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Hasyim Widhiarto , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Thu, 11/05/2009 3:41 PM | Jakarta Most famous caddy: Rani Juliani, key witness in high-profile trial involving former Corruption Eradication Commission chairman Antasari Azhar, finally shows up to give her first testimony to a court hearing in South Jakarta on Thursday. Antara/Prasetyo Utomo Rhani Juliani, the key witness in high-profile trial involving former anti-graft body leader Antasari Azhar, finally showed up to give her first testimony to a hearing Thursday. Wearing a black blazer and trouser, Rhani, 22, arrived at 2 p.m. at the South Jakarta District Court under tight security from dozens of police officers, preventing journalists getting too close to her. She was directed to the court's main courtroom to appear at a scheduled closed hearing. Presiding judge Herri Swantoro, at a previous hearing, had ordered that Rhani's testimony would be heard in a closed courtroom upon consider...

Pandaya , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Thu, 11/05/2009 9:54 AM | Headlines Still on the defensive from heavy attacks over the bizarre arrest of two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputies, the Yudhoyono administration is bracing itself for yet another front. The budding challenge is a threat from an alliance of legislators, mostly those from political parties which refused to join Yudhoyono’s grand coalition government, to hold an inquiry into the Rp 6.7 trillion (US$699 million) in taxpayers’ money used to bail out Bank Century. In the forefront are legislators from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), who have formed their own investigative team and put the planned inquiry on its first-100-day list of priority programs. On the bandwagon are House legislators from smaller opposition parties, the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), the People’s Conscience Party (Hanura) and quite a number of lawmakers from the Go...

The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Thu, 11/05/2009 11:21 AM | Special Report Cabinet whisper: State Secretary Sudi Silalahi (center) whispers to National Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri (left) and Attorney General Hendarman Supandji before a Cabinet meeting on Thursday. After the meeting, Bambang Hendarso and Hendarman announced that National Police detective chief Susno Duadjo and Deputy Attorney General Abdul Hakim Ritonga had tendered their resignations. Antara/Widodo S. Jusuf Having come under public scrutiny for his alleged role in a plot to frame two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders, Deputy Attorney General Abdul Hakim Ritonga and National Police Detective Chief Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji have tendered their resignation. Attorney General Hendarman Supandji and National Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri confirmed their subordinates' resignation on Thursday. “Yesterday he told me that he wanted to resign. He pla...