Victor Tjahjadi
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/ 19 July 2006

Tsunami death toll hits 525

The death toll from a tsunami that hit the southern coast of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Monday has reached 525, according to the country’s national coordinating body for disaster management. Rescue workers dug with bare hands on Wednesday in a grim search for more bodies after a second tsunami to strike Indonesia in as many years.

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/ 4 April 2006

Indonesia records 24th bird-flu death

An eight-year-old Indonesian girl who died last year has been confirmed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the nation’s 24th bird-flu fatality, a health ministry official said on Tuesday. Runizar Rusin, the head of the ministry’s bird-flu command post, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that samples taken from the girl were only recently sent to Hong Kong for testing.

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/ 6 March 2006

‘Car jockeys’ cash in on Jakarta’s traffic snarl

Standing astride a fume-choked footpath in the Indonesian capital, her year-old baby perched on a hip, Dewi bin Suparno signals cars with a surreptitious finger. Suparno is among an increasing number of poor women becoming "car jockeys" — someone who rides in a car so it can meet the quota of three people required to travel at peak times in Jakarta’s so-called fast lanes.

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/ 3 October 2005

Indonesia hunts Bali bomb suspects

Indonesian police on Monday were hunting the suspects who helped suicide bombers attack the resort of Bali, leaving at least 19 dead and raising fears of more violence from Islamic militants. Authorities said Saturday’s carnage bore the hallmarks of a group linked to al-Qaeda, Jemaah Islamiyah, that has waged a bloody campaign against Western interests since 1999.