HEADLINES OF MAJOR INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON THURSDAY

Jakarta, March 19 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers published here on Thursday.

Kompas
INSPECTOR GENERAL HERMAN MEETS POLITICAL PARTIES

Former East Java Provincial Police Chief Inspector General Herman Surjadi Sumawiredja met with Chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Megawati Soekarnoputri. Herman denied that he was politicking.

Republika
ANTI-GRAFT BODY SEARCHES LEGISLATOR'S OFFICE

An investigating team of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) searched an office of Abdul Hadi Djamal, a legislator of the Parliament's Commission V, a suspect in a bribery case concerning marine and air facility projects in eastern Indonesia, on Wednesday (March 18).

Media Indonesia
POLITICAL PARTIES MUST CONDUCT VERIFICATION OF PERMANENT VOTERS LIST

The permanent voters list which has been revised is in fact still problematic. PDIP (Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle) has found 25 percent of fictive names in the list in three districts in East Java Province. The case is considered a systematic political crime.

The Jakarta Post
ELECTION CREDIBILITY QUESTIONED
Claims of massive fraud in the recent East Java gubernatorial election have raised the issue of the credibility of the April polls, coming days after the resignation of the investigating police chief.

Jakarta Globe
MINISTER SPARKS TOBACCO FURY

Indonesia's leading consumer watchdog on Wednesday lashed out at Industry Minister Fahmi Idris for opposing the country entering an international treaty to control and reduce tobacco use on the grounds that it would cut state income from cigarette tax.