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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08JAKARTA432 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED - WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta delivered the letter contained in reftel demarche to Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu on February 27. Post followed up on status of USTR Schwab's letter and delivered demarche points to Untung Suwarso, Deputy Director of Bilateral Cooperation, [...] |
2008-03-03 09:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTO ID |
| 08JAKARTA433 |
THE SUHARTOS WIN ANOTHER DEFAMATION SUIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court has awarded Tommy Suharto--son of the late president--a USD $550,000 defamation award in a suit against a state agency. Tommy filed the defamation suit in response to a civil case alleging that he had cheated in a land deal, one of several ongoing legal actions [...] |
2008-03-03 09:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
| 08JAKARTA434 |
IRAN/UNSC -- PRESSING INDONESIA TO SUPPORT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Mission continued efforts to convince Indonesia to support the draft UNSC resolution on Iran's nuclear program. A senior GOI official told the Ambassador on March 3 that Indonesia acknowledged Iran's continued enrichment activities and recognized the strength of UNSC support fo [...] |
2008-03-03 09:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL PARM UNSC ID IR |
| 08JAKARTA435 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] Summary. Indonesian Air Force (IAF) officer Colonel Robert confirmed that IAF ordered the antiskid generator test set detailed in reftel from CV Langgeng Mandiri Jati (Langgeng. He said that the IAF received the item on October 29, 2007 and that it has been used to check the function of the F- [...] |
2008-03-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ECON ID |
| 08JAKARTA436 |
BLUE LANTERN POST SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] Air Vice Marshal Sunaryo of the Indonesian Air Force (IAF) office of Material Maintenance and Supply Command told us on February 4, 2008 that IAF received the air data amplifier for its C130 aircraft detailed in reftel and confirmed that the spare parts are used for the purpose stated on the l [...] |
2008-03-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ECON ID SN |
| 08JAKARTA440 |
BALI BOMBERS' CASE BACK IN COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Attorneys for the three terrorists on death row for carrying out the 2002 Bali bombings will have an opportunity to present evidence in support of their latest request for judicial review on March 10. A Bali judge denied the defense's request to move the trial venue to Central [...] |
2008-03-04 06:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER ID |
| 08JAKARTA443 |
U.S. ENVOY TO THE OIC -- NOTIFYING INDONESIA [...] (U) Per reftel request, Mission has notified the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) via diplomatic note that the President has appointed Sada Cumber as the U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Mission has also provided DEPLU with a copy of Sad [...] |
2008-03-04 09:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIC KISL ID |
| 08JAKARTA445 |
Five ex-GAM killed in Aceh attack [...] (U) Summary. In the worst single incident of violence since the signing of the Helsinki Peace MoU, at least 5 former GAM members were killed on March 1 in an attack on a local office in Central Aceh. The attack followed a series of clashes between former-GAM members and supporters of a local ga [...] |
2008-03-04 09:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL MARR ECON ASEC SOCI ID |
| 08JAKARTA446 |
U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- SEEKING SUPPORT ON [...] (U) Poloff reviewed reftel points with Salman Al Farisi, Director General in the Directorate of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU), on February 29. Poloff--noting the importance of the issue of climate change--urged Indonesia to reach [...] |
2008-03-04 10:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IO ID MV |
| 08JAKARTA450 |
PARLIAMENT PASSES LEGISLATION FOR 2009 ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 3, the Indonesian legislature (DPR) passed complicated legislation governing the 2009 parliamentary elections. The new legislation, inter alia, raises the number of DPR seats by 10 and requires parties to obtain a minimum percentage of the overall vote in order to win [...] |
2008-03-05 08:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 08JAKARTA451 |
EAST NUSA TENGGARA: POLICE FOCUS ON TRANS-NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: While West Timor and the other islands that make up the province of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) grapple with wide-spread poverty, thousands of refugees from neighboring Timor Leste, and limited attention from the central government, the security situation and police performance are p [...] |
2008-03-05 08:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PHUM KWMN SMIG KIRF KISL PGOV PTER |
| 08JAKARTA452 |
BURMA -- USG-SPONSORED CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE IN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An intensive USG-sponsored conference on "The Role of ASEAN Civil Society in Supporting Human Rights and Democracy in Burma" will take place in Jakarta March 6-7. Over 20 regional experts will [...] |
2008-03-05 10:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID BM ID |
| 08JAKARTA455 |
BURMA -- URGING INDONESIA TO HELP WITH S/E [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed Ref A points regarding UN Special Envoy Gambari's visit to Burma with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). DEPLU contact told Pol/C that Indonesia was already doing just that: President Yudhoyono had sent a letter to Burmese regime leader Than Shwe urging [...] |
2008-03-06 02:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID BM UN |
| 08JAKARTA459 |
C-D18-00223 -- INDONESIAN REACTION TO ANTI-ISLAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction in Indonesia to the expected release of the Dutch anti-Islamic video has been calm. So far, there have been no incidents or major protests related to the matter. Local media outlets have hardly reported on the possible release of the video. We have touched base with [...] |
2008-03-06 05:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ID |
| 08JAKARTA460 |
ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER FIRE AFTER ARREST OF TOP PROSECUTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has come uner intense public scrutiny after the arrest of a tp anti-corruption prosecutor. The prosecutor wa in possession of USD $6"00,000 when he was arresed by Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) inestigators. The arrest came just afte [...] |
2008-03-06 06:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
| 08JAKARTA462 |
IRAN -- PRESSING INDONESIA ON YUDHOYONO'S TRIP [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume in a March 6 meeting with Ambassador Alwi Shihab urged that President Yudhoyono use his upcoming trip to Tehran to press Iran to meet its nonproliferation obligations. He also urged Indonesia to support Kosovo at the upcoming OIC Summit. Shihab explained that al [...] |
2008-03-06 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP UNSC ID IR |
| 08JAKARTA464 |
Five Suspects Arrested in Aceh ex-GAM killings [...] (U) Summary. Five suspects were arrested on March 5 in relation to the March 1 killings of five ex-GAM members and injury of seven others during an attack on a KPA office in Central Aceh. TQ motive for the attack remains unclear and the police maintain the suspects are not ex-militia or membe [...] |
2008-03-06 10:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL MARR ECON ASEC SOCI ID |
| 08JAKARTA469 |
INDONESIAN ECONOMY - CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary: Local economists remain cautiously optimistic about Indonesian economic forecasts for 2008 despite global and local pressures. Indonesia's 2008 economic growth will be 6.0-6.3%, down from the originally forecasted 6.8%, according to economists. The U.S. economic slowdown combine [...] |
2008-03-10 03:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA472 |
Indonesian National Police Discipline Finalize Use of Force [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: the Indonesian National Police (INP) has approved their Use of Force Policy (UOF) and Use of Force Continuum Policy for nationwide socialization. The new policy is inclusive a UOF Report that re [...] |
2008-03-10 05:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ID |
| 08JAKARTA474 |
OIC -- PASSING S/E CUMBER'S CONTACT INFORMATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian officials look forward to meeting U.S. Special Envoy Sada Cumber on the margins of the upcoming OIC Summit in Dakar. Indonesia is an active OIC member and participates in a number of OIC-led initiatives. END SUMMARY 2. (U) GOI -- HAPPY TO MEET S/E CUMBER: Poloff [...] |
2008-03-10 07:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL OIC ID |
| 08JAKARTA478 |
PAPUA -- UPDATE ON BANNED BOOK AND DETAINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts remain angry over a decision by Indonesian authorities to ban a book by a Papuan author. Authorities have not arrested the author of the book, which is strongly anti-Indonesian. The trial of Papuan human rights lawyer Sabar Iwanggin for "inciting public hatred" is proc [...] |
2008-03-10 08:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PROP SCUL ID |
| 08JAKARTA481 |
BURMA -- JAKARTA CONFERENCE ISSUES ROBUST [...] (C) SUMMARY: A regional USG-funded civil society conference on Burma concluded March 7 in Jakarta with a declaration calling on ASEAN to reject the regime's May referendum unless there was genuine dialogue and popular involvement. With participation by regional experts--including a monk who [...] |
2008-03-10 10:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID BM ID |
| 08JAKARTA484 |
BEIRUT CONFERENCE -- URGING INDONESIAN ATTENDANCE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Trini Gunarti, Deputy Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU), on March 10. Poloff stressed that--as a Muslim-majority democracy and contributor to UNIFIL--Indonesia should show support for Lebanon by attending [...] |
2008-03-11 03:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS ID LE |
| 08JAKARTA488 |
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN? -- GUS DUR JOINS 2009 RACE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On March 9, Abdurrachman Wahid (aka "Gus Dur") announced that he will run for president again in 2009. The former president--who is in poor health--faces extremely long odds even if he can overcome several [...] |
2008-03-11 05:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 08JAKARTA491 |
IRAN -- INDONESIAN LABOR KEEPS UP PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian labor union has held a rally demanding the release of imprisoned Iranian labor leaders. The rally took place outside of the Iranian Embassy in Jakarta. The group called on President Yudhoyono to postpone his trip to Iran, which began on March 10. Our guess is that [...] |
2008-03-11 07:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ID IR |
| 08JAKARTA503 |
GOI BANS CHEMICAL WEAPONS AS PART OF BROADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian parliament has passed legislation to implement commitments under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The legislation is a welcome step which improves Indonesia's export control regime and imposes stiff criminal penalties for proscribed uses. As part of a broa [...] |
2008-03-12 06:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA504 |
INDONESIA -- HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ROLLOUT [...] (U) On March 12, Mission publicly disseminated the 2007 Country Report on Human Rights Practices chapter on Indonesia. Mission's Public Diplomacy Section posted the full text of the Indonesia chapter on Mission's web-site (www.usembassyjakarta.org), as well as a story about Secretary Rice's [...] |
2008-03-12 09:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA505 |
IRAN -- PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO HIGHLIGHTS TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono visited Tehran from March 10-12. While there, he highlighted bilateral economic cooperation and downplayed the controversy over Iran's nuclear program. Although he signed some deals in the economic area, the nuclear controversy was never far from the surfac [...] |
2008-03-12 09:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINS ID IR |
| 08JAKARTA508 |
INDONESIA PORT SECURITY ADVISORY EXEMPTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on March 10, 2008, an International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code verification team from U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) informed Deputy Director for Patrol and Security Untung, Head of Section for Security Affairs Mukhlis Tohepaly, and other Directorate Genera [...] |
2008-03-12 10:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KHLS PTER PREL ECON ETRD ID |
| 08JAKARTA511 |
Clean Energy Opportunities in Indonesia [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary Paulson's announcement of a Clean Technology Fund (CTF) comes at an opportune time for Indonesia and our bilateral relationship. Indonesia is an environmental superpower with the world's largest store of biological diversity. It is also the third largest Greenhouse Gas [...] |
2008-03-13 05:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV SENV ID |
| 08JAKARTA513 |
MALAYSIAN ELECTIONS -- INDONESIAN REACTION MUTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of Malaysia's elections, the GOI has publicly underscored that relations will remain stable and strong. Indonesian media and observers have been less restrained, however, hailing the results as an important step in Malaysia becoming a "real democracy." Indonesi [...] |
2008-03-13 07:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO ID MY |
| 08JAKARTA515 |
INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS JANUARY - [...] Summary. Indonesia's inflation in February came as expected at 7.4% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, after an unexpectedly large jump in January. Bank Indonesia (BI) has maintained its reference interest rate at 8% for the past four months. Indonesia's economy grew at 6.3% in 2007, the fastest [...] |
2008-03-13 08:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA516 |
INDONESIA'S HOUSE SPEAKER LOOKS TO MOVE UP THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's legislative and presidential elections will take place next year and House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Laksono is one of the many political luminaries plotting his next move. Long considered the Forrest Gump of Indonesian politics, Laksono hopes his penchant fo [...] |
2008-03-13 08:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 08JAKARTA517 |
IAGGA INDONESIA REPORT [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in STATE 18836, regarding the International Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Act. Below is the text of Embassy Jakarta's report. Government Efforts ------------------ 2. (U) The Government of Indonesia (GOI) is in the process of a significant [...] |
2008-03-13 08:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
| 08JAKARTA518 |
ANNAPOLIS PROCESS -- JAKARTA POSTPONES CAPACITY [...] (U) Indonesian officials have announced that the "Africa-Asia Capacity Building Conference for Palestine" (reftel), which notionally had been slated to take place in Jakarta in late March or early April 2008, will be postponed. The conference, which Indonesia is organizing with South Africa, [...] |
2008-03-13 09:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ID SF XF |
| 08JAKARTA52 |
TNI PROMOTIONS: TIME TO DECLARE VICTORY [...] (C) Over the past two months, President Yudhoyono has replaced the top echelon of the Indonesian military command. All four of the top slots--the TNI Commander and the Army, Navy and Air Force Chiefs--have changed hands (reftels). SBY has made these moves quietly, and without great fanfare. W [...] |
2008-01-09 10:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR MASS ID |
| 08JAKARTA521 |
PAPUA -- CONTINUED IMPATIENCE WITH IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many Papuans remain impatient with the slow pace of GOI implementation of the provinces' Special Autonomy Law, which is supposed to give the region enhanced self-governing powers. President Yudhoyono is moving to resolve one outstanding issue, the legal status of West Papua, wh [...] |
2008-03-14 04:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM ID |
| 08JAKARTA522 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: RESULT POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] Summary. The Indonesian Air Force confirmed receipt of spare parts listed in reftel and that they are being used for the purpose stated on the license. We conducted a site visit to Indonesian firm PT Wira Kreasi Persada (Wira) and it appears to be a reliable recipient of United States Munitio [...] |
2008-03-14 07:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ECON ID |
| 08JAKARTA524 |
EXTREMIST MEDIA GETS SOPHISTICATED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jemaah Islamiyah and other radical Islamists have had their ability to carry-out terrorist operations severely weakened in the last few years. Elements of these groups, however, still exist and they are increasingly focusing their energies on spreading radical thinking through [...] |
2008-03-14 09:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KPAO SOCI ID |
| 08JAKARTA526 |
UPDATE ON MEGAPORT INITIATIVE IN INDONESIA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-14 09:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT ID KNNP KTIA PREL TRGY |
| 08JAKARTA528 |
BURMA REFERENDUM -- U.S./INDONESIA ON THE SAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with a contact at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on March 14. Pol/C stressed the importance of ASEAN and Indonesia pressing the regime on its proposed referendum and election. DEPLU said it shared U.S. concerns, noting that it had made thes [...] |
2008-03-14 09:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ID BM |
| 08JAKARTA529 |
ACTION REQUEST RE U.S. NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 6. 2. (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 3. (U) Ref B provided Mission recommendations on how to proceed with the next phase of negotiations on the draft MOU for the U.S. Naval Medical Research [...] |
2008-03-14 09:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID |
| 08JAKARTA536 |
INDONESIA -- REACTION TO THE 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Indonesian media has reacted in straightforward fashion to the 2007 Country Report on Human Rights Practices. Government officials and activists expressed general agreement with the Indonesia chapter of the report, commenting that while Indonesia has made progress, it still [...] |
2008-03-17 06:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ID |
| 08JAKARTA54 |
ISLAMIC PARTY VALUES PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAMS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Leaders of Indonesia's largest Islamic party (PKS) told the Ambassador that separatism, climate change and transnational crime were the greatest threats to Indonesia's security. PKS officials sa [...] |
2008-01-09 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KISL KPAO ID |
| 08JAKARTA543 |
USG, GOI SIGN AGREEMENT FOR REGIONAL VOLCANO OBSERVATORY [...] (U) Summary. On March 14, Ambassador Hume and the Head of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources' (MOE) Geological Agency, Bambang Dwiyanto, signed an agreement to establish a regional volcano observatory in North Sulawesi. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will implement the agreement in [...] |
2008-03-17 09:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID TPHY ECON PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA544 |
RAMPING UP ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has ratcheted up its engagement with the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR), resulting in improved dialogue with this increasingly powerful--but capacity poor--institution. Building upon an existing USG program, Mission has formed an internal committee to further [...] |
2008-03-17 09:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA545 |
COUNTERTERRORISM -- EXPLORING DERADICALIZATION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly.. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: CT experts from Indonesia led a recent training workshop which focused on strategies for deradicalizing terrorists in prison. Mission was one of four co-sponsors of the workshop, which includ [...] |
2008-03-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ID |
| 08JAKARTA548 |
ENVIRONMENTAL OUTREACH WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Jakarta co-hosted a reception on March 14 with National Geographic (NG) and Indonesian television network ANTV at the Ambassador's residence. More than 200 guests from the media, government, civil society, and the private sector attended. The event, titled "Celebrate Indo [...] |
2008-03-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ID |
| 08JAKARTA55 |
KEEPING INDONESIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES IN [...] (C) I would like to appeal for your support in finalizing the 2007 Indonesia Country Report on Human Rights Practices. Indonesia has changed dramatically in the last ten years and continues to consolidate these changes. The report needs to include language in the introduction that recognizes t [...] |
2008-01-09 11:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ID |
| 08JAKARTA56 |
KEEPING INDONESIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES IN [...] (C) I would like to appeal for your support in finalizing the 2007 Indonesia Country Report on Human Rights Practices. Indonesia has changed dramatically in the last ten years and continues to consolidate these changes. The report needs to include language in the introduction that recognizes t [...] |
2008-01-09 11:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ID |
| 08JAKARTA561 |
PAPUA -- TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian military tribunal has sentenced four soldiers to jail for rape and desertion in Biak, Papua. The GOI also continues to investigate an incident where soldiers allegedly shot and killed a Papuan civilian. In a separate development, authorities plan to charge two Pa [...] |
2008-03-18 08:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM ID |
| 08JAKARTA566 |
INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 2008 [...] Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) praised Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the January 30 Congressional Record for his engagement on forestry and orangutan protection. President Yudhoyono highlighted the link between orangutan protection, forest conservation, and the reduction of gre [...] |
2008-03-19 00:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
| 08JAKARTA571 |
COUNTERTERRORISM -- TRILATERAL GROUP MEETS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Trilateral CT Working Group--comprising the U.S., Australia, and Japan--held a regular meeting on March 14 in Jakarta. The group reviewed CT assistance programs. Mission continues to find the Working Group highly useful in coordinating programs and maximizing donor assis [...] |
2008-03-19 04:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS ID AS JA |
| 08JAKARTA578 |
Indonesia - Post Contingency Planning and Updated [...] (SBU) Summary: Our Emergency Action Committee reviewed and reaffirmed our Avian Influenza (AI) tripwires on March 13. This cable provides minor updates to the original tripwires. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Following a review of Ref A, the Mission's Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) updated E [...] |
2008-03-19 08:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU AMED CASC AMGT PGOV SOCI ID ASEC |
| 08JAKARTA579 |
PRESIDENTIAL CRITIC LOSES DEFAMATION SUIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 17, a former Deputy Speaker of Parliament was sentenced to eight months in prison for defaming President Yudhoyono (the sentence was subsequently suspended). The former legislator had publicly accused the president of hiding a previous marriage. SBY's decision to tak [...] |
2008-03-19 08:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 08JAKARTA58 |
NEW ASEAN SEC GEN INSTATED; U.S. COOPERATION ABSENT FROM [...] (U) Dr. Surin Pitsuwan replaced outgoing Secretary General Ong Keng Yong as leader of the ASEAN Secretariat in an official ceremony on January 7 in Jakarta. Dr. Surin pledged to continue to advance ASEAN's goals of creating a single market, narrowing the development gap, and promoting a peacef [...] |
2008-01-11 00:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM |
| 08JAKARTA582 |
INDONESIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Mission believes that Indonesian participation in the upcoming Higher Education Summit for Global Development is vital. We welcome this initiative and request that the USG invite four Indonesian educators to the event. In addition, we request further input regarding the [...] |
2008-03-19 10:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID OEXC ID |
| 08JAKARTA587 |
BURMESE SEAFARER ALLEGEDLY TRAFFICKED TO INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Burmese seafarer allegedly trafficked to Indonesia to work for low wages aboard an Indonesian oil tanker is struggling with the company to regain his passport and withheld wages. The apparent victim, Kyaw Htin, is an experienced chief engineer. The Burmese Embassy has refused [...] |
2008-03-24 04:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PHUM ID BM |
| 08JAKARTA588 |
ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE -- GOI STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: DepPol/C on March 24 briefed Umar Hadi--a senior diplomat with close ties to Foreign Minister Wirajuda--on the importance of Indonesian participation in the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP). DepPol/C noted that the APDP would complement Indonesia's own Bali Democracy F [...] |
2008-03-24 06:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ID |
| 08JAKARTA589 |
DEFENSE REFORM -- TRYING TO GET THE MILITARY OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of the new GOI team mandated to wind up the myriad business activities of the Indonesian armed forces (TNI) is optimistic. He plans to move forward with plans to sell off all TNI businesses and shut down illegal operations as well, adding that he thinks these steps wi [...] |
2008-03-24 06:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EIND KCOR ID |
| 08JAKARTA593 |
UN PEACEKEEPING -- GOI AGREES TO SEND MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has agreed to send 90 additional military personnel to Lebanon to augment the 850 personnel already serving there as UN peacekeepers. The decision is in response to requests by the Lebanese government and the UNIFIL command in Lebanon. Re another planned deployment, th [...] |
2008-03-25 03:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ID LE SU |
| 08JAKARTA595 |
IN WAKE OF BRIBERY SCANDAL, ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Attorney General Supandji has demoted a top deputy and a senior prosecutor in an attempt to limit the damage to his department from a recent bribery scandal. The two men were questioned at length by the Corruption Eradication Commission, but have not been named suspects in the [...] |
2008-03-25 07:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
| 08JAKARTA597 |
INDONESIA MOVES TO CREATE DEPUTY FM POSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has issued an executive order creating the new position of "Vice Minister" in the Department of Foreign Affairs. Palace sources said the new deputy slot was necessary to take care of the press of business. Legislators have raised questions about the move an [...] |
2008-03-25 09:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA598 |
INDONESIA'S ADAM AIR GROUNDED FOR SAFETY REASONS [...] (U) Summary. The Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) revoked Adam Air's operational specification effective March 19, 2008, grounding the airline's entire fleet. On March 10, 2008 Adam Air flight 292 skidded off the runway on the Indonesian island of Batam with 177 passengers on bo [...] |
2008-03-25 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON CASC ETRD PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA599 |
PROLIFERATION SECURITY -- GOI WILL REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: We conveyed reftel invitation related to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to the GOI. Indonesia continues to have reservations about joining PSI, but it will review the invitation to the fifth anniversary event. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Poloff spoke with Caroline Ti [...] |
2008-03-26 03:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC ID |
| 08JAKARTA60 |
FM WIRAJUDA OUTLINES BILATERAL AND REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Wirajuda discussed regional developments and outlined bilateral priorities. Wirajuda looked forward to increased security cooperation with the United States as Indonesia made progress on human rights. He worried [...] |
2008-01-11 03:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MASS ID |
| 08JAKARTA600 |
UNSCR 1803/IRAN -- GOI PLEDGES FULL COOPERATION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed points with the GOI regarding the implementation of UNSCR 1803 and attendant Iran sanctions (reftels). Indonesian officials stated that, although Indonesia had abstained on UNSCR 1803, Indonesia would fully implement its provisions. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Reg [...] |
2008-03-26 04:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC ID IR |
| 08JAKARTA601 |
COUNTER-TERRORISM -- GOI WILL REVIEW USG [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed reftel points regarding the Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab with the GOI on March 25. We noted that the USG had designated the group as a Foreign Terroist Organization and w [...] |
2008-03-26 05:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEK ID SO |
| 08JAKARTA602 |
DEFENSE WITHDRAWS APPEAL FOR BALI BOMBERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After another legal setback, the three terrorists on death row for carrying out the 2002 Bali bombings have withdrawn their request for judicial review. While the withdrawal ostensibly clears the way for the GOI to proceed with the execution of the three men, additional legal ma [...] |
2008-03-26 07:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER ID |
| 08JAKARTA616 |
G/TIP VISIT PROBES TRAFFICKING IN INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent review of trafficking in persons (TIP) projects in Indonesia, a senior G/TIP officer and Labatt observed efforts by police and at grassroots levels to fight trafficking. The USG team talked with a mother fighting for justice against the traffickers who allegedly [...] |
2008-03-27 08:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELAB ID |
| 08JAKARTA618 |
A/S O'BRIEN'S VISIT TO JAKARTA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-27 08:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PREL PTER EFIN ECON ID |
| 08JAKARTA619 |
PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a March 26 meeting, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono assured a group of victims of human rights violations that they would find justice. He pledged to hold a special Cabinet meeting to discuss their cases, which included Suharto-era massacres and the 2004 murder of human r [...] |
2008-03-27 11:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ID |
| 08JAKARTA624 |
INDONESIA PARTICIPANT LIST - BULK CASH SMUGGLING WORKSHOP [...] Below please find details of Embassy Jakarta's nominees for the South East Asia Regional Bulk Cash Smuggling Workshop to be held in Semarang, Indonesia on April 21-24, 2008, jointly funded with Australia. If you require additional information on the nominee's educational or work history, their [...] |
2008-03-28 05:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ECON PREL EFIN ID |
| 08JAKARTA626 |
SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MANPADS -- INDONESIAN HAS [...] (U) We conveyed to Indonesian counterparts on March 25 reftel announcement of the appointment of the Special Envoy for MANPADS Threat Reduction. We noted that the creation of this position underscored the importance that the United States attached to the effective control of such weapons. It [...] |
2008-03-28 10:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM PTER MASS ID |
| 08JAKARTA63 |
ISLAMIC LEADER ON FATWAS AND "PROTECTING ISLAM" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with Ma'ruf Amin, Chairman of the Indonesia Ulama Council (MUI) Fatwa Commission, on January 9. Ma'ruf provided an overview of how the MUI takes questions from the public and issues fatwas (religious edicts). He defended MUI's condemnation of the Ahmadiyah sect by i [...] |
2008-01-11 05:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL ID |
| 08JAKARTA633 |
WEST JAVA GOVERNOR'S RACE HEATS UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Bandung, West Java, March 27-28. West Java--Indonesia's largest province in terms of population--holds its first-ever direct election for governor on April 13. With the race heating up, most observers believe the opposition candidate is gaining traction. The inc [...] |
2008-03-31 08:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO ECON ID |
| 08JAKARTA635 |
KOSOVO -- SERBIAN FM PRESSES FOR INDONESIAN SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Serbian FM Jeremic visited Jakarta to seek Indonesian support for Belgrade's stance re Kosovo, March 27-28. FM Wirajuda pledged Indonesian support for an UNGA resolution calling for an International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the legality of the independence declarati [...] |
2008-03-31 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ID YI KV |
| 08JAKARTA640 |
SUHARTO-LINKED FOUNDATION FOUND LIABLE FOR $110 [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian court ruled on March 27 that the Suharto family-linked Supersemar Foundation had diverted state funds. The court ordered the Foundation to pay $110 million. The court ruled, however, that the Suharto family was not liable. It is positive that the Indonesian legal [...] |
2008-04-01 05:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID |
| 08JAKARTA645 |
GOI REQUESTS LIFE SENTENCES FOR TERRORIST LEADERS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors have requested life sentences for Abu Dujana and Zarkasih, two senior Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders. Prosecutors also requested sentences of between 12 and 14 years for five other JI operatives. In the sentencing request, prosecutors also asked the judges to declare [...] |
2008-04-01 07:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER ID |
| 08JAKARTA649 |
RESULT BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE 050064977, 050060383, [...] We contacted Indonesian Air Force CN-235 Procurement Division Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Eddy Supriono on March 25, 2008 to verify transaction numbers 050064977, 050060383, and 050053797. The Indonesian Air Force (IAF) does not have direct contact with U.S. based Fatair Inc. According to Supri [...] |
2008-04-01 09:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ECON ID |
| 08JAKARTA650 |
INDONESIA DEMANDS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: It's spring (at least in the U.S.) and with opening day now upon us, Indonesia is currently abuzz about a plan to bring a Major League Baseball franchise to Jakarta. The team--the Jakart [...] |
2008-04-01 10:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV RBI ERA ID |
| 08JAKARTA651 |
INDONESIA UPDATE - MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING, CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) According to preliminary information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Deplu), Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani might lead the Indonesian delegation to the next Major Economies Meeting (MEMIII) in Paris this month. There will be four persons in the delegation, possibly including a rep [...] |
2008-04-01 10:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA652 |
IRAN -- IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL BAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed reftel points with GOI contacts, underlining the need for all countries to take required steps regarding the travel of designated Iranian proliferators as authorized by UN Security Council Resolutions. GOI contacts--noting that they are enforcing all appropriate [...] |
2008-04-02 05:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP UNSC IR ID |
| 08JAKARTA655 |
C-D18-00223: INDONESIA REACTS CALMLY TO RELEASE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified. SIPDIS 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesians are beginning to react to the release of the Dutch M.P.'s anti-Islamic video. President Yudhoyono condemned the film and said [...] |
2008-04-02 07:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC ID |
| 08JAKARTA659 |
Action Needed to Identify East Java Mudflow Mitigation [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. Assistant Secretary Hill visited the Sidoarjo mudflow site in May 2007 and indicated to GOI officials that we were looking for ways to help. In September 2007, a US technical expert identified potential ways to help Indonesia mitigate the humanitari [...] |
2008-04-02 07:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET SENV EAID ID |
| 08JAKARTA664 |
THOMAS FRIEDMAN EXPLORES PRIVATE SECTOR ROLE IN [...] (U) Summary: On a visit to Indonesia in late March to conduct research for his upcoming book, author Thomas Friedman traveled to North Sumatra to look at efforts to protect the environment (reftel). Accompanied by the Ambassador, USAID officers, NGO representatives and the owner of a local en [...] |
2008-04-03 00:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA666 |
IN SHIFT, INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES CLEARED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) passed a landmark amendment April 1 paving the way for independent candidates to contest local elections. The amendment will take effect this June and comes in response to a court ruling. The revised law does not apply to the presi [...] |
2008-04-03 02:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 08JAKARTA671 |
INDONESIA: DIVERGENT VIEWS ON IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. economic downturn will decrease Asian economic growth prospects, according to Morgan Stanley Asia Chairman Stephen Roach, who spoke to Indonesian business executives on March 31. Lower U.S. consumption will likely reduce Asian exports to the U.S., a significant driver of [...] |
2008-04-03 08:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA672 |
EAST TIMOR/INDONESIA COMMISSION COMPLETES REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Timor Leste-Indonesia Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) has completed its report and will submit it to the two governments soon. The unanimous findings hold both pro-Indonesian and pro-independence militias responsible for gross human rights violations which occurre [...] |
2008-04-03 08:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TT ID |
| 08JAKARTA673 |
NEXT STEPS RE U.S. NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT [...] (SBU) Please see Action Request in para 5. 2. (SBU) The Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2) has just received a letter from the Indonesian Ministry of Health (MOH) informing NAMRU that "all studies/surveillance which include transfer of biological specimens" must cease pending [...] |
2008-04-03 09:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID |
| 08JAKARTA674 |
C-D18-00223: MEDAN -- DEMONSTRATORS VANDALIZE [...] (U) In Indonesia's first violent reaction against the anti-Islamic film "Fitna," 50 students from a North Sumatra Islamic students' organization vandalized the Dutch consulate in Medan on April 2. Police failed to react quickly enough to control the students, who broke down the consulate gate [...] |
2008-04-03 10:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC ID NL |
| 08JAKARTA678 |
TENSIONS IN WEST TIMOR [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Thousands of former refugees all but brought the West Timor border city of Atambua to a halt by occupying government offices on April 1. The protesters--who are demandi [...] |
2008-04-04 02:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS ID TT |
| 08JAKARTA68 |
AVIAN INFLUENZA - INDONESIA ATTEMPTS TO REORIENT TANGERANG [...] (SBU) Summary. The Tangerang Trilateral Project reveals Indonesia's overall challenge in combating avian influenza (AI) - a lack of an integrated approach among government ministries and regional and district governments. Increased public scrutiny and heightened government interest offers a n [...] |
2008-01-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA684 |
PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO IN POLITICAL TROUBLE DUE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: High commodity prices and economic pressures on the poor could jeopardize President Yudhoyono's quest for a second term. Considered a virtual lock for re-election as recently as a few months ago, SBY's re-election bid may now hinge less on his ability to defeat an undistinguish [...] |
2008-04-04 08:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON KDEM ID |
| 08JAKARTA686 |
TANGERANG OFFICIALS WELCOME AVIAN INFLUENZA ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-04 09:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV KPAO ID |
| 08JAKARTA687 |
USG-SUPPORTED TASK FORCE PIONEERS NEW LAW [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A year and a half after its founding, the USG-supported Attorney General's Task Force on Terrorism and Transnational Crime has evolved into a highly effective tool for prosecuting terrorists and oth [...] |
2008-04-04 09:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KJUS ID |
| 08JAKARTA688 |
AVIAN INFLUENZA - MARCH 24 KOMNAS MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-04 10:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA691 |
INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES DEREGISTER ADAM AIR PLANES [...] (U) Summary. Four U.S. companies held aircraft leased to Adam Air when the airline was grounded by Indonesian authorities on March 19, 2008. The leasing companies have been successful in deregistering nine planes without difficulty. End Summary. 2. (U) The Directorate General of Civil A [...] |
2008-04-07 03:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV CASC ETRD PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA692 |
ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Keating's April 9-11 visit to Jakarta offers an opportunity to move the bilateral mil-mil relationship forward. The visit should focus on further defining the long-term partnership and our shared regional security objectives. We should also review the robust bilateral [...] |
2008-04-07 08:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS ID |
| 08JAKARTA693 |
INDONESIA - A PARTNER IN HIGHER EDUCATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia is a strong potential partner in achieving the Secretary's goal to expand both the role and impact of U.S. and foreign higher education partnerships in worldwide social and economic development. Indonesia has made great progress politically and socially in the last 10 [...] |
2008-04-07 09:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID OEXC ID |
| 08JAKARTA696 |
LIFE SENTENCE FOR RAISING SEPARATIST FLAG [...] (U) This message was coordinated with ConGen Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A district court in eastern Indonesia has sentenced a man to a life sentence on treason charges for waving a separatist flag in front of President Yudhoyono in June 2007. The separatist South Maluku Republic (RMS) fl [...] |
2008-04-07 11:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ID |
| 08JAKARTA7 |
INDONESIA CHAMPIONS ASIAN-AFRICAN SATELLITE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 26 - 27, Jakarta hosted the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership (NAASP) Workshop on Satellite Technology and Its Applications. Experts, representatives and observers from eleven nations attended the conference to discuss potential areas of cooperation. The confere [...] |
2008-01-02 09:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA ECPS TPHY PINR ECON ID |
| 08JAKARTA702 |
EAST TIMOR EX-MILITIA LEADER ACQUITTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 4, the Indonesian Supreme Court announced the acquittal of Eurico Guterres, a former militia leader, for human rights crimes committed in East Timor in 1999 (per an earlier court ruling, Guterres had been jailed for his crimes). Guterres was released from jail on April [...] |
2008-04-08 07:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL ID TT |
| 08JAKARTA705 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KEY POLITICAL PLAYER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met former Indonesian House of Representatives Speaker (DPR) and Golkar leader Akbar Tandjung on April 7. Tandjung, who remains active politically and is a possible candidate for president or vice president next year, discussed his current activities, Papua and A [...] |
2008-04-08 07:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 08JAKARTA710 |
SCENESETTER FOR A/S LEAVITT'S APRIL 10 VISIT TO INDONESIA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-08 23:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KHIV PREL EAGR PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA717 |
INDONESIAN LEGISLATURE PASSES FREEDOM OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: After years of discussion and debate, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has passed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). President Yudhoyono is expected to sign it. Observers say the long-awaited bill will stimulate transparency and accountability at all levels of g [...] |
2008-04-09 08:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS ID |
| 08JAKARTA718 |
PAPUA -- ACTIVISTS TO BE CHARGED FOR FLAG RAISING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Authorities continue to detain eleven people in connection with the March 13 raising of the separatist Morning Star Flag during a non-violent protest in Manokwari, West Papua. Officials are preparing charges of treason against the detainees and expect to submit the case to pros [...] |
2008-04-09 09:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM ID |
| 08JAKARTA719 |
C-D18-00223: INDONESIA BLOCKS YOUTUBE, MYSPACE, [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect the business sensitive information in paras 4-5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI beginning April 8 ordered internet service providers in Indonesia to block YouTube, MySpace, and a handful of other websites containing the anti-Is [...] |
2008-04-09 10:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO ECPS EINT ID |
| 08JAKARTA720 |
NEW BANK INDONESIA CHIEF FACES TOUGH ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament's Finance Commission overwhelmingly approved the appointment of Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Boediono to fill the post of Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor. Analysts expect Boediono to maintain the central bank's strong record of prudent monetary policy and in [...] |
2008-04-09 10:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PINR ID |
| 08JAKARTA721 |
NEW BANK INDONESIA CHIEF FACES TOUGH ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament's Finance Commission overwhelmingly approved the appointment of Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Boediono to fill the post of Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor. Analysts expect Boediono to maintain the central bank's strong record of prudent monetary policy and in [...] |
2008-04-09 10:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PINR ID |
| 08JAKARTA722 |
OECD DEPUTY SECGEN VISITS INDONESIA [...] Summary. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)'s Deputy Secretary General Mari Amano visited Indonesia on April 3-4. Outreach efforts to Indonesia have been very positively received by the Government of Indonesia (GOI). A series of outreach visits in 2008 have also [...] |
2008-04-09 10:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL OECD ETRD ID |
| 08JAKARTA724 |
A/S O'BRIEN EMPHASIZES IRAN, ASSET FREEZING IN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-10 02:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA725 |
A/S O'BRIEN EMPHASIZES IRAN, ASSET FREEZING IN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-10 02:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA728 |
FAMILY FEUD ERUPTS IN FORMER PRESIDENT'S PARTY [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A major internal battle has erupted in former president Wahid's Islamic-oriented National Awakening Party (PKB). The ugly feud pits party founder and Muslim moderate Wahid (aka Gus Dur)--who declared his candidacy f [...] |
2008-04-10 06:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 08JAKARTA729 |
A/S O'BRIEN EMPHASIZES IRAN, ASSET FREEZING IN [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorism Financing and Financial Crimes O'Brien visited Indonesia April 2-3 to urge Indonesian government officials, regulatory agencies and private sector to be vigilant about Iran's outreach plans in the region and to more vigorously enforce ass [...] |
2008-04-10 06:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA732 |
DEVIL IN THE DETAILS - PERILS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: A logging road controversy involving Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) on the island of Sumatra underscores the significant role (beneficial or detrimental) of the private sector in protecting critical forest habitats in Indonesia. Some NGOs and paper and pulp companies have collaborated [...] |
2008-04-10 08:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA734 |
U.S. MILITARY TRAINING OF INDONESIAN POLICE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian National Police (INP) have sent mixed signals regarding USG counterdrug training slated for early May -- first canceling it then seeming to reverse that decision. The Indonesian military has long opposed U.S. military training of Indonesian police. The matter has [...] |
2008-04-10 09:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SMAR ID |
| 08JAKARTA735 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BURMA, SECURITY ISSUES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume pressed key USG priorities--including Burma, counterterrorism, mil-mil cooperation and diplomatic privileges--in an April 9 meeting with Secretary General Imron Cotan, the number-two official at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Cotan did not commit to [...] |
2008-04-10 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS AMGT KREC ID BM |
| 08JAKARTA736 |
INDONESIA TO ATTEND APEC TELECOM AND INFORMATION [...] The Government of Indonesia will send a delegation to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) seventh ministerial meeting on Telecommunications and Information Policy (TELMIN 7) scheduled for April 3 to 25, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. Minister of Communications and Information Mohamm [...] |
2008-04-10 09:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | APECO ECPS PINR ECON ID |
| 08JAKARTA739 |
HIGH-PROFILE ARRESTS IN LATEST CORRUPTION SCANDALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Anti-corruption investigators have arrested two sitting members of the national legislature (DPR). One M.P. was caught red-handed after receiving what investigators say was a bribe related to a land zoning deal. The arrest followed the apprehension in March of another M.P. on [...] |
2008-04-11 07:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
| 08JAKARTA740 |
U.S. NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT GETS MEDIA [...] (U) This message--which is Sensitive but Unclassified--contains an Action Request. Please see paras SIPDIS 5-6. 2. (SBU) PRESS STORY: A major Indonesian newspaper reported on April 10 that the GOI had closed the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2). In fact, the f [...] |
2008-04-11 08:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID |
| 08JAKARTA742 |
NONPROLIFERATION -- URGING INDONESIAN SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-11 09:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC KNNP ID |
| 08JAKARTA743 |
KEY POLICE UNIT REVIEWS CIRCUMSTANCES OF SULAWESI [...] (U) This message was coordinated with ConGen Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission approached the GOI's key anti-terror unit, SD-88, and asked about the recent shooting death of a Muslim sect leader in central Sulawesi. SD-88 claims the individual in question--who was wanted for alleged inv [...] |
2008-04-14 06:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC ID |
| 08JAKARTA744 |
"SHOCK RESULT" -- ISLAMIC PARTY LEADS IN KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Islamic-oriented Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) appears to have registered a stunning electoral upset in West Java, Indonesia's most populace province. Five reputable polling outfits have declared the PKS gubernatorial candidate the winner over better-known rivals. If valid [...] |
2008-04-14 08:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 08JAKARTA745 |
AMBASSADOR'S OP-ED PIECE HIGHLIGHTS DEMOCRACY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 12, The Jakarta Post published an op-ed written by the Ambassador on democracy and human rights in Indonesia. Reactions to the piece have been positive. A key contact from the Office of the President expressed appreciation for the piece, telling the Ambassador that t [...] |
2008-04-14 08:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAO ID TT |
| 08JAKARTA747 |
NONPROLIFERATION -- GOI ON UNSC 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia still has questions about extending the mandate of the committee that reports on member-state implementation of domestic controls to prevent the spread of WMD technology, as required by UNSCR 1540. As reason for their hesitancy, GOI officials cite possible new approac [...] |
2008-04-15 07:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KNNP ID |
| 08JAKARTA748 |
COUNTER-TERRORISM -- S/CT AMBASSADORS FUND [...] (U) This message was coordinated with ConGen Surabaya. It is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission submits two proposals to S/CT for consideration under the Ambassadors Counterterrorism Fund solicitation (reftel). One proposal requests $45,00 [...] |
2008-04-15 08:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ID |
| 08JAKARTA749 |
ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETINGS WITH KEY GOI OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: USPACOM Commander Admiral Keating met President Yudhoyono and key defense officials on April 10-11 in Jakarta. He stressed support for Indonesia's progress on military reform, the desire to expand cooperation further, and Indonesia's strategic importance. GOI officials express [...] |
2008-04-15 08:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID XB |
| 08JAKARTA759 |
ADMIRAL KEATING ENGAGES INDONESIAN EXPERTS ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: USPACOM Commander Admiral Keating engaged leading Indonesian national security experts during an April 11 roundtable at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta's leading [...] |
2008-04-16 01:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ID CH |
| 08JAKARTA76 |
PROMOTING RELIGIOUS TOLERATION AT A KEY ISLAMIC [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff underscored the importance of religious freedom and highlighted the positive role played by Muslims in the United States during a talk at a major Islamic school in West Jakarta. Pesantren [...] |
2008-01-14 11:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO KISL ID |
| 08JAKARTA760 |
INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH 2008 [...] The UN issued the first saleable "certificates of emissions reduction" (CERs) on March 14 to Indonesia's publicly listed cement maker, PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk, for its alternative fuel projects. PT Indocement registered two projects that reduce emissions through alternative fuels s [...] |
2008-04-16 04:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
| 08JAKARTA762 |
Food Prices: It All Hinges on Rice [...] (SBU) Summary. Government of Indonesia (GOI) concern about the impact of rising rice prices continues to grow as world rice prices soar. Coordinating Minister for the Economy Boediono has requested World Bank (WB) assistance in determining the outlook for rice prices in Indonesia and outlining [...] |
2008-04-16 06:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON ID |
| 08JAKARTA763 |
A/S HILL DISCUSSES REGIONAL AND BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 4 in Jakarta, EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill assured key Indonesian officials of the USG's commitment to Southeast Asia. He also explored ways to press for reform in Burma, progress regarding Iran's nuclear program and Middle East peace. On the bilateral front, he discus [...] |
2008-04-16 07:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID XB XF |
| 08JAKARTA764 |
A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 4 meeting, EAP A/S Hill and President Yudhoyono (SBY) engaged in a lively discussion of democracy, Burma and other issues in the Southeast Asian region, and China/Tibet. Yudhoyono and Hill also discussed U.S.-Indonesia bilateral relations, including plans for the Pea [...] |
2008-04-16 07:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ID CH XC |
| 08JAKARTA770 |
SENIOR JI OPERATIVES RENDERED FROM MALAYSIA TO [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur and Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Malaysian authorities have handed over two senior Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) operatives to the GOI. The two Indonesian nationals were arrested in Malaysia in January. The GOI is in the process of [...] |
2008-04-17 06:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PREL ID MY |
| 08JAKARTA772 |
C-D18-00223: AFTER SHARP OUTCRY, GOI RESTORES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has issued an abject public apology in lifting its order requiring that Internet service providers prevent access to YouTube and a handful of other websites. In taking the action, the GOI was responding to angry complaints from civil society advocates, business leaders [...] |
2008-04-17 09:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO ECPS EINT ID |
| 08JAKARTA773 |
STRESSING MAINSTREAM MESSAGE, ISLAMIC PARTY PICKS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Apparent gubernatorial victories this week in West Java and North Sumatra by the Islamic-oriented Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) were due to skillful grassroots politicking rather than direct Islamic-type appeals, pol [...] |
2008-04-17 09:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 08JAKARTA775 |
Indonesian Transportation Minister Positive on GE Bid, [...] (U) Summary. On April 16, 2008, Ambassador Hume met with Minister of Transportation Jusman Syafii Djamal and Director General of Rail Wendy Aritenang Yazid to advocate on behalf of General Electric's (GE) potential bid for a $55 million locomotives contract. Djamal was generally positive tow [...] |
2008-04-18 02:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ELTN EFIN EAIR EWWT ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA778 |
CAN'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES - INDONESIA'S ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent actions by Indonesian authorities highlight the successes of Indonesia's campaign against illegal logging but also underscore the significant remaining challenges. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) has shown political will and improved interagency cooperation but has to d [...] |
2008-04-18 05:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA780 |
INDONESIA: FOOD PRICES DIM ECONOMIC PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Economists continue to lower their projected 2008 growth rate for Indonesia due to concerns that inflation and global uncertainty will decrease economic performance more seriously than previous expected. Soaring food prices, which have lowered purchasing power among Indonesian [...] |
2008-04-18 07:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ID |
| 08JAKARTA783 |
GOI STILL REVIEWING ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is not yet ready to commit to the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative, but is not entirely ruling out the possibility. Indonesia is focused for now more on its own Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) initiative. The BDF idea remains embryonic, but important to [...] |
2008-04-18 09:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ID AS CA KS |
| 08JAKARTA784 |
TIMOR-LESTE: RAMOS-HORTA COMMENTS SPARK GOI [...] (U) This message was coordinated with ConGen Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: GOI officials have demanded clarification of President Ramos-Horta's reported assertion of Indonesian links in the February turmoil in Dili. The GOI is also investigating the claim. In other Timor-Leste-related news, [...] |
2008-04-18 09:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID TT |
| 08JAKARTA785 |
Third Aceh CoSPA Meeting Delves into Details [...] (SBU) Summary. The third meeting of the Committee on Sustaining Peace in Aceh (CoSPA) was held in Banda Aceh on April 16, 2008. Issues discussed included security in Aceh, progress on establishing a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the status of a Human Rights Court to try cases from t [...] |
2008-04-18 09:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON SOCI ID |
| 08JAKARTA789 |
INDONESIAN ISLAMIC SECT THREATENED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following a recommendation by a government monitoring body to outlaw the minority Muslim sect Jamaah Ahmadiyah as "heretical," the GOI is preparing a joint decree to ban the organization. However, the Attorney General's Office and some Muslim leaders are reportedly calling for the [...] |
2008-04-21 07:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF SOCI PINS ID |
| 08JAKARTA793 |
TRILATERAL BIOTERRORIISM WORKSHOP: JAKARTA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-21 08:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER TBIO MY AU JP ID |
| 08JAKARTA795 |
TIMOR-LESTE -- INDONESIA ARRESTS THREE FOR ATTACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesian authorities arrested three fugitive Timor-Leste soldiers in connection with the February 11 attack on Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta and PM Gusmao. Ramos-Horta also clarified his earlier comments and explained that he was not accusing the Indonesian Government of [...] |
2008-04-21 09:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ID TT |
| 08JAKARTA8 |
SENIOR MILITARY APPOINTMENTS SPELL MODERATE REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono appointed new chiefs of the Indonesian Army and Air Force on December 28. The appointments spell continued moderate reform and seem positive for defense cooperation with the USG. The new Air Force Chief confirmed plans to restore Indonesia's F-16 fleet as p [...] |
2008-01-02 10:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PHUM ID |
| 08JAKARTA801 |
ISLAMIC PARTY EYES 2009 NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Flush with confidence and momentum following two surprise victories in key regional elections last week (reftels), the Islamic-oriented Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has re-discovered its swagger just in time to make a mark on the 2009 national elections. By focusing on good gov [...] |
2008-04-22 09:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 08JAKARTA802 |
COURT DECLARES JI "BANNED", SENTENCES LEADERS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court sentenced senior Jemaah Islamiyah leaders Abu Dujana and Zarkasih to 15 years in prison and declared the terrorist organization "banned". It is not clear that the court's statement on JI will have any immediate ramifications for law enforcement, but some officia [...] |
2008-04-22 09:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER ID |
| 08JAKARTA804 |
U.S. NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER DRAWS FURTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari paid a surprise visit to the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2) on Friday, April 18. Although the visit went without serious incident, Supari escalated her criticism of NAMRU in subsequent media interviews. Several legisla [...] |
2008-04-22 09:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID |
| 08JAKARTA805 |
OLYMPIC TORCH PROTESTED IN JAKARTA [...] (SBU) Summary. The Olympic torch passed through Jakarta April 22, guarded by 3,000 police, observed by 1,000 spectators and protested by 200 human rights activists. One Dutch human rights activist was arrested along with nine hired thugs. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In a closed ceremony held [...] |
2008-04-22 10:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KISL ID PHUM |
| 08JAKARTA806 |
NAMRU-2 -- MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT'S DAYS MAY BE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The days of the Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2) may be numbered. The Minister of Health is actively campaigning against it, the media are giving increasing play to her wild accusations and legislators are calling for the unit's closure (ref a). [...] |
2008-04-22 10:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID |
| 08JAKARTA807 |
EARTH DAY -- EMBASSY JAKARTA "GOES GREEN" [...] (U) Over 80 Indonesian children celebrated Earth Day at the Embassy with Ambassador Hume on April 19. Valerina Daniel, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment's Goodwill Ambassador, helped Ambassador Hume and the children put final touches on an environmental mural, one of seven murals displaye [...] |
2008-04-22 11:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SENV TPHY TRGY ID |
| 08JAKARTA812 |
Indonesian Participants for NNSA Nuclear Infrastructure [...] Foreign Ministry participant: Carolina Tinangon, Head of Nuclear Affairs Section of Directorate of International Security and Disarmament. 2. State Ministry of Research and Technology participant: Carunia Mulya Firdausy, Deputy Minister of Research and Technology for Social Dynamics. 3. [...] |
2008-04-23 05:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG IAEA TRGY KNNP ID |
| 08JAKARTA814 |
PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO DISCUSSES HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-23 09:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA815 |
INDONESIAN MINISTERS DISCUSS SAMPLE SHARING AND HEALTH [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-23 09:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA817 |
UNGA PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION -- URGING [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Dicky Komar, Deputy Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on April 22. Poloff underscored that the declaration on prisoners of conscience was an important affirmation of the Univer [...] |
2008-04-23 09:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA PHUM ID |
| 08JAKARTA823 |
SECT LEADER SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS FOR BLASPHEMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta district court convicted Ahmad Mushaddeq, leader of an outlawed religious sect, of blasphemy on April 23 and sentenced him to four years in prison. He was jailed last October for declaring himself "a new Islamic Prophet." Human rights advocates criticized the decision [...] |
2008-04-24 07:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF SOCI PINS ID |
| 08JAKARTA824 |
PAPUA -- INCITEMENT TRIAL INVOLVING ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on our soundings, prosecutors have repeatedly failed to make an effective case for incitement against detained Papuan human right activist Sabar Iwanggin. The case continues while he remains under house arrest. Pol/C and poloff plan to visit Papua in early May to raise USG [...] |
2008-04-24 08:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM ID |
| 08JAKARTA825 |
EAST TIMOR/INDONESIA FINAL REPORT HOLDS GOI [...] (S) SUMMARY: According to the Executive Summary of the Timor Leste-Indonesia Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF)--shown to DepPol/C by an insider on April 22--the final report holds the GOI institutionally responsible for gross human rights violations in East Timor in 1999. The report [...] |
2008-04-24 08:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL PHUM PGOV TT ID |
| 08JAKARTA83 |
NAVY CHIEF AGREES TO SULAWESI SEA RADAR PROGRAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Hume, new Indonesian Navy Chief Admiral Sumardjono pledged to resolve outstanding difficulties regarding the emplacement of surveillance radars in the Malacca Strait with U.S. security assistance under Section 1206, and accepted the U.S. plan for empl [...] |
2008-01-15 10:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER EWWT ID |
| 08JAKARTA830 |
Upstream Chief Misleads About Oil Production [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-25 08:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON ID |
| 08JAKARTA837 |
KING COAL -- THE POLITICS OF DECENTRALIZATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 24, President Yudhoyono traveled to South Kalimantan to highlight "the success" of decentralization. In an April 23 visit to South Kalimantan, however, emboffs discovered that local coal industry bosses heft significant political clout, using their influence like robbe [...] |
2008-04-25 09:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EMIN EINV PINS ID |
| 08JAKARTA838 |
TIMOR-LESTE/INDONESIA -- CONTINUED REVERBERATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOTL President Ramos-Horta's remarks regarding the February violence in Dili and possible Indonesian links continue to resonate in Jakarta. While denying that Indonesian nationals were involved, the GOI has now confirmed the arrest of a fourth suspect for alleged involvement in [...] |
2008-04-25 09:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID TT |
| 08JAKARTA839 |
NPT PREPCOM MEETING: U.S.-PROPOSED PAPERS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-25 09:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL IAEA NPT ID |
| 08JAKARTA84 |
TNI REFORM: MEETING THE TARGET ON TRANSFER OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has announced plans to create a "national team" to transfer ownership of military businesses to the government by 2009. The move, which fulfills a 2004 legislative mandate and has been long awaited, is somewhat anticlimactic in that only six to twelve [...] |
2008-01-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON ID |
| 08JAKARTA843 |
FAMILY SUES UNITED STATES FOR CAUSING AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S Government has been named in a lawsuit brought y( the family of a victim of Avian Influenza (AI). The suit rests on the claims made by Minister of Health Supari that the USG may be behind the development of a bio-terrorism weapon derived from AI samples. The complaint [...] |
2008-04-28 04:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG |
| 08JAKARTA846 |
ISLAMIC SECT UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 27, a large crowd burned down a mosque located near Jakarta belonging to the Ahmadiyah sect. The crowd also vandalized an adjoining school run by the sect. No one was seriously injured. A handful of suspects were questioned by the police, but no arrests have been made. [...] |
2008-04-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF PINS ID |
| 08JAKARTA847 |
Decentralization in Kalimantan charting progress [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Decentralization in Kalimantan is delivering results for residents of South and East Kalimantan, although many economic challenges remain. In Banjarmasin, GDP per capita has steadily increased during the post-2001 decentralization era, but remains below national averages. In Ta [...] |
2008-04-28 09:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA848 |
EXPERTS URGE NEW APPROACH TO RICE POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. The vast majority of Indonesia's population, including a large number of farmers, stands to lose from high rice prices, panelists stated at a forum hosted by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on April 24. In contrast to this view, President Susilo Bamban [...] |
2008-04-28 09:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ID |
| 08JAKARTA85 |
SUHARTO CLINGS TO LIFE, LEGAL DEBATE ENSUES [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Indonesian President Suharto remains in critical condition eleven days after entering the hospital on January 5. Media coverage remains intensive, and a limited but growing number of domes [...] |
2008-01-15 11:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA853 |
SCENESETTER FOR USTR AMBASSADOR SCHWAB VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Your trip to Indonesia comes at a time when we are having difficulty finding traction in our bilateral trade and investment relationship. The dual forces of democratization and decentralization that have made Indonesia a political success story have been accompanied by a desegr [...] |
2008-04-29 07:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA855 |
ETHNIC TURBULENCE IN KALIMANTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: There has been ethnic turbulence in East Kalimantan in central Indonesia. Large crowds of indigenous Dayaks staged various rallies around the province, including blocking an entrance to an airport in Balikpapan, the provincial capital. The Dayaks are angered because none of th [...] |
2008-04-29 08:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PINS ID |
| 08JAKARTA856 |
JUDICIAL REFORMS FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE IN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Judicial reform faces an uncertain future as Parliament's (DPR) Law and Human Rights Commission begins drafting bills in several key areas. The most significant changes would likely be at the sp [...] |
2008-04-29 09:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
| 08JAKARTA858 |
ACEH -- AMID CHALLENGES, PEACE PROCESS PROCEEDS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Although rising criminal violence and a poor medium-term economic outlook continue to hamper progress in Aceh, the political outlook in the province has improved. While several iss [...] |
2008-04-29 09:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINS PHUM ID |
| 08JAKARTA859 |
INDONESIANS REQUEST US HELP TO CALM RICE MARKETS [...] (SBU) Summary. This is an action request. Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Pangestu has requested that the U.S Government seek to persuade Japan and China to release rice stocks in an effort to calm world rice markets. Rice prices in Asia have tripled in the past four months, despite ample sto [...] |
2008-04-29 10:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA860 |
NAMRU ISSUE MIRED IN POLITICAL AMBITIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The basis of Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari's vitriolic public attacks against the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2) is her desire to make it a populist/vote-getting issue in the run-up to the 2009 national elections. Our failure to respond to Indonesia [...] |
2008-04-30 00:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID EAGR KLIG |
| 08JAKARTA862 |
BURMA -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON THE REGIME'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has underscored to Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contacts reftel concerns about the Burmese regime's May 10 referendum. Pol/C stressed that the regime's conduct of the referendum has totally failed to adhere to international standards. DEPLU contacts replied th [...] |
2008-04-30 05:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID BM |
| 08JAKARTA864 |
DARFUR/UNAMID: REVIEWING STABILIZATION POLICE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed Ref A points with the GOI on April 25. Mission encouraged the GOI to commit a second tranche of Indonesian National Police to Darfur and to take advantage of the special traini [...] |
2008-04-30 08:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PKO ID SU |
| 08JAKARTA865 |
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- CHURCHES UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Activists and Indonesian Christians are concerned that pressure from extremist Islamic groups on churches will continue in the lead-up to 2009 national elections as holier-than-thou demagoguery trumps tolerance. Authorities have used a 2006 decree regulating licenses for houses [...] |
2008-04-30 08:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KIRF ID |
| 08JAKARTA866 |
SYRIAN CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- REVIEWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed reftel points regarding Syria's clandestine nuclear facilities with the Department of Foreign Affairs. GOI contact basically took our points on board, but expressed concerns about Israeli actions. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On April 29, Poloff reviewed reftel poi [...] |
2008-04-30 08:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP ID SY KN |
| 08JAKARTA868 |
RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES-INODONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The price of most Indonesian staple foods (soybeans, wheat, palm oil, instant noodles, chicken, eggs) has risen rapidly in the past year. In contrast, the cost of rice, the largest component of the Indonesian diet, has declined in Indonesia over the last twelve months. However [...] |
2008-04-30 08:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA869 |
Public Outreach in South and East Kalimantan [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Officers conducted two public outreach events in Kalimantan during an April 22-24 reporting trip (see reftels). In Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Embassy Officers delivered a presentation and presented PAS materials on the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election. In Tarakan, East [...] |
2008-04-30 09:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV ECON PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA870 |
NPT PREPCOM PAPERS -- INDONESIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff on April 29 discussed the two U.S. papers (ref A) for the NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting with GOI contact. Poloff encouraged the GOI to consider co-sponsoring one or both of the papers. Our GOI contact did not indicate Indonesian support for either paper but listened [...] |
2008-04-30 09:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP NPT IAEA ID |
| 08JAKARTA871 |
INDONESIA TO RAISE FUEL PRICES TO SOOTH MARKETS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yudhoyono is set to approve a 25% fuel price increase at a Cabinet meeting next Monday, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF). The Government of Indonesia (GOI) wants to demonstrate its commitment to fiscal sustainability in light of high oil prices, a rising subs [...] |
2008-04-30 11:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA874 |
PAPUA -- KEY MINING TOWN GEARS UP FOR LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The south-central Papua district of Mimika--site of U.S. mining giant Freeport-McMoRan's operations--will elect local officials on May 19 in the first direct election of its type in the area. There are few substantive differences among in the candidates' platforms, but the elec [...] |
2008-05-02 07:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 08JAKARTA876 |
COUNTERNARCOTICS: USG ASSISTS GOI AT JAKARTA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The USG and Australia have worked with GOI law enforcement agencies to create a counternarcotics coordination facility at Jakarta's international airport. The facility shares information and targets airline passengers and cargo fitting criminal profiles. Since its inception in [...] |
2008-05-02 08:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR PREL ID AS |
| 08JAKARTA877 |
INFLUENZA PANDEMIC SIMULATION EXERCISE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Indonesian Ministry of Health (MOH) hosted a three-day pandemic avian influenza simulation exercise in Jembrana Regency, Bali during 25-27 April 2008. The exercise focused on early detection and rapid containment of an epicenter outbreak of Avian Influenza virus with capacit [...] |
2008-05-02 08:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR KFLU AMGT PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA878 |
TIMOR-LESTE -- PM GUSMAO STRESSES RECONCILIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting Timor-Leste PM Gusmao stressed reconciliation on a recent visit to Jakarta. In a speech, Gusmao said the Timorese could never forget the human rights violations that accompanied the country's birth, but they did need to forgive. During the visit, President Yudhoyono an [...] |
2008-05-02 09:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID TT |
| 08JAKARTA883 |
COUNTERTERRORISM -- MORE JI CONVICTIONS; BALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest counterterrorism news, five members of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiya (JI) have been convicted of terrorism and sentenced to prison. Also, the three Bali bombers on death row continue to attempt to postpone their execution date by pressing for another appeal [...] |
2008-05-05 05:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER ID |
| 08JAKARTA887 |
JOINT WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON NUCLEAR EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In opening remarks to a USG-sponsored training workshop on nuclear export controls, Pol/C underscored the importance of effective export controls in halting the proliferation of goods and technology that could be used to develop Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). The April 28-3 [...] |
2008-05-05 07:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC ENRG KNNP ID |
| 08JAKARTA888 |
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- ARRESTS MADE IN ATTACK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Police have detained 12 suspects in connection with the April 27 arson attack on a mosque owned by the Ahmadiyah sect. The GOI continues to review whether to ban the sect, which was recently declared "deviant." Indonesian civil society has criticized the attacks on the sect, de [...] |
2008-05-05 09:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF PINS ID |
| 08JAKARTA889 |
POOR HEALTH RESULTS FROM 2007 DEMOGRAPHIC HEALTH SURVEY [...] (SBU) Summary. Preliminary Demographic Health Survey (DHS) results provide evidence of poor performance of the recently decentralized health system in Indonesia and slowed progress toward Millennium Development Goals (MDG). There is no evidence of continued reduction of child death risk over [...] |
2008-05-05 10:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KLFU AMGT PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA890 |
INDONESIA'S SINAR MAS FORESTRY GROUP ON NGO PARTNERSHIPS, [...] (SBU) Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and its Indonesian fiber supplier, Sinar Mas Forestry (SMF) wants to collaborate with environmental NGOs to improve the management and conservation value of its concessions, according to Fergus MacDonald, General Manager of Conservation Management. He points out t [...] |
2008-05-06 01:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA893 |
MIXED FORTUNES FOR TWO ISLAMIC PARTIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Islamic-oriented PKS party unofficially kicked off its 2009 election campaign with a 10th anniversary celebration on May 4 attended by over 100,000 revelers. President Yudhoyono and other 2009 presidential hopefuls attended, all vying for PKS support. Meanwhile, another Isl [...] |
2008-05-06 08:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 08JAKARTA894 |
MOVING FORWARD WITH SAMPLE SHARING NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-06 08:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG |
| 08JAKARTA895 |
ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY OUTREACH [...] Mission contacted human rights groups to inquire about dissidents from un-free nations who may be living in exile or seeking asylum in Indonesia, per reftels. Human rights contacts confirmed that there are no such dissidents living in exile or seeking asylum in Indonesia. 2. Mission will [...] |
2008-05-06 08:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ID WW |
| 08JAKARTA896 |
TIMOR-LESTE -- GOI SENDS FUGITIVE SOLDIERS BACK TO [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI has returned four fugitive Timor-Leste soldiers to GOTL authorities. The four were wanted for suspected involvement in the February 11 attacks on President Ramos-Horta and PM Gusmao in [...] |
2008-05-06 08:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ID TT |
| 08JAKARTA9 |
LAND EVICTIONS SPARK HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Jakarta provincial government has evicted thousands of urban poor from squatter settlements in recent months. Those evicted have held rallies and human rights groups have complained, charging that authorities are acting with force and not offering appropriate compensation. [...] |
2008-01-02 10:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM ID |
| 08JAKARTA90 |
INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2007 [...] Three Jakarta junior high school students won a video news competition on November 22 with a five-minute documentary on a mangrove forest in Pulau Rambut, Kepulauan Seribu Regency. The short film focused on the forest as a wildlife habitat and protector against coastal erosion. The competiti [...] |
2008-01-16 05:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
| 08JAKARTA901 |
RISING PRICES PROMPT INTEREST RATE INCREASE [...] Summary. On May 6, the Indonesian central bank - Bank Indonesia (BI) - increased its reference interest rate by 25 basis points to 8.25% in response to higher than expected inflation in March and April. BI also signaled that they expect to raise interest rates further this year. While the 2 [...] |
2008-05-07 09:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA903 |
SAMPLE SHARING IMPASSE CREATES ADDITIONAL HEALTH RISKS [...] (SBU) Summary. International public health officials are focusing on the risks associated with Indonesia's refusal to share avian influenza (AI) virus samples. Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari's policies are damaging surveillance studies for other emerging diseases and related scientifi [...] |
2008-05-07 10:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG |
| 08JAKARTA912 |
AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FORMER JAKARTA GOVERNOR AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador visited ex-Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso in his office on May 6, where they discussed issues related to the 2009 elections and Sutiyoso's philosophy on countering radicalism. Sutiyoso used the courtesy call to promote his presidential aspirations, inviting the media [...] |
2008-05-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 08JAKARTA913 |
INDONESIA AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION ON HRC [...] (C) On May 7, DepPol/C conveyed points in reftel to an official in the Directorate for Human Rights, Department of Foreign Affairs. The official agreed that the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) could be more effective if more strong democracies were to win seats on the HRC, and pledged to conv [...] |
2008-05-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 08JAKARTA914 |
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO CYCLONE NARGIS: ASEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EAP PDAS Scott Marciel discussed reftel issues with ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan and with Indonesian presidential adviser Dino Djalal on May 8 in Jakarta. Surin said he was fully occupied with the relief issues, urged the continued stockpiling of supplies in [...] |
2008-05-08 09:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ASEAN BM ID |
| 08JAKARTA918 |
Resource Nationalism-Indonesia Tightens Minerals Exports [...] (SBU) The Government of Indonesia said May 8 that it will institute greater scrutiny on mining export shipments beginning in July, according to a senior trade ministry official. GOI officials say they want to curb illegal exports of coal, as well as copper, nickel, bauxite, lead, zinc and gold [...] |
2008-05-09 08:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON ID |
| 08JAKARTA919 |
TERRORIST FINANCING -- INDONESIA NOT LIKELY TO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-09 08:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN ID KU |
| 08JAKARTA92 |
INDONESIA SUPPORTS USG CANDIDATE FOR KEY UN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) has notified Mission via diplomatic note that Indonesia will vote in favor of USG candidate Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper's candidacy for the UN Committee on [...] |
2008-01-16 08:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PNUM UNGA ID |
| 08JAKARTA921 |
FOREIGN MINISTRY NON-COMMITTAL ON AVIAN FLU LAWSUIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Foreign Ministry official was non-committal on whether the Ministry (DEPLU) could put an end to a lawsuit filed in a local court in April. The suit was brought by the family of an Indonesian victim of Avian Influenza (AI). An initial hearing is currently scheduled for May 13, b [...] |
2008-05-09 08:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID |
| 08JAKARTA922 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON SATELINDO BROADCASTING OF AL-MANAR TV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on initial meetings with Government of Indonesia officials, it appears there are three possible routes for ending the broadcast of al-Manar television in Indonesia: 1) a formal U.S. complaint to the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (IBC) and the Department of Foreign Affairs ba [...] |
2008-05-09 09:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KPAO ECIP KTFN ID LE XC |
| 08JAKARTA924 |
NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT -- AMBASSADOR INVITES [...] (C) Ambassador Hume met with Indonesian House Speaker Agung Laksono on May 7 to invite him and other members of the legislature to visit the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta. NAMRU has been the target of a negative publicity campaign led by Indonesian Health Minister Sup [...] |
2008-05-09 10:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TBIO PGOV MARR ID |
| 08JAKARTA926 |
EAP DAS MARCIEL'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Scot Marciel met Indonesian Presidential Adviser Dino Djalal on May 8 in Jakarta. DAS Marciel conveyed Washington's growing concern over the negative publicity campaign against the Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-2) located in Jakarta. Djalal noted that the Health M [...] |
2008-05-12 05:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ID |
| 08JAKARTA927 |
Bill Gates Visits Indonesia for Global Leadership Forum [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-12 06:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR KFLU ECPS AMGT PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA928 |
STUDENTS IN SULAWESI DEMONSTRATE OVER FUEL PRICES [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Students in Makassar, South Sulawesi, demonstrated on May 6-7 to protest rises in fuel prices. During the May 6 rally, demonstrators threw rocks at police and--in the resulting melee--there were some minor [...] |
2008-05-12 07:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ID |
| 08JAKARTA929 |
IRAN -- GOI TO SUBMIT 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR 1803 [...] (U) On May 12, Poloff reviewed reftel points regarding UNSCR 1803 (in reference to Iran and its nuclear program) and the 60-Day Report with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Poloff noted that the United St [...] |
2008-05-12 07:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP UNSC IR ID |
| 08JAKARTA932 |
Bill Gates Attends Government Leaders Forum Asia [...] (U) During the May 8-9 Microsoft Government Leaders Forum (GLF) in Jakarta, Bill Gates praised President Yudhoyono for personally leading Indonesia's national committee on information technology and for setting ambitious goals. Gates said that while not all of Indonesia's goals in information [...] |
2008-05-12 08:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR KFLU ECPS AMGT PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA933 |
FRENCH UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA -- INDONESIAN [...] (U) On May 12, Poloff reviewed reftel points re a draft French-proposed UNSC resolution on humanitarian assistance to Burma with Fikri Cassidy, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Cassidy said DEPLU had received no communica [...] |
2008-05-12 09:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNSC BM ID |
| 08JAKARTA934 |
CONTINUED TENSIONS IN PAPUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Mission team visited Papua Province in eastern Indonesia, May 5-9. Papuan interlocutors complained heatedly about the GOI and its failure to implement autonomy provisions for the region. Local officials admitted that implementation of autonomy was slow, but asserted that they [...] |
2008-05-12 09:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ID |
| 08JAKARTA935 |
INDONESIA'S NATIONAL PARKS - MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT KEY [...] (SBU) Summary: An overview of several Indonesian national parks shows that their record in protecting flora and fauna has little correlation to budget size or numbers of forest rangers. Money is not necessarily the main problem with their performance. Improvements to management of existing fin [...] |
2008-05-12 09:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA937 |
UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY -- INDONESIAN [...] (U) On May 12, Poloff discussed draft UNSC resolution (reftel) with Fikri Cassidy, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Urging Indonesia's support for the proposed resolution, Poloff emphasized that the measure was designed [...] |
2008-05-13 01:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHSA UNSC SO XW ID |
| 08JAKARTA939 |
MODERATION, PRAGMATISM EXPLAIN ISLAMIC PARTY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lean, clean and Islamic, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has emerged as the darling of Indonesian politics. PKS's brand of moderate pragmatism and its ability to mobilize its grassroots base has enticed the major parties to court PKS as a potential partner for the 2009 nation [...] |
2008-05-13 03:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 08JAKARTA943 |
INDONESIANS PROTEST PLANNED FUEL PRICE HIKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of Indonesians demonstrated in Jakarta on May 12 protesting GOI plans to increase fuel prices. The largest rally took place in front of the Presidential Palace. The rallies were peaceful. The Indonesian legislature is also heatedly debating the matter, with the bala [...] |
2008-05-13 06:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC ID |
| 08JAKARTA947 |
TERRORISM FINANCE / UNSCR 1267 LISTING [...] (C) On May 13, poloff discussed the proposed listing of three individuals under UNSCR 1267 (reftel) with Aris Munandar, Deputy Director for Terrorism at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Poloff provided information on the three individuals and USG intention to designate them under [...] |
2008-05-13 08:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN ID |
| 08JAKARTA948 |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN PAPUA -- A TALE OF TWO TOWNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Papuan towns--coastal Nabire and highland Wamena--present vastly different pictures of local governance and development. Nabire's relatively effective local government has made progress on development priorities, although tensions between migrants and ethnic Papuans lurk ben [...] |
2008-05-13 09:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM ID |
| 08JAKARTA95 |
ASEAN FOUNDATION CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (U) On January 16, The ASEAN Foundation celebrated its 10th anniversary with a forum focusing on its achievements and future plans under ASEAN's Socio-Cultural Pillar (covering education, social development, the environment, and health). ASEAN Deputy Secretary General Nicholas Dammen delivered [...] |
2008-01-17 00:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM |
| 08JAKARTA954 |
PAPUA -- HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HIGHLANDS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-14 03:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM ID |
| 08JAKARTA955 |
LIFTING THE TRAVEL WARNING FOR INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Hume and the Embassy Country Team unanimously believe the time has come to lift the travel warning for Indonesia. Given the government of Indonesia's strong efforts to combat terrorism - and the fact that there has not been a major terrorist incident since October 20 [...] |
2008-05-14 04:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC AEMR ASEC PREL AMGT ID |
| 08JAKARTA956 |
SUPREME COURT PROGRESSES BUT RESISTS GREATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite progress on several fronts, the Supreme Court continues to resist efforts to introduce greater accountability. The Court's 2007 annual report cites progress on workload management, case management and transparency, but critics complain that the Court has blocked externa [...] |
2008-05-14 09:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA957 |
PAPUA -- HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HIGHLANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Alleged human rights violations by Indonesian security forces in the Papua highlands have declined significantly in recent years and the police have taken steps to inculcate respect for human rights among their personnel. Nevertheless, many Papuans remain deeply suspicious of the [...] |
2008-05-14 09:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ID |
| 08JAKARTA958 |
DARFUR UNAMID: INDONESIAN FPU PEACEKEEPING NEEDS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) On May 14, poloff conveyed to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs ref A non-paper with USG offer of assistance for Indonesian stabilization police deploying to the UN peacekeeping mission in Darfu [...] |
2008-05-14 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR PKO ID SU |
| 08JAKARTA965 |
GOVERNOR-ELECT FROM ISLAMIC PARTY DISCUSSES PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C met Ahmad Heryawan, the Governor-elect of West Java, Indonesia's largest province by population, on May 14. Heryawan attributed his surprise victory to a dogged campaign and an emphasis on economic issues. He said his administration will focus on development-related issu [...] |
2008-05-15 06:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL ID |
| 08JAKARTA970 |
ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP -- GOI [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Paras 6-7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: DepPol/C reviewed the latest points related to the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) with a high-level GOI contact on May 15. Our contact confirmed that Indonesia would carefully consider the proposal to send [...] |
2008-05-15 07:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ID PHUM MG |
| 08JAKARTA971 |
DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA--INDONESIAN RESPONSE [...] (U) The government of Indonesia does not plan to observe the Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People on May 21. As far as we are aware, no Indonesian NGOs plan activities to observe the day. 2. (U) Mission is reviewing whether to take any actions in observance of the day, but has no plans [...] |
2008-05-15 08:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ID CU |
| 08JAKARTA972 |
INDONESIA STILL PLANNING FUEL PRICE HIKE, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono approved a $1.6 billion cash transfer program for over 19 million poor households after convening a Cabinet meeting on May 14 to discuss plans for the proposed fuel price increase. While its economic rationale remains solid, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) is [...] |
2008-05-15 08:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ID PGOV EFIN |
| 08JAKARTA975 |
USTR SCHWAB LEADS TRADE AND INVESTMENT DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Schwab held wide-ranging trade and investment discussions as part of an interagency delegation to Bali, Indonesia for negotiations under the U.S.-Indonesia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) on April 30-May 2 and for ASEAN-U.S. TIFA meetings on May 2-4. [...] |
2008-05-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV ECPS KFLU ID |
| 08JAKARTA979 |
WEST JAVA -- GOI CRACKS DOWN ON ISLAMIST GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Police in West Java--a province adjacent to Jakarta--on May 12 arrested 35 reported members of the Indonesian Islamic State (NII), an underground Islamist group. Thirteen of the group were charged with subversion. There is no evidence that those arrested have links to terrorism [...] |
2008-05-16 07:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL PTER ID |
| 08JAKARTA980 |
UPDATE ON ASEAN RESPONSE TO BURMA DISASTER [...] (SBU) Summary. According to officials at the ASEAN Secretariat, most of the members of ASEAN's Emergency Rapid Assessment Team (ERAT) are now on the ground in Rangoon. On May 16, the ASEAN ERAT met with Burmese officials to request permission to enter affected areas. The Government of Burma [...] |
2008-05-16 08:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM |
| 08JAKARTA983 |
PAPUA -- NEW POLICE CHIEF IN RESTIVE PROVINCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly appointed police chief for Papua Province in eastern Indonesia underscored his commitment to building a well-trained force that respects human rights. He promised to consult broadly with Papuans and said he looked forward to consultations with the USG on community poli [...] |
2008-05-16 08:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KJUS ID |
| 08JAKARTA985 |
CHARGE'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN AFFAIRS LEGISLATORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 14 discussion with Indonesian legislators, Charge d'Affaires pressed for positive action in response to the forthcoming report of the Indonesia-Timor Leste Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF). The legislators said they intended to invite U.S. Representative Eni F [...] |
2008-05-16 09:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID TT |
| 08JAKARTA986 |
BURMA -- INDONESIAN FRUSTRATION WITH REGIME GROWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesians are frustrated with the Burmese regime's response to Cyclone Nargis. The GOI has already sent some assistance and President Yudhoyono has sent a letter to Than Shwe offering more support, but the regime has not yet responded. Indonesian legislators are harshly crit [...] |
2008-05-16 09:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ID BM |
| 08JAKARTA99 |
COUNTERTERRORISM -- INDONESIA SHOWS RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three years into the Yudhoyono Administration, Jakarta remains stalwart in its commitment to put terrorists behind bars. Vigorous efforts by GOI law enforcement during the past year have dismantled several Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror cells and further reduced the ability of ra [...] |
2008-01-17 03:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID |
| 08JAKARTA992 |
EAST TIMOR -- HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Timor Leste-Indonesia Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) has invited the Presidents of the two countries to Bali on May 26 to receive its final report. The CTF's Summary--presented to the two governments in April--has been leaked to human rights activists who tell us p [...] |
2008-05-19 08:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TT ID |
| 08JAKARTA993 |
U.N. DECOLONIZATION CONFERENCE WRAPS UP IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission attended the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization conference in Bandung, Indonesia, May 14-16. As observers, Pol/C and Pol FSN did not participate in the debates, which included criticism of the USG in relation to Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Probably [...] |
2008-05-19 08:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNAUS MO ID |
| 08JAKARTA995 |
LIFTING THE TRAVEL WARNING FOR INDONESIA: MAKING [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the Embassy would like to propose new language to Country Specific Information (CSI) and the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Crime and Safety Report. The suggested language is designed to ensure that the security language in all our public documents is consistent. [...] |
2008-05-19 09:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC AEMR ASEC PREL AMGT ID |
| 08JAKARTA996 |
INDONESIA - AVIAN INFLUENZA WHO'S WHO [...] (SBU) This cable provides current contact information for key players in Indonesian Avian Influenza (AI) issues grouped into the following sections: A. Ministry of Health (MOH) and relevant MOH Directorates and Laboratories B. National Committee on Avian Influenza (KOMNAS FBPI) C. [...] |
2008-05-19 10:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA998 |
INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: APRIL 2008 [...] The Governor of Central Kalimantan, Agustin Teras Narang, designated the two national parks of Tanjung Puting and Sebangau as possible sites for implementing Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) pilot projects. Governor Narang conveyed this while meeting an AusAid dele [...] |
2008-05-21 07:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
| 08SECTINN02OF02JAKARTA1486 |
PAPUANS TAKE TO THE STRETS IN LARGE, PEACEFUL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-05 08:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1001 |
NAMRU-2: THE PATH FORWARD [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Health Minister Supari has postponed her Washington visit, the time is still right to explore deepening our health cooperation with Indonesia. To do this we must first overcome an imme [...] |
2009-06-12 05:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR AMGT MASS PGOV |
| 09JAKARTA1004 |
NAMRU 2 PATH FORWARD: PROPOSED JULY 16 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-12 08:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED KFLU EAGR AMGT MASS PGOV |
| 09JAKARTA1005 |
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SUDAN -- CONTINUING TO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-12 09:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ID SU |
| 09JAKARTA1006 |
NAMRU 2 PATH FORWARD: PROPOSED JUNE 16 [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 5. This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Despite the postponement of her planned Washington trip, Indonesian Health Minister Supari is still keen to explore deepening our health cooperation. Mi [...] |
2009-06-12 09:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED KFLU EAGR AMGT MASS PGOV |
| 09JAKARTA1007 |
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SUDAN -- CONTINUING TO [...] (C) Poloff joined British and French Embassy counterparts for a June 12 discussion of the UN Special Rapporteur on Sudan with officials at Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Using Ref A points, poloff underscored the importance of extending the Special Rapporteur's mandat [...] |
2009-06-12 09:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ID SU |
| 09JAKARTA1012 |
INDONESIA NOT READY TO SIGN IRENA AGREEMENT AT THE EGYPT [...] Dadan Kusdiana, Head of Energy for Rural or Suburban Areas at the Directorate General of Electricity, in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, told Embassy on June 15 that Indonesia has not yet made a decision regarding joining the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and was u [...] |
2009-06-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG KGHG SENV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1016 |
ILLEGAL TIMBER SEIZURES IN INDONESIA [...] Summary: Recent seizures of suspected illegal timber in East Java and Papua highlight the continued challenge of illegal logging in Indonesia. The USG continues to support the Government of Indonesia's efforts to tackle the problem through capacity building. This support includes an upcoming [...] |
2009-06-16 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1017 |
COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP -- MOVING FORWARD ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) wants to move forward on the key bilateral initiatives that the Secretary recently discussed with FM Wirajuda, according to Ambassador Retno Marsudi, DEPLU's senior-most official responsible for U.S. affairs. Ambassador Marsudi wants to [...] |
2009-06-16 10:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMED EAID KDEM ID BM |
| 09JAKARTA1022 |
DRAFT USAID COUNTRY STRATEGY FOR INDONESIA (2009- [...] This is an action message. See paragraph five. 2. Today the Mission transmitted to USAID Washington its proposed Country Strategy for Indonesia: A Partnership for Prosperity. 3. The draft USAID Country Strategy for Indonesia (2009-14) represents 18 months of systematic effort by staff t [...] |
2009-06-17 06:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ID |
| 09JAKARTA1023 |
INDONESIA CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia condemns North Korea's recent nuclear test and calls on Pyongyang to return to the Six Party Talks, a senior GOI nonproliferation official told us on June 15 in response to our points on this issue. President Yudhoyono is following the matter closely and plans to send [...] |
2009-06-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP UNSC ID KN |
| 09JAKARTA1024 |
INDONESIA: MESSAGE ON MEF LEADERS MEETING DELIVERED [...] (U) Per reftel request, Post conveyed to Indonesian Presidential Advisor and Spokesman Dino Djalal the importance of the final preparatory meeting of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) next week. The Charge d'Affaires (CDA) highlighted that the June 22-23 meeting in Mexico will begin preparing a L [...] |
2009-06-17 09:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1025 |
U.S. COMPANIES FACE OBSTACLES IN ADB GEOTHERMAL TENDERS [...] This is an action request. Please refer to paragraph 7. 2. Asian Development Bank (ADB) geothermal tender specifications prevent meaningful participation by U.S. companies. A U.S. company active in the geothermal products market has brought to Post's attention that a requirement that turbi [...] |
2009-06-17 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ENRG EAID ID |
| 09JAKARTA1026 |
INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES CONFIDENT, BUT NOT COMPLACENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesian economic policymakers appear confident, relishing the wave of positive attention the country has received in recent weeks. The recent upward revision by the IMF of its 2009 growth forecast for Indonesia and an improvement in the outlook for its sovereign rating by Mo [...] |
2009-06-17 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1030 |
Indonesian President's in-law sentenced in corruption case [...] (SBU) The Anti-Corruption Court sentenced Aulia Pohan -- President Yudhoyono's son's father-in-law -- to 4 1/2 years on corruption charges on June 17. The court also sentenced three additional central bank deputy governors, bringing the total to nine public officials convicted in this central [...] |
2009-06-18 08:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1035 |
GOI ACTS TO STOP VIOLENCE AT ROHINGYA CAMP IN ACEH [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In response to recent beatings of Rohingya asylum seekers and Bangladeshi migrants by Indonesian Red Cross staff at a camp in East Aceh, the GOI has dispatched a security team to the camp to restore order. The situation [...] |
2009-06-19 04:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF ID BM CE |
| 09JAKARTA1040 |
SCENESETTER FOR HDAC CODEL VISIT JUNE 30 TO JULY 2 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-19 10:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1041 |
SCENESETTER FOR HDAC CODEL VISIT JUNE 30 TO JULY 2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Jakarta welcomes CODEL Price to Indonesia. You will arrive one week before Indonesia's second direct Presidential elections, July 8. This is a critical time for building relations between the U.S. and Indonesia, the world's second and third largest democracies. [...] |
2009-06-19 10:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1048 |
PRESIDENT MAINTAINS SIZABLE LEAD IN MOST POLLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono is maintaining a sizable lead in most polls ahead of the July 8 presidential election. The three candidates--Yudhoyono, Megawati, Kalla--engaged in the first of three televised debates on June 18; most observers considered the debates inconclusive with no cl [...] |
2009-06-22 08:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1049 |
ROHINGYAS IN ACEH -- GOI VOWS QUICK TRANSFER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Key Indonesian officials have agreed with our recommendation to move the Rohingya asylum seekers and Bangladeshi migrants away from the tense Idi Rayeuk camp in East Aceh, Sumatra. They also pledged to act quickly to separate minors. Responding to a demarche on these points de [...] |
2009-06-22 08:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV ID BM CE |
| 09JAKARTA105 |
2008 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR INDONESIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOI has a strong legal framework in place in order to prevent the Worst Form of Child Labor (WFCL). Implementation of safeguards is lacking but improving, however. The number of child workers has decreased following the ratification of the 2007 Child Protection Act. Matters [...] |
2009-01-20 09:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1050 |
NORTH KOREA -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has underscored the importance of vigorous enforcement of UN Security Council Resolution 1874 on North Korea's nuclear program to senior contacts in the President's office and the Department of Foreign Affairs. Our contacts reiterated Indonesia's commitment to enforcing [...] |
2009-06-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC ID KN |
| 09JAKARTA106 |
INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSES INCREASING BUDGET DEFICIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. With the global economic outlook remaining uncertain, the Indonesian government has announced plans to revise its 2009 budget to increase the budget deficit to 2.5% of GDP, up from 1%. If Parliament approves the revised budget, the government plans to carry out additional fisca [...] |
2009-01-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ID |
| 09JAKARTA1060 |
BURMA -- INDONESIAN ACTIVISTS KEEP UP PRESSURE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian activists marked Aung San Suu Kyi's June 19 birthday by demanding her immediate release from detention and calling on ASEAN states to take a tougher line toward the Burmese regime. At a Mission-organized event, a leading MP--while noting that Indonesia's record is re [...] |
2009-06-23 09:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ID BM |
| 09JAKARTA1065 |
INDONESIA ACCEPTS WAY FORWARD RE NAMRU FACILITY [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with a senior GOI official on June 23 to discuss the Naval Medical Research Facility (NAMRU-2) located in Jakarta. Ambassador Retno Marsudi said the GOI would issue six-month visa extensions to NAMRU [...] |
2009-06-23 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AMED ID |
| 09JAKARTA1068 |
HIGH-LEVEL MEETING REINFORCES DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting with Defense Minister Sudarsono, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Robert Scher underscored the positive developments in the military relationship and applauded Indonesia's progress on defense reform. DASD Scher offered U [...] |
2009-06-24 02:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | CH ID MARR PGOV PREL |
| 09JAKARTA1072 |
2009 AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LABOR DIPLOMACY: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission nominates Stanley J. Harsha for the 2009 Award for Excellence in Labor Diplomacy. Counselor for Political Affairs Joseph L. Novak has nominated Stan with the full endorsement of Ambassador Cameron R. Hume. 2. (U) SUMMARY (Con'd) Stan has performed his Labor Attache [...] |
2009-06-24 08:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ELAB PHUM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1074 |
RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT END-USE [...] Please see Action Request in para 5. 2. Summary: The U.S. Munitions List (USML) item detailed in Ref C is located at PT Dirgantara Indonesia's (DI) warehouse. The item was ordered by DI, the foreign consignee, and was received by DI in 2006. The item has not been delivered to the United [...] |
2009-06-24 09:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC AE ID |
| 09JAKARTA1075 |
Health Cooperation Q Moving Toward a New [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This message outlines a vision of greater health cooperation with Indonesia and provides building blocks for the June 25 Sub-IPC. The United States now has an opportunity to transform our health [...] |
2009-06-24 10:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED KFLU MASS PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1076 |
ASEAN 101 and Contacts [...] Summary: Secretary Clinton's historic February visit to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat (ASEC) in Jakarta underscores a deepening U.S. relationship with ASEAN. The United States was ASEAN's first "Dialogue Partner" to name an Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs. It al [...] |
2009-06-24 23:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEAN ECIN PREL EAID ID |
| 09JAKARTA1078 |
RESPONSE NEEDED: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT DRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On February 20, 2009, Post passed the draft U.S.-Indonesia Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation to the Government of Indonesia (GOI), following up on Secretary Clinton's February 18 promise to Foreign Minister Wirayud [...] |
2009-06-25 06:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PREL TPHY ID |
| 09JAKARTA1079 |
Indonesia: Improving Transparency in Timber Administration [...] Summary: Indonesia is taking another significant step to improve transparency in the forestry sector by requiring the labeling/bar-coding of logs. This online timber tracking system will be phased in gradually. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) is targeting nation-wide implementation by the [...] |
2009-06-25 07:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA108 |
INDONESIAN SUPREME COURT CHOOSES A NEW CHIEF TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The members of Indonesia's Supreme Court have chosen Harifin A. Tumpa to be the next Chief Justice. Tumpa had previously served as one of the court's vice chiefs and had been serving as the interim Chief Justice after the former Chief reached mandatory retirement age in October [...] |
2009-01-20 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1091 |
USTDA GRANT FOR AVIATION SAFETY - ANOTHER POSITIVE STEP [...] Summary: The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded $341,000 in grant funds to Indonesia's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to enhance the safety and security of the country's aviation sector. The technical assistance grant is the latest effort to bolster the civil aviat [...] |
2009-06-26 06:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON SN TH ID |
| 09JAKARTA1092 |
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULINGS CHANGE OUTCOME OF [...] (C) Summary: Recent Constitutional Court decisions on electoral disputes are affecting the results of the Indonesian legislative elections. The court annulled the results of several regional races, and ordered vote re-runs in three areas. More controversially, it overturned the National El [...] |
2009-06-26 08:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1095 |
KOPASSUS--ALLEGED PAPUA INCIDENTS NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report claims that Indonesian Army Special Forces (KOPASSUS) continue to violate human rights in Papua. However, the report draws this conclusion based on six incidents in a single Papuan town with a history of corruption, violence, and other gove [...] |
2009-06-26 09:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PHUM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1099 |
INDONESIA'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ENTERS LAST LAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: With just over a week to go before Indonesia's presidential election, President Yudhoyono is maintaining his sizable lead in the polls. Candidate debates held last week were inconclusive. During a visit to Central Java, Pol/C spoke to numerous observers who predicted that the [...] |
2009-06-29 09:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA110 |
INDONESIAN C-130 LIFT CAPACITY MAKING RECOVERY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's C-130 fleet is old and only a modest portion of the planes are currently operational. Indonesia has made the rebuilding of its military lift capacity a top priority. U.S. assistance--in the form of foreign military sales and financing--are beginning to reverse the y [...] |
2009-01-21 04:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS ID |
| 09JAKARTA1112 |
COUNTERTERRORISM -- GOI ARRESTS JI-LINKED SUSPECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian National Police counterterrorism units recently arrested several suspected terrorists in Central Java and one in Sumatra. The GOI has publicly confirmed three arrests, though there may have been more. Those arrested include two Singaporean nationals plus an Indonesia [...] |
2009-06-30 09:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1115 |
VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ACTIVE ON THE TRAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahead of Indonesia's July 8 presidential election, the three VP candidates are on the hustings and working the crowds hard. They wrapped up their second and final debate on June 30 with none of the candidates gaining a decided advantage. Over all, none of the three has had much [...] |
2009-07-01 05:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1116 |
PAPUA -- ELECTION CAMPAIGN PROCEEDS SMOOTHLY, SO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential campaigning continues--so far without incident--in eastern Indonesia's restive Papua and West Papua provinces. President Yudhoyono--as he does nationally--maintains a significant lead in the region although Jusuf Kalla's Golkar Party remains strong. The police and [...] |
2009-07-01 05:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1125 |
UNGA -- INDONESIAN HIGH-LEVEL PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-02 06:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP UNGA ID |
| 09JAKARTA1126 |
DVC DIALOGUE PLACES SPOTLIGHT ON INDONESIAN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: G/TIP Director Ambassador Luis CdeBaca held a June 29 DVC dialogue with key GOI officials and NGO leaders regarding the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report on Indonesia. Ambassador Hume ope [...] |
2009-07-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ELAB SMIG ID |
| 09JAKARTA1128 |
LEGISLATORS TRY TO BLOCK PURCHASE OF ISRAELI-MADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Some Indonesian legislators are moving to block the GOI's plan to purchase Israeli-manufactured unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The Indonesian Department of Defense claims that the UAVs are a cost effective way to provide surveillance of Indonesian waterways. Flagging concerns [...] |
2009-07-02 08:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR ID IS |
| 09JAKARTA1130 |
IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] (SBU) Indonesian officials assured that they will take steps to ensure immediate implementation of the financial provisions of UNSCR 1874 designed to limit North Korea's ability to fund WMD and ballistic missile-related activities, arms procurement and sales. Embassy delivered points contain [...] |
2009-07-02 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ECON |