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...Teachers, police officers, businessmen, tradesmen, a child-care center owner and religious ministers figure among those accused of buying the images. Several more are believed to have been producing their own child pornography in backyard studios; six have committed suicide after being charged or questioned about their involvement. Away from their computers, the suspects led outwardly normal lives as fathers, husbands, brothers and boyfriends. Deep in what they thought was the anonymity of cyberspace, however, they were amassing huge libraries of images. But theirs were not the only eyes scanning the websites...
...Politically, Abdullah's decision bagged two birds with a single stone. Since taking office last November, the Prime Minister has distanced himself from several of Mahathir's more controversial awards to businessmen, which has been popular. In January, for example, he canceled a $3.8 billion railway contract with another tycoon. Tan had paid $6.6 million for the betting license, which officials say will be refunded, and the business was guaranteed to be large: police estimate that illegal betting on soccer already pulls in $1.6 billion a year. Conservative Muslims-Islam forbids gambling-applauded Abdullah's move...
This move brings the banks to the brink of ubiquity and has caused some Square businessmen to worry...
...mere prospect of fresh thinking in Jakarta has been enough to send a wave of optimism surging through the capital. After years of dithering leadership, economists, businessmen and ordinary Indonesians are hopeful that Yudhoyono's popular mandate (past leaders were chosen by parliament, not through direct elections) will give him the authority to overcome obstacles that his predecessors could not. "There are grounds for confidence," says Andrew Steer, the World Bank's country director for Indonesia. "The recognition of the problems is now there...
...Moreover, the unofficial President-elect appears to be on a collision course with his mainstay constituents, Indonesia's working class. To attract investment and new factories, the country needs to overhaul labor laws that businessmen say make it too costly to compete with countries such as China. They especially complain about rules that mandate high severance payouts to laid-off workers, which they contend impedes their ability to adapt to changing economic conditions. According to a study by the World Bank, the cost of firing a worker in Indonesia averages 157 weeks of pay, higher than in any other East...