Indonesia is considering proposals to block Internet sites that are deemed to violate “public decency” and privacy, provoking a barrage of criticism from bloggers and web users.
Fresh from a round of film and book bans, the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is now turning its sights on the Internet in what critics say is [...]

Bank Central Asia (BCA) releases an official statement regarding cracked ATMs in Kuta, Bali. For the time being the bank is suspecting them to be criminal action.
“There are indications of PIN theft done through peeping by unauthorized parties while the customers are doing transactions at BCA ATMs in Bali a few weeks ago,” said the [...]

Former chief detective, Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji before the inquiry committee, Wednesday, confirms a number of statements by former VP Jusuf Kalla, at the House of Rep. building, Jakarta.
In his testimony Susno confirms that he received the command to detain Century Bank’s owner, Robert Tantular, from the National Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso, implementing the [...]

Smart Telecom, one of Indonesia’s CDMA telecommunication service providers, (together with ZTE and Qualcomm) announced that it has successfully constructed and launched the world’s first commercial EV-DO (Evolution Data Optimized) Rev.B network. The network has been launched in Bali, Indonesia recently. In this first phase, 48 CDMA base stations have been upgraded to EV-DO Rev.B [...]

Guruh Soekarnoputra, the brother of former president Megawati Soekarnoputri, here on Saturday declared his readiness to lead the Indonesia Democratic Party Struggle for 2010-2015.
“I am ready and willing to become PDIP’s general chairman. To me leading PDIP for the next five years is a call and a noble task to realize the ideals of the [...]

The Indonesian Committee for State Assets Rescue (KPKN) driven by several activists like Marwan Batubara and Adhie Massardi urged Century special committee to summon President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). According to them, there are seven issues must to be clarified by the president on the case involving Rp 6.7 trillion of fund.
“We want SBY to [...]

More than 200 Indonesian Muslims protested in Jakarta Sunday against an underground wall being built to block a network of tunnels crossing Egypt’s border with the Gaza Strip.
The demonstrators from the Voice of Palestine support group carried banners reading “Stop Building Steel Wall on Gaza” and chanted “Die America, Die Egypt” in front of the [...]

A special House of Representatives committee of inquiry is scheduled to question Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati regarding the controversial Rp 6.76 trillion (US$ 710 million) bailout of Bank Century.
Boediono and Sri Mulyani are expected to clarify their roles as former Bank Indonesia (BI) governor and Finance Minister respectively, in the [...]