News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| 2 months ago
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has shrugged off a warning from Indonesia's president that a war-crimes probe into the 1975 killings of five journalists could damage ties. Rudd said the row over Australia's surprise 'Balibo Five' investigation...
News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| 2 months ago
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is facing pressure to explain a massive US$671 million bailout of a small bank. The fallout from the bailout of Century Bank is growing as the Central Audit Agency looks into whether it was justified.
News Source: The Jakarta Post
| 2 months ago
Since Balibo, directed by Australian Robert Conolly, was released two months ago, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have surprised Jakarta by announcing it has reopened its investigation into deaths the journalists, known as the Balibo Five. Both...
News Source: Al Jazeera
| 2 months ago
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the Indonesian president, said on Thursday that the decision to launch a fresh investigation into the deaths of the so-called "Balibo Five" would harm relations between the three countries involved. "Frankly, this of course...
News Source: The Daily Telegraph
| 2 months ago
And it won't be good for the interests of the Indonesian people." Mr Faizasyah said the film, which contradicts the official Indonesian explanation that the journalists were accidentally killed in crossfire, could spark confusion. But he stopped...
News Source: Scoop
| 2 months ago
Indonesia Human Rights Committee, Box 68-419, Auckland, 1125 9 September, 2009 Media Release: Australia’s Balibo war crimes investigation welcomed and NZ Government urged to support it and challenge Indonesia to come to the party. The Indonesia...