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Indonesiaa s most senior detective plans to resign after being implicated in an alleged plot against the countrya s anti-corruption agency that has set back the governmenta s pledge to stamp out graft.

JAKARTA: Indonesia's top detective and deputy chief prosecutor quit yesterday after wiretap phone recordings implicated them in an alleged plot to falsely imprison anti-corruption investigators.

SIMILARITIES in culture, language and geographical proximity are reasons for Malaysia to remain an ideal place for Indonesians to seek employment here.

INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Saturday replaced the heads of the three services of the Indonesian armed forces, TNI, in a surprise move.

Two men walk past a banner displayed by the Anti-Corruption Agency along a street in Jakarta Dec.

People attend a protest in support of two officials of the Corruption Eradication Commission who were detained and then released on corruption charges in Jakarta yesterday Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday promised legal reforms to tackle corruption, as two top law enforcement officials quit over a suspected plot to undermine ...

The Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has seen his anti-graft campaign come under scrutiny Photo: Reuters Senior police and prosecutors stand accused of trying to frame two investigators from a watchdog, the Corruption Eradication Commission , with accepting bribes, in a case that has transfixed the nation for weeks.

A power struggle between Indonesia's police force and an independent anticorruption agency is roiling President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, just two weeks after he began his second five-year term.

The row has raised questions over Indonesia's commitment to fighting chronic corruption and provoked a public outcry at the hardball tactics of the police, which is going toe-to-toe with the anticorruption agency.

Protesters in Jakarta rallied for the second day Tuesday over the arrest last week of two senior officials of the elite agency, known as the KPK, which has successfully prosecuted government officials and politicians for graft. The two men are accused by police of abusing their power during an investigation into a collapsed bank, and both deny the accusations. They were released Tuesday but still face charges.

Freedom of Speech , Cyber-Activism , Governance , Protest , Politics Languages: Bahasa , English Full Category List Excerpt Indonesian netizens are calling for the release of two officials of an anti-graft body who were arrested for allegedly abusing their powers and accepting bribes.

KEVIN Rudd doesn't know the status of 78 Sri Lankan unlawful entrants on an Australian Customs vessel, amid reports they have lived in Indonesia for years.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed acclaimed lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution to lead the fact-finding team to investigate the facts behind the arrest of two anti-corruption commission deputies by the police on Friday last week, local TV reported here on Monday.

US President Barack Obama plans to invite all 10 Asean leaders to the United States next year in a move to further strengthen Asean-US relations at the highest level.

FAMILY First senator Steve Fielding has questioned whether 78 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers, who have "hijacked" an Australian customs boat, are real refugees.

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Indonesia will not use force on a group of 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers, who are aboard a vessel moored in its waters and want to go to Australia, the newly-appointed foreign minister said yesterday.

INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday demanded an explanation for the arrests of senior anti-graft investigators amid growing doubts about his war on corruption.

SENIOR Indonesian officials have rejected outright a claim by Kevin Rudd that women and children asylum-seekers aboard the Oceanic Viking could be accommodated in regular housing, rather than behind razor wire in an Australian-funded detention centre.

Indonesia has given a guarantee that the safety of more than 6,000 Malaysian students in various universities here will always be watched over and nor threathened by anyone with narrow interests, said the new Indonesian Minister for Youth and Sports Andi Alfian Mallaranggeng.

Under Islamic law, or Shariah, the religious police have administered public canings for such things as gambling, prostitution and illicit affairs.

The Opposition is pressuring Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to explain his involvement in talks between Indonesian and Australian officials over the 78 asylum seekers on board an Australian Customs vessel.