Indonesian Sex Tape Will Go to Ethics Council as Lawmaker Says Likeness ‘Hard to Deny’

The House of Representatives Ethics Council will investigate a sex tape allegedly involving two House lawmakers by calling on experts to confirm or refute the allegations.

“We will get experts to analyze whether it was true or they just look similar,” council chairman M. Prakosa said on Tuesday.

Golkar Split on Survey for Indonesian Presidential Candidate

The Golkar Party’s decision to rely on surveys in the selection of chairman Aburizal Bakrie as its 2014 presidential candidate is facing resistance, with some regional chapters threatening to call an extraordinary congress.

Muntasir Hamid, the chairman of Golkar’s Social Network Forum of Regional Chapter Boards, said the group would push for the congress if the party continued insisting on Aburizal as its candidate, a choice that he says lacks unanimous support.

Indonesian Plan to Cap Fuel Sales Put on Hold

A planned government cap on the sale of subsidized fuel for vehicles will not come into force in May as initially planned and the president is seeking input from several economic committees on the matter, a senior minister said on Tuesday.

“We cannot do this by May 1,” Hatta Rajasa, the coordinating minister for the economy, said at the presidential office.

'Shave For Hope': Indonesians Go Bald to Fight Cancer

What would you do to help kids with cancer? Of course money is always needed and welcome in the battle against the disease. But even if your pocket is empty, there are other ways to help.

Would you have guessed, for instance, that getting your head shaved bald can assist people living with cancer?

There are many foundations worldwide that have taken this approach, in which supporters offer donations on behalf of those having their heads shaved. Among them is the US-based St. Baldrick’s Foundation, which has hosted more than 220 events since its inception in 2000, and can count 33,000 people with shaved heads, including 4,000 women, on its list of accomplishments.

Southeast Asia Surging as US, Europe Tread Water: Consultant

Economic growth in Southeast Asia will be faster than in the United States and Europe, two regions that face challenges because of a slow recovery from recession and high debt levels, a top executive at the Boston Consulting Group says.

“The fundamentals [point to] a prolonged period of slow growth in Europe. We’re not going to return to high growth in the US,” said David Rhodes, chairman of global practices, in an interview with the Jakarta Globe last week.

Indonesian Police Electronic ID Project Raises Red Flags

Activists are sounding the alarm over a $4.7 million electronic ID card program being championed by the police, calling it a massive waste of money that overlaps with a similar e-card program launched by the government.

Two respected groups, Indonesia Police Watch and the Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (Fitra) have demanded that the National Police drop the Rp 43.2 billion Indonesia Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (Inafis) project.