Allegations of influence peddling by Indonesia's Lippo financial group may be unproven, but opened a bigger trail that led elsewhere. JAY LOSHER reports from America.
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The romance of K'tut Tantri
Timothy Lindsey, The Romance of K'tut Tantri and Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1997, 362pp, Rrp AU$65. Reviewed by RON WITTON
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New book, old idea
Norman Lewis, An Empire of the East, London: Jonathan Cape, 1993.Reviewed by MICHAEL HERMES
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Writing on the wall
Remember the election last May? MAS SUJOKO was there and listened in to the people's vote, recorded on walls all over Yogyakarta.
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Bank Pacific and the fall of Endang
Endang Utari, daughter of Ibnu Sutowo, has cost the country billions of rupiah
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What the elite do when their banks are in trouble
Many private banks set up by Indonesia's super-wealthy in the 1980s are reeling under the weight of mismanagement. But connections sometimes allow them to evade the laws of financial gravity, as SUARA INDEPENDEN shows in these two reports.
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The breasts of Bali
Michel Picard, Bali: Cultural tourism and touristic culture, Singapore: Archipelago Press, 1996, 231pp Rrp: $US 25.00. Reviewed by RON WITTON
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Love at first sight Slorc meets Abri
ANDREAS HARSONO visits Burma and is intrigued by the respect its military show for the Indonesian model.
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Death of a journalist
'I write the truth and if I have to die for it, well so be it' wrote Udin shortly before he died. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL investigates.
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Smoking gun
The fires were no natural disaster, says JOKO WALUYO. The smoking gun is in the hands of plantation companies.
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More than six decades after being inspired as an undergraduate in Sydney, Ron Witton retraces his Indonesian language teacher's journey back to Suriname