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Editor: Dr Rachel Harrison,
Dept of the Languages and Cultures of South East Asia, SOAS, University Of London

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Published three times per year by IP Publishing on behalf of SOAS, South East Asia Research includes papers on all aspects of South East Asia within the disciplines of archaeology, art history, economics, geography, history, language and literature, law, music, political science, social anthropology and religious studies. Papers are based on original research or field work.

SOAS is the leading centre in this field in Europe and one of the most prestigious centres of South East Asian Studies in the world.

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Please send papers to Dr Rachel Harrison, Dept of the Languages and Cultures of South East Asia, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, UK. E-mail: rh6@soas.ac.uk.

South East Asia Research includes articles on all aspects of South East Asia, from history, archaeology, language and culture to economics, politics and law. Articles should be based on original research or fieldwork. Unless otherwise indicated, it is understood that articles submitted for publication are original contributions and have not been previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere.

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Editor: Dr Rachel Harrison, Dept of the Languages and Cultures of South East Asia, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, UK. E-mail: rh6@soas.ac.uk.

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July 2008 issue (VOL 16, NO 2)

Book review

286 King of the Waters: Homan van der Heide and the Origin of Modern Irrigation in Siam, by Han ten Brummelhuis

(reviewed by Jonathan Rigg)

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Title: Criminal collaborations? Antonius Wamang and the Indonesian military in Timika

Author(s): S. Eben Kirksey and Andreas Harsono

Abstract: US intelligence reports linked the Indonesian military to the August 2002 murder of two American schoolteachers and an Indonesian in Timika, Papua province. Restrictions on the US Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and International Military Education and Training (IMET) for Indonesia came to be linked to the investigation of this murder. However, a Jakarta court subsequently sentenced a Papuan villager, Antonius Wamang, to life in prison for leading the attack. Six other villagers were given sentences ranging from five to eight years. The same day that Wamang was sentenced, Pentagon officials announced a ‘new era of military cooperation’ with Indonesia. Yet many irregularities were not resolved during the trial. Questions remain about whether Wamang’s group acted alone. Did Indonesian military agents help Wamang stage the attack? Did Bush Administration officials help cover up evidence of Indonesian military involvement so that they could pursue objectives in the war on terror? The idiom of co-production offers insight into ambivalent and contingent collaborations that develop during covert operations and acts of terrorism.

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Title: Inadequate budgets and salaries as instruments for institutionalizing public sector corruption in Indonesia

Author(s): Ross H. McLeod

Abstract: Soeharto used the Indonesian bureaucracy to generate rents that could be harvested by ‘insider’ firms, while also encouraging it to extort money from ‘outsider’ firms and individuals. This necessitated incentives that would ensure strong loyalty and minimize internal opposition. Government entities were provided with insufficient budget funding to cover their costs, and their officials were expected to generate cash from illegal activities, making public sector employees financially dependent on corruption. Any employee who opposed this system could expect to be restricted to earning no more than the pitifully low formal salary entitlement. The system therefore became strongly self-reinforcing.

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Title: Soldiers, parties and bureaucrats: illicit fund-raising in contemporary Indonesia

Author(s): Marcus Mietzner

Abstract: This article discusses illicit fund-raising efforts in Indonesia’s armed forces, political parties and bureaucracy after the fall of Suharto in 1998. It argues that while personal self-enrichment remains a key motivation for military leaders, party politicians and bureaucrats to collect off-budget funds, there are also other crucial factors. Most importantly, all three sectors aim to control independent funds in order to maintain or strengthen their autonomy from other state institutions, such as parliamentary budget commissions, executive monitoring bodies or official auditing boards. By engaging in extensive self-financing practices, however, the three political actors undermine their own professionalism, functional effectiveness and internal coherence, and obstruct Indonesia’s process of democratic consolidation.

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Title: The rise of shari’a by-laws in Indonesian districts: an indication for changing patterns of power accumulation and political corruption

Author(s): Michael Buehler

Abstract: A rising number of districts in Indonesia have adopted shari’a by-laws in recent years. This article shows that this development has to be situated in the context of institutional change. Shari’a by- laws allow regents to open up new revenue streams. These revenues are then used to consolidate political power.

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