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PRESS DIGEST-Indonesian newspapers - Oct 31

Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:57pm EDT

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Following are some leading stories in the main Indonesian newspapers on Oct. 31.

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JAKARTA POST

- BUMI STAKE 'BETTER BOUGHT BY LOCALS' - MINISTER

Indonesian state enterprises minister Sofyan Djalil said the country would be better if stakes in major coal miner PT Bumi Resources Tbk (BUMI.JK) were acquired by local investors.

- DETECTIVES TESTIFY AGAINST FORMER TOP SPY IN MUNIR CASE

Two police detectives testified at the trial against Muchdi Purwopranjono, a former senior official at the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), in the Munir case on Thursday.

- POLICE ARREST SUSPECTED JI MEMBER

Indonesian police arrested on Thursday a suspected member of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group in Cilacap, Central Java, close to the prison where the three Bali bombers were detained.

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KOMPAS

- GOVT BOOSTS NON-ENERGY SUBSIDY BY A THIRD

The Indonesian government has boosted its 2009 non-energy subsidy by 33.5 percent to 63.13 trillion rupiah ($5.93 billion).

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