PRESS DIGEST-Indonesian General News - June 13

Following are the leading stories in the main Indonesian newspapers on June 13.

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JAKARTA POST

- RESIDENTS THREATEN TO DEMOLISH CHURCHES

Representatives of three Christian congregations in Bekasi, near the capital Jakarta, appealed to the police to halt the planned demolition of churches following demands by residents to shut the churches.

- ORANGUTANS COULD FACE EXTINCTION OVER NEXT DECADE: OFFICIAL

The number of orangutans could fall by nearly 50 percent over the next decade due to habitat destruction and human-animal conflicts, the forestry ministry's director of biological diversity conservation said.

- CORRUPTION STILL RAMPANT IN INDONESIA: REPORT

Indonesia remains at the top of United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) corruption index despite tougher measures to combat graft, a UNDP report says.

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KORAN TEMPO

- RIGHTS COMMISSION ASKS LAPINDO TO PAY ALL MUD LOSS

Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission said oil and gas firm PT Lapindo Brantas should cover all compensation for mud volcano victims in the disaster area in East Java.

- POLICE WILL DETAIN NEW SUSPECT IN ACTIVIST MURDER CASE

Indonesian national police told parliament they will detain new suspects in the murder case of Munir Thalib, a rights activist who was poisoned during a flight in 2004.

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