General Elections Commission (KPU) Logo (illustration)

Indonesian leader calls for restraint after presidential stand-off

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged the two candidates in Wednesday's disputed presidential election to keep their supporters in check during what will be an agonizing two-week wait for an official result. Police were on alert on Thursday across the sprawling archipelago, the world's fourth-most populous nation, after both candidates claimed victory in the tightest election race...

Former Indonesia's Minister of Defense and Commander of the then Indonesian Armed Forces, Ret. General Wiranto (file photo)

Wiranto: Abduction of activists Prabowo`s personal initiative

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Former defense minister and commander of the then Indonesian armed forces, retired General Wiranto, stated on Thursday that the kidnapping of activists in 1998 was the personal initiative of Prabowo Subianto.  Prabowo, then commander of the army's special Kopassus forces, had taken the initiative and had personally admitted it, Wiranto said. The issue had become a hot...