youths have died in areas of Jakarta, Bo-
gor, Tangerang and Bekasi. In the past, after such incidents, the
police usually make an appearance at the schools and convey
their condolences to the parents. Then they set up banners at the
schools front gates, in big letters, condemning student brawls.
But the brawls continue unabated, as if they had become stan-
dard procedure.
The schools, like SMA 70 and SMA 6, continue to brawl from
year to year. Some psychologists say this chronic disease can be
prevented. That is the conviction of Linda Saptatdji Yahya, a se-
nior psychologist with years of experience. With proper train-
ing, we can change their mindsets, Linda told Tempo, referring
to secondary school students.
Linda is well-known for her training in recognizing ones po-
tential to help end the tradition of brawling among students of
the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). In Lindas opinion,
students involved in brawls are young, energetic kids who dont
know they want out of life. What is needed, she says, are a bit of
patience and the help of parents to help students fnd their way
and their lifes objective.
Two weeks ago, Tempo reporters Adek Media Roza, Purwani
Diyah Prabandari and photographer Jacky Rahmansyah met Lin-
da at her home in Bekasi, for a special interview. Excerpts:
peace through drugs. We can teach them
to fnd peace within themselves. And that
is by pushing them to think positively, to
have an objective in life, a target they want
to achieve
Can you explain that in detail?
We must help kids to know what they
want to achieve in their lives. They should
be asked to explain what they would do to
achieve their targets. When they are used
to that, it will be an inseparable part of his
character. They may deviate when they en-
counter problems, but only for a while be-
cause they will automatically get back on
track. Vision and mission must be made a
part of the youths grand design.
Is the course, Know Yourself and Extend
Your Potential what you teach to students
involved in brawling?
Yes. Helping those who are involved in
brawls or are seen as problem kids, means
changing how they look at things. Each
person has a diferent viewpoint. What
happens when peoples way of looking at
things difer? Usually, they fght. We teach
them to think positively towards diferent
things, by seeing them from the oppposing
view. We tell them to say, hey... thats cool T
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Student brawls seem to have become a
normal part of schooling, even when they
have led to a number of deaths. What is your
view on this?
Fighting is actually something that is
quite normal, because students still have a
narrow way of thinking about a particular
problem. What is abnormal is the group at-
tack which results in fatalities. Unfortunate-
ly, brawls or violence among studentspar-
ticularly during their initiation periodhas
been accepted as part of a schools tradition
by both the teachers and the parents. Many
people actually tolerate brawling.
How did such an attitude become accept-
able?
There are some teachers who are reluc-
tant to punish problem studentsthose
who are psychotic or those who resort
to violence because they are high-achiev-
ers. Students often dont know how to ob-
tain recognition from others. Yet there is a
strong enough pressure to demonstrate ex-
istence, to obtain recognition from their
peers. Ultimately, they choose the negative
path, like bullyingin order to get the rec-
ognition and the fear of their younger col-
leagues. Being part of a group and having a
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cult to be made aware, especially their lead-
ers?
Correct. They are very defensive when
they are criticized. Whatever we say, they
will regard it as a threat. They must be giv-
en something to enable them to resolve
lifes problems, including to control ones
emotions. In other words, how to teach
people to control ones emotions. This is
essential as a basis of their training.
Do you agree with the view that Indone-
sians tend to be reactive when facing prob-
lems?
Reactive people act without consider-
ing the consequences. So, teaching to take
a responsive attitude is to make those kids
think on the impact of their actions. After
the training, the youths will still be able to
get angry, to be disappointed. The difer-
ence is how they resolve problems. I be-
lieve many in Indonesia need this kind of
training, not just students.
How big are the changes after they re-
ceive the training?
Although they may have attended the
training, it will not be easy for the stu-
dents to change immediately because of
too many challenges. For example, when
they leave school, a friend is bound to tease
them: Heres a new item, why stop? Even
Mick Jagger is still using it. To think they
had just been made aware of their errors.
What should be the teachers role?
Teachers must have strong leadership
qualities. Teachers are not friends, he must
have integrity, frmness and demonstrate his
authority, yet remain warm towards his stu-
dents. To prevent brawls, teachers must re-
main ever alert and regularly check for sharp
weapons in class. But we should sympathize
with them, we demand a lot of them, but
their economic condition is still weak.
For such a training that you mentioned,
what kind of contribution is expected of par-
ents?
Many of them communicate well with
their children and act like parents, not
friends. They must impose clear rules
of the game, enforced at home and else-
where. Some parents wash their hands of
their kids, thinking all issues concerning
them are the responsibility of the teachers.
Many students blame their parents when
they have problems. I just want to instill an
awareness in them that whatever the par-
ent does, it is because it is the best way of
showing to convey their love.
Young people need inspiration, not just
from parents and teachers, but also from
leaders. Do we have leaders that can be role
models who are inspiring?
We have lost leaders who had integrity,
loyal leaders who were committed, hon-
est and courageous. Young as they are,
the students understand there is corrup-
tion everywhere in the country, that many
of cials are reluctant to make a commit-
ment. Well, the kids are emulating that. No
one has integrity enough, according to stu-
dents. One can say society is being af icte-
with a crisis of confdence. We used to have
great leaders, like Gus Dur, Nurcholis Mad-
jid and Hatta. Its not saying there are none
today, but perhaps we must look for them.
In such a siituation, television programs
and the news must feature inspiring mod-
els for the students.
There was once some talk about merging
SMA 70 and SMA 6 schools. What do you
think?
In my view, perhaps what is needed is
image building. The impact will be im-
mense. It would be like us going to ITB
and there would be a banner, written on
it: Welcome to students and the nations
hope. Imagine the students pride, know-
ing they are described as the nations hope.
That is image building, even though we lat-
er laugh about it. This gives a positive psy-
chological efect. Thats what is known as
reframing. Today, the SMKL students rare-
ly brawl anymore after the SMK school
was located elsewhere. Perhaps SMA 70
and SMA 6 can change brands, and change
their brand to be SMA Peace-Loving.
LINDA SAPTADJI YAHYA
Place & Date of Birth:
Cirebon, West Java, September 7,
1961
Education:
BSc in Psychology, University of
Indonesia (1980)
Career:
Tribina Associates Psychologist &
Trainer
Psiko Utama Associate Psikolog
untuk seleksi rekrutmen & training
manager
Training Consultant to 25 companies
(since 2000)
Trainer at 15 department and
government agencies, provincial
administrations, DPR, DPRD, State
Intelligence Agency, Department of
Corrections, NGOs and SOEs
Student brawl in Matraman,
Jakarta, November 2011.
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too! Yes, they will laugh when they are
taught to do this at class, but it will have an
impact and widen their way of thinking so
as to avoid tensions.
How?
I once trained students from the ITB, who
were involved in brawls. They were Geode-
si students [who often fought against fellow
students from the geology department]. I
made the leaders of the opposing groups get
to know each other, until they were friend-
ly and agreeable with each other. How was
I able to do it? Because the frst thing I did
was to change their paradigms.
Are those students involved in brawls dif-
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ter (Daud Sumolang) is shown more at ease
with his lover and the problem that they
have, fnding a suitable person for a three-
some, seems more light-hearted than oth-
ers.
This is where Parts of the Heart shows
clarity in its objective. That fnding love in
life, regardless of who it is , is a long-wind-
ed search that is not always good and nei-
ther is it always bad. The flm does not let
the audience dwell in melodramatic scenes
that tries to garner empathy. Yet it also does
not let the audience think that such an issue
can only be treated as a light-hearted joke.
In this way, Agusta blends optimism with
reality into his characters, which translates
well on screen to the audience, who sure-
ly will have felt all the things Peter felt. It is
a feeling that love can be dif cult and easy
and painful and wonderful and mundane,
as it is for everyone else. That love is the sur-
est thing in life, if only we can fnd it.
RAIN CHUDORI
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T is not merely through the black-
rimmed spectacles, or the cigarettes
that never seem to leave his fngers,
or his hesitant yet intriguing behav-
ior. Its through all those things that
director Paul Agusta introduces viewers
to his protagonist Peter, and the eight seg-
ments of Peters metamorphosis. These
segments tell the tale of Peter, and the parts
in his life that have shaped him into who he
is.
The awakening of Peter (Ardy Rinaldy)
begins in The Stolen Kiss, a scene in which
he wears Boy Scout shorts, sitting next to
his childhood crush, peacefully slumber-
ing next to him. In The Game Kiss, Peter
has traded his shorts for high school slacks
and his Boy Scouts for video games, and
the kiss is now longer, passionate and care-
less. Again and again, we see Peter change
and evolve from the young boy that he was,
searching for a kiss that only he would
know about, into a man searching for more
than a kiss.
While the storyline is classically linear,
Agusta employs the use of diferent ac-
tors to portray Peter, using only several
trademarks of Peter as a hint to the audi-
ence. This technique is well-crafted, giv-
ing the impression of the changes people
go through as they grow older. It is not just
that Peter has grown taller or heavier, it is
that Peters priorities, too, have changed.
Peters big worry was once about losing his
frst love. But his troubles have changed,
such as the disappearance of his lover in
The Last Time segment or Peter (Ade Firza
Paloh) questioning his own fdelity in Why
isnt Peter Happy?
Then there are the segments such as The
Couch and The Cat, which show a Peter who
is unconcerned, and a Peter (Joko Anwar)
sitting on the couch with his lover, who oth-
er than having developed an allergy to the
cat, seems loving and has something that
Peter has long been looking for. In 3, Pe- P
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Parts of Peters Heart
Paul Agustas third movie is a charming and
optimistic view of growing up as a gay man in Indonesia.
Director/Writer
Paul Agusta
Production
Kinekuma Pictures
FILM
Sidelines
Today I think of you as a star in the skysomething that twin-
kles and fades, yet always appears at the point of forgetting.
B
HISMA, the doctor exiled to the island of Buru in
Laksmi Pamuntjaks novel, Amba, writes this short
sentence on 28 December 1973. He writes it for the
woman he has left behind in Java, and then hides
it beneath a tree. He never knows whether Amba fnds it and
reads it; he never returns, following his disappearance in 1965.
The novel, published this week by Gramedia Pustaka Utama,
comes to us indirectly at the point of forgetting. A disappeared
person; to stress his absence, the novel presents
only the few letters unearthed from beneath the
tree in a corner of Buru Island. We get the voice of a
person, Bhisma, who twinkles and fades.
Amba is one of a few novels that stress the sense
of anxiety plaguing us in Indonesia these days: the
anxiety that the terrifying events of 1965 will be
lost, stripped from collective memory. We do not
want to return to brutality.
It is not surprising that the events of 1965 have
appeared recently in literature (before Amba there
was Candhik Ala by Tinuk R. Yampolsky, Blues
Merbabu by Gitanyali, and soon to come is Leila S.
Chudoris novel, Pulang). Amba is diferent in that
its story is about the life of the political prisoners
on Buru Island, told through Bhismas hidden let-
ters: there is anger at cruelty, but also humor, wonder, even op-
timism. Every letter is compelling.
Was it really like this? We usually ask of a novel about 1965
that it set history straight. The current generation is aware
that it was not given the true picture about what went on with
the political violence of 1965. The New Order pushed its own
explanation, through flms we were obliged to watch, history
books, and the strictly controlled media, but also through ter-
ror and censorship. As a reaction, what we see now is an attempt
at liberation from this 33-year long regimentation of memory.
Earlier I said that we are at the point of forgetting: forget-
ting that leads to the absence of enthusiasm for what is true and
just, the absence of things that are more than mere practical
life. Maybe this is why these days fction based on history feels
more true than the writing of history or historiography.
But actually these two types of narrative about the past are
closer than you might think.
No matter what, the past is the present with an adaptor. We
live today with memories that are not necessarily precise about
the past. We need mechanisms to adjust the remembered X to
the narrated X1.
So historiography is not a replica of experience. Of course
one can say that a writer of history works with institutional ref-
erenceupheld by the academe or the acknowledged commu-
nity of historiansto obtain presentations that are as objective
as possible. But there are at least two things that frequently pre-
vent history books from representing living experience.
The frst is their narrative thrust. Historical stories need di-
rection, and probably even tension and climax. If these are not
there, readers will make them themselves. But life, particular-
ly the life of the majority of people, is infnitely diverse, unclear
in its suspense and climaxessomething that would be obvious
were we to make flm recordings of our lives every minute for a
period of, say, 45 years. Faced with this, writers of history need
shape in narration. Their works are not so difer-
ent from those of novelists.
The second is the desire for reason. An event is
pushed to make sense, in particular it has to be
placed within the relationship of cause-and-efect.
In the desire for reason, there is nothing without
explanation; there is no smoke without fre.
But explanations that make sense, as in the re-
lationship of cause-and-efect, are actually made
by human thoughtparticularly by historians who
analyze and link one event with another. Even
though many things are contingent in their out-
comes and origins. Every attempt of narrative to
place these events within a framewith a neat fow
and relationships of cause-and-efect that make
sensemake historiography move a few meters
further from the truth. Particularly when that frame is deter-
mined by power that wants to use history books for self legiti-
mation.
Fiction, or literature, can be freer of that ensnaring frame.
Literature does not remember in the sense of repeating what
has gone before. Literature creates. Mark Twain said, When
we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life
stands explained. Literature rescues mystery from the arro-
gance of the analysts. Literature is prepared to confront what
does not make sense.
Maybe this is why Salman Rushdies Midnights Children fus-
es contemporary Indian history with mythology and fantastic
tales, enriched by play with allegory and words that can be hu-
morous. Amba also leaves points of mystery. It has poetry. But
it chooses a form that is more realistic by leaving the clash be-
tween myth (the story of Bhisma and Amba in the Mahabhara-
ta) with history, between history and someones life. This nov-
el, with its impressive research, is serious business.
Without perpetuating the tragedy and horror of 1965, Amba
seems to be aware of one thing, and presents it in an elegant
way: the wounds of history can be healed, but they should not
become amusing.
Goenawan Mohamad
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