Author Archive for Ross


Ross McKay has been living in or around Jakarta for eight years, and previously was a politician, among many other jobs. He graduated in Politics and Modern History, and took a post-graduate diploma in Soviet Studies (on the principle that a good doctor studies disease).

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Munir & Muchdi PR

Friday, June 20th, 2008, by Ross. 40 Comments

BIN chief Muchdi Purwopranjono’s arrest by Indonesian police over the murder of human rights activist Munir.

Good & Bad Citizens

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008, by Ross. 30 Comments

Frozen Assets - good citizens in suspended animation.

Jakarta Public Transport

Monday, June 2nd, 2008, by Ross. 11 Comments

Tips for travelling on Jakarta’s buses, the Jakarta public transportation network.

Sexy Dewi Persik

Monday, April 7th, 2008, by Ross. 14 Comments

Sexy dangdut singer Dewi Persik.

Curing Homosexuality

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008, by Ross. 75 Comments

The stance of Indonesian clerics against homosexuality and about curing it.

Jalan Jaksa Under Threat

Friday, March 28th, 2008, by Ross. 144 Comments

Jalan Jaksa in Jakarta is going to suffer re-development.

Self Publish Books in Indonesia

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008, by Ross. 3 Comments

How to self publish books cheaply and easily.

Literature Commissar

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008, by Ross. 50 Comments

Pramoedya Ananta Toer as a bullying commissar of literature.

Treason of the Intellectuals

Friday, February 29th, 2008, by Ross. 60 Comments

The lovely Julia Suryakusuma, and other intellectuals, commit treason.

Sharia Byelaws

Monday, February 18th, 2008, by Ross. 32 Comments

Sharia inspired bylaws in Indonesia.

Celebrity Jailbirds

Monday, February 11th, 2008, by Ross. 6 Comments

Thugs and murderers, celebrity jailbirds, Enrico Gutierres, Theo Toemion, and the lovely Lidya Pratiwi.

The Indonesian Way of Death

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008, by Ross. 6 Comments

The Indonesian way of death is too graphic.

Genocide

Saturday, January 19th, 2008, by Ross. 83 Comments

Whether there was a genocide in Indonesia in 1965 and what happened to the survivors.

Corporal Punishment

Monday, December 3rd, 2007, by Ross. 37 Comments

Corporal punishment in Indonesia, spanking and caning, and attempts to have it outlawed.

The Jakarta Pest

Thursday, November 15th, 2007, by Ross. 36 Comments

Whether the Jakarta Post newspaper is too left wing.

Metro TV Xin Wen

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007, by Ross. 61 Comments

Metro TV’s Chinese-language news service, Xin Wen.

Kampung Girls

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007, by Ross. 38 Comments

Ross wonders about Ramadan, lazy rich women, and why kampung girls are the best.

Jakarta Election Result

Friday, August 10th, 2007, by Ross. 5 Comments

Less than enthused about Fauzi Bowo’s election as Jakarta governor.

Aceh Abominations

Monday, August 6th, 2007, by Ross. 10 Comments

Ross asks whether the government is willing to bring some Muslims into the 21st century.

Climate Crisis Hits Jakarta

Thursday, July 26th, 2007, by Ross. 10 Comments

Ross complains that the global warming bandwagon has reached Jakarta.

Separatist Hysteria

Monday, July 23rd, 2007, by Ross. 9 Comments

Does Indonesia need a federal system, amid the separatist hysteria of late?

Anti Australian

Friday, June 1st, 2007, by Ross. 55 Comments

Governor Sutiyoso and anti-Australianism and street thuggery.

Security Forces

Monday, February 26th, 2007, by Ross. 12 Comments

The Indonesian security forces.

Overseas Workers

Saturday, February 24th, 2007, by Ross. 1 Comment

Hope For the Helpless? Overseas Workers Ordeals, by Ross.

PP 37

Monday, January 29th, 2007, by Ross. 11 Comments

The PP 37, a new law granting pay rises to parliamentarians.

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