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SATURDAY'S NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES

Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines of major newspapers here on Saturday.


The Jakarta Post
BRID-RIDDLED POLICE MOVE TO REFORM

The country's police chiefs signed a contract on Friday in an effort to push for bureaucratic reform within the force, dubbed the most bribe-riddled of all state institutions. The signing followed the launch of the National Police's reform program, called Quick Wins, which was inaugurated earlier in the day by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.


Kompas
BI CONTINUES WITH STIMULUS

The central bank, Bank Indonesia, continues a series of its relaxation of regulation to minimize the impact of global financial crisis. The 2009 banking relaxation policy will be directed to the protection of banking industrial intermediation function.


Media Indonesia
PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT BELIEVE IN WHISPERER

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was considered to be in excessive state of panic so he believed in whisperer without assessing the truth of an issue. Such a reactive attitude could make an issue came up as if it were a national danger.


Republika
AULIA THREATENED WITH LIFE IMPRISONMENT

For the first time the Corruption Court indicted former Bank Indonesia deputy governor Aulia Tantowi Pohan on Friday over the embezzlement of Rp100 billion from BI. Aulia is facing a maximum life sentence in prison.


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