Sri when will you come home

Sri when will you come home. You left without telling me. They say you went to the market to buy prawn paste, but you still haven't come home... come back now Sri... come back now. (adapted from Sri Run Away by Sony Josz)

Having rid themselves of reformist Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Indonesia's political elite will be able to get back to business as usual and put the Bank Century probe behind them.

Kompas - May 29, 2010

Rattan also needs image building

Man: Rattan also needs image building, right?

Rattan producers say that the government needs to promote the rattan industry and lift a ban on the export of unprocessed fiber, which has resulted in a dramatic decline in the numbers of raw rattan producers and threatens a formerly a reliable source of income for many local communities.

Kompas - May 26, 2010

Driverless

Observers say that without the vote pulling appeal if its patron President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono – who is not be eligible to run for the presidency again – the Democrat Party vehicle will find itself in the political doldrums come the 2014 general elections.

Kompas - May 26, 2010

Now we're free from terrorism

1st Man: Now we're free from terrorism

2nd Man: Free? Are you kidding?

Critics say that unless the government addresses the issues of poverty, injustice and the sense of desperation this breeds, and stops pandering to conservative and hard-line groups for short-term political gain, Islamic extremists will continue will to attract new recruits to the terrorist cause.

Kompas - May 19, 2010

Farewell politicking

Suits: Political parties, funny companies, tax mafia

Speculation is rife that President Yudhoyono forced Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati to resign as part of a deal brokered with Golkar Party chairperson and business tycoon Aburizal Bakrie in which Golkar will ease up on the Bank Century probe in exchange for an end to the prosecution of Bakrie-owned companies for tax evasion.

Kompas - May 8, 2010

Up for auction

Government official: Up for auction, up for auction...

Man: Ooo... So it's worth as much as that...

Shrugging off impassioned protests from archaeologists, who say it is selling off the nation's heritage for the sake of short-term gain, the government will press ahead with a plan to auction off millions of dollars worth of ancient artifacts recovered from a 1,000-year-old shipwreck in West Java waters.

Kompas - May 5, 2010

Liberation

Kompas - May 2, 2010

Godzilla

Man: In just a moment we will witness the comic play Gecko vs the Crocodile Part II... staring: Godzilla the case broker!!

Sign reads: Republic of clowns

A court order for the AGO – dubbed "Godzilla" in the long-running saga – to continue its indictment against two Corruption Eradication Commission deputies has raised doubts that the AGO was ever really serious about dropping the trumped up case.

Kompas - May 1, 2010