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42 . “Indonesia Bars Foreign Journalists from Hotspots,” Reuters, January 26, 2001.
43 . Quoted in “Banser Para-military Preparing to Come to the Aid of ‘No Worries’ Wahid,”
Laksamana.Net , January 22, 2001, http://joyonews.org/JoyoNews.php?link=31170 .
44 . “President Orders ‘Self-Censorship’ of State Television Network,” Tempo , March 26,
2001.
45 . Quoted in “Wahid a Victim of Prejudiced Press,” Bangkok Post , March 25, 2001.
46 . Quoted ibid.
47 . “Gus Dur Plans to Sue Media for Spreading Lies,” JP , May 10, 2001.
48 . Quoted in “Govt Establishes Media Watchdog,” IO , May 11, 2001.
49 . “Order Issued to Restore Security,” JP , May 29, 2001; “Character Assassination and
Criticism in the Indonesian Media,” editorial, Laksamana.Net , June 25, 2001, http://joyonews.
org/JoyoNews.php?link=39495 .
50 . “A Chronology of Wahid’s 21 Months in Power,” AFP, July 24, 2001.
51 . Ibid.
52 . Richard Lloyd Parry, “Embattled Wahid Says He Will Not Stand Down,” Independent
(UK), July 23, 2001.
53 . “Gus Dur Suspends MPR, DPR,” JP , July 23, 2001.
54 . “Indonesian Military Opposed to Wahid’s Decree,” AFP, July 23, 2001.
55 . “Character Assassination and Criticism.”
56 . “Press Censorship,” editorial, JP , January 29, 2001.
57 . “Serambi Redaksi,” Gatra , September 11, 2000. For an extended interpretation of the
possible motives behind press coverage of Wahid’s alleged affair, see Nicole Andres, “Media-

Elite Interactions in Post-authoritarian Indonesia” (PhD diss., Murdoch University, 2016),
164–76.
58 . Laksamana Sukardi, “Will Mega Survive?,” Laksamana.Net , October 22, 2001, http://
joyonews.org/JoyoNews.php?link=45856 .
59 . John McBeth, “Indonesia’s Golkar Party Faces Another Scandal,” FEER , December 13,
2001.
60 . Bill Guerin, “Indonesia Prepares Black Sheep for Sacrifi ce,” AT , October 26, 2001.
61 . Sukardi, “Will Mega Survive?”
62 . Guerin, “Indonesia Prepares Black Sheep.”
63 . “AG to Summon Akbar, Wiranto,” JP , October 11, 2001.
64 . “Under Mega’s Wing?,” Tempo , October 30–November 5, 2001.
65 . “Bulog Funds Were Spent on Food Assistance: Akbar,” JP , October 11, 2001.
66 . Guerin, “Indonesia Prepares Black Sheep.”
67 . “The Fall of Tanjung and Folly of Mega?,” opinion, Laksamana.Net , October 25, 2001,
http://joyonews.org/JoyoNews.php?link=46106 .
68 . “PDI Perjuangan Indecisive on Akbar Corruption Case,” JP , October 31, 2001.
69 . “AG to Summon Akbar, Wiranto.”
70 . “Akbar Denies Golkar’s Involvement in Reported Bulog Fund,” JP , October 17, 2001.
71 . “Audit Exposes Graft in Attorney General’s Offi ce,” Laksamana.Net , December 3, 2001,
http://joyonews.org/JoyoNews.php?link=48043 .
72 . Quoted in D. Karaniya et al., “Sepuluh Lembar Cek di Tiga Skenario,” Tempo , October
29–November 4, 2001.
73 . Tertiani Z. B. Simanjuntak, “Akbar, Wiranto Grilled over Alleged Graft,” JP , November 1,
2001. The foundation’s name had many spellings in subsequent reports, but “Raudatul Jannah”
appears to be the “correct” spelling insofar as the foundation existed to begin with.
74 . Tiarma Siboro, “Damaging Revelations for Akbar,” JP , November 20, 2001.
75 . Karaniya et al., “Sepuluh Lembar Cek.”
76 . “Under Mega’s Wing?”
77 . Guerin, “Indonesia Prepares Black Sheep.”
78 . “Akbar Urged to Relinquish His Posts,” JP , October 26, 2001.
79 . Warren Caragata, “Sticky Money,” Asiaweek , November 9, 2001.
80 . Quoted in “Akbar Denies Issuing Receipts in Bulog Funds Disbursement,” JP , Novem-
ber 19, 2001.
81 . “The Elite Pact’s Pinocchio Problem,” Laksamana.Net , November 21, 2001.
82 . “Golkar to Set Up ‘Rival’ Special Committee on Bulog Scandal,” JP , December 1, 2001.

83 . “Calling Golkar’s Bluff,” editorial, JP , December 5, 2001.