PRESS DIGEST-Indonesian newspapers - July 1

Following are some leading stories in the main Indonesian newspapers on July 1.

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JAKARTA POST

- INDONESIA, JAPAN TO IMPLEMENT ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP DEALS

Indonesia and Japan will launch an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on July 1 by forming a joint committee to erase thousands of import duties and sending Indonesian nurses to Japan, Japan's ambassador to Indonesia Kojiro Shiojiri said.

- GOVERNMENTS ACCUSED OF DELAYING EAST TIMOR REPORT

Human rights activists have accused the governments of Indonesia and East Timor of deliberately delaying the publication of a final truth commission report looking into the violence in the tiny nation's 1999 independence vote for political reasons.

- GOVERNMENT TO LIMIT REIMBURSEMENT FOR OIL AND GAS CONTRACTORS

The government is finalising a new regulation to eliminate 17 expenses related to exploration activities that are reimbursable by oil and gas contractors in a bid to increase transparency in the sector, Energy Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said.

- PERTAMINA RAISES INDUSTRIAL, HIGH-OCTANE FUEL PRICES

State oil and gas firm, PT Pertamina, has raised the price of non-subsidised fuels for industries by an average of 3.33 percent, partly due to the weakening of the rupiah currency against the dollar.

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KOMPAS

- ANTI-GRAFT BODY ARRESTS PARLIAMENTARIAN

The Corruption Eradication Commission, known as KPK, has arrested a legislator suspected of bribery who was found with $60,000, a senior KPK official said.