indonesia incidents

Indonesian elections a major logistical effort with ghosts, gunmen and 17,000 islands

Difficult to know which forum to put this in, but having seen the Stephen Fry case fall through in Ireland, we now come to an even more serious case in Indonesia where the governor of Jakarta is being sentenced to two years in prison (even though the prosecutor asked for a one-year suspended...

Indonesia marks Independence Day by sinking illegal ships from article: The article did not state whether or not the crew of the ships survived. If any of the crew died, I believe that would be murder. Why did this not get more publicity?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36748008

The big problem for me is the defence of I was forced to do it by bad people. In this most recent case you have a middle aged woman who claims she had to take the drugs into Bali in a suitcase as she was forced to. Other members of the drugs ring she was in have been given lesser sentences and...

I'm tired of these countries oppressing non-believers for merely expressing an opinion, which does not violate anyone else's rights. These four countries are the ones I immediately thought of, but it's not an exhaustive. Please feel free to add other countries to the list if you have examples...

Tsunami watch issued...

Anyone keeping up with information regarding the mud flow in Indonesia that started at an exploratory drilling site? The well has been flowing mud since sometime last May, and some experts are saying it could last years to decades to centuries! Here's a link to a brief summary...

This just in, Australian beauty school student Schapelle Corby made the mistake of carrying 9 pounds of weed in Bali, and therefore looks forward to 20 years as a guest of the nasty Indonesian prison system. Had she merely blown up a nightclub and murdered 80-odd other Aussies in the name of the...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3497642.stm ..full article Ohh boy, all we need is another Islamo-fascist country on this planet.