PRESS DIGEST-Indonesian newspapers - July 4

Thu Jul 3, 2008 9:39pm EDT
 
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Following are some leading stories in the main Indonesian newspapers on July 4.

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JAKARTA POST

- FORMER TOP CENTRAL BANK OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF GRAFT

Prosecutors for Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) charged two senior officials at the central bank with graft and abuse of power and alleged that four former officials including former governor Burhanuddin Abdullah had violated the law.

- GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE COMPANIES' OPERATING HOURS

The government plans to issue a regulation on companies' operating hours in a bid to reduce electricity consumption amid soaring oil prices, Industry Minister Fahmi Idris said.

- AIRPORT TRAIN PROJECT ATTRACTS FEW INVESTORS

Investors are hesitant to take part in a railway project connecting Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and South Jakarta's Manggarai train station despite its profitable prospects, a senior official at the Transportation Ministry said.

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KOMPAS

- SOUTH SUMATRA TERRORIST SUSPECTS LINKED TO NOORDIN TOP

National police said terrorist suspects that were arrested in Palembang, South Sumatra, had connections with fugitive Malaysian Noordin Mohammad Top, who is wanted for alleged involvement in series of bomb attacks in Indonesia.

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