With the hoarding of fuel and other goods already resulting in scarcities and rising prices in many parts of the country, rights groups have slammed a plan to deploy the army to control street protests against planned fuel price hike in April saying the military should not be used as a tool to deal with opposition to government policies and that
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March 2012
Man: There’s a natural balance: There is the sky and the earth, there is day and night, those who are poor and those who are rich, and there are things that go up...
Kid: And things that fall!
Man: Ah, you only come to us in the lead up to elections Mr...
Politician: No... I also come for your taxes...
Man: Good idea Mr! Don’t jail or impoverish corruptors... just hang them!
Woman: Why did he ask that it be at Monas?
Man: Because he’s a senior official (pe-tinggi, lit someone high up)
Legislator: It is forbidden to be corrupt, accept bribes, broker projects, play truant, wear mini-skirts!
Man: Is there still hope for this republic of complete indifference, aside from God...
Kid: There is Dad!
February 2012
Official: Pay your tax, its compulsory... Shame on you! (Money bag reads: Tax revenue)
Man: Yes... but when are you going to give me some thought Mr?
Former Miss Indonesia Angelina Sondakh, a legislator from President Yudhoyono’s ruling Democrat Party and suspect in a high-profile corruption scandal, angered millions who watched her recent court testimony in the trial of former party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin when she insisted she knew nothing about a BlackBerry messenger conversation wit