PRESS DIGEST-Indonesian newspapers - Oct 17

Following are some leading stories in the main Indonesian newspapers on Oct. 17.

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KORAN TEMPO

- GREENPEACE ANNOUNCES FINDINGS OF ILLEGAL LOGGING IN PAPUA

Two companies without licences are still cutting down trees in Kaimana regency, West Papua province, Greenpeace campaigner Bustar Maitar said.

- DRUG USERS SHOULD NOT BE TREATED LIKE CRIMINALS-COMMISSION

Drug users need help to overcome their addiction and should not be treated like criminals unless they have committed crimes, head of AIDS Commission Nafsiah Mboi said.

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JAKARTA POST

- GOVT SETS ASIDE 35 BLN RPH FOR MOBILE CLINIC IN PAPUA

The Indonesian government has set aside more than 35 billion rupiah ($3.55 million) for a mobile clinic programme in Papua and West Papua province in a bid to improve health services, Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said.

- PARLIAMENT COMMISSION WILL ALLOW BIKINIS AT RESORTS

A parliament commission on the anti-porn bill will make some exemptions, such as allowing tourists to wear bikinis at resorts, so that the much-criticised bill does not harm the tourism industry, a legislator said.

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