Arm bands: Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), National Police, AGO, House of Representatives.

Kid: Well, which one is corrupt?

Man: Ah come one, don’t feign ignorance!

Farewell Jakarta... (for a while anyway)

This year’s “mudik madness” saw 27 million people join the annual exodus from major cities and towns across the country to celebrate the Lebaran holidays marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

Waiter: Today’s special includes terror omelette, terror pindang, fried egg terror, terror pancake, tofu terror, crusty eggs ala terror, drinks include sutemaja, honey and ginger milk terror...

Kid: How come your political party isn’t setting up disaster relief coordination posts like before?

Man: What for? The elections are over don’t you know.

Novi Christiastuti Adiputri, Jakarta – Protest actions will be widespread today in Jakarta and surrounding areas with at least eight actions being held in already congested area of the capital. Watch out for traffic jams!

Shohib Masykur, Jakarta – The coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), Usman Hamid, took time out on Wednesday to wish President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) a happy birthday.

Falling again, checking again... Falling again, checking again... Falling? (adapted from the hit song Falling in Love Again by Playboy)

Novia Chandra Dewi, Jakarta – Coinciding with five years since the death of Munir, some 300 people demonstrated at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) demanding that investigation into the murder of the human rights activists be completed.

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – Thousands of balloons were released into the air on Monday September 7. The coloured balloons with pictures of Munir symbolised five years since the death of the human rights activists.

This is their melody, a nice song from Jakarta, I’m like this because sadly I have no choice...

Sign reads: Bylaw No. 8/2009

Yogyakarta – Scores of protesters from the National Student League for Democracy-Politics of the Poor (LMND-PRM) held a protest action at the Gajah Mada University traffic circle on Friday September 4.

What kind of new virus is this?...

Rachmadin Ismail, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) visited the Directorate General of Human Rights at the Department of Justice and Human Rights on Tuesday September 1.

Rachmadin Ismail, Jakarta – There has been no significant change in the handling of cases of missing person or human rights violations since President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been in office. Over the next period therefore, Yudhoyono is being urged to show more courage.

Kid: Forget about it dad... of course our neighboring country likes to import our cultural arts and export the art of terrorism! (referring to Malaysian terrorist fugitive Noordin M. Top)

Farmer: It’s with great effort that we plant, why is the response always imports?

1st Man: Wow, the drama of an assault on terrorist suspects... can now become a TV show.

2nd Man: When will it be able to show guidance as well?

Shohib Masykur, Jakarta – Thirteen protest actions will be held in Jakarta today. As usual, it seems that traffic jams will be unavoidable, particularly on roads such as Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat in Central Jakarta and HR Rasuna Said in South Jakarta, which will be the most frequent targets of the protests.

The road’s only just been built, how come it’s damaged already?

Just wait for the next project!

How come such an overloaded truck is allowed on the road?

They were able to “shake hands” and make up.

Is it any wonder we’re always trailing behind?

E Mei Amelia R, Jakarta – The Attorney General’s Office is again being urged to immediately submit a judicial review over the Supreme Court’s verdict to release Muchdi Purwoprandjono.