Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The government will soon abolish import duties for 30 staple commodities starting from the end of this month amid rising…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – In its latest hearing with law enforcers investigating the Bank Century bailout, the House of Representatives…

Jayapura – Three members of the Indonesian military (TNI) who are appearing as defendants in a case of torture against civilians in Papua have…

Indonesian prosecutors have demanded jail terms of up to 12 months for three soldiers accused of disobedience after they filmed themselves…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' insistence on building a controversial new office tower is an "evil conspiracy" that no…

Ulma Haryanto, Indonesia – More than three months after their homes, school and mosque were torched, members of a beleaguered Ahmadiyah community…

Dili, East Timor – East Timorese police evicted more than 1,000 long-term squatters from a former Indonesian barracks in Dili Thursday, sparking a…

Agus Maryono, Banyumas – Corruption is becoming increasingly rampant in Central Java as shown by the substantial increase in the number of…

Indonesia – Aside from the rogue taxman and his one-time lawyer, seven others have been tried in relation to Gayus Tambunan's farcical trial at…

Heru Andriyanto & Armando Siahaan, Indonesia – A new war of words has erupted between members of the Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force and…

Jakarta – The jailing of a rogue tax official whose exploits shocked Indonesia will do little to improve President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Gayus Tambunan, the tax official at the centre of a scandal that exposed a wide network of corruption among Indonesian law…

Heru Andriyanto & Nivell Rayda – In a verdict widely seen as failing the public's sense of justice, disgraced taxman Gayus Tambunan on…

Peter Alford – Corrupt taxman Gayus Tambunan, whose exposure demonstrated the malignancy of Indonesia's "judicial mafia", has been jailed for…

Yuli Krisna – Pop star Nazril "Ariel" Irham was briefly trapped inside the Bandung District Court on Thursday by Muslim protesters demanding he…

Camelia Pasandaran – Unfazed by a meeting they had with the president to clarify their accusation that the government has been lying to the public…

Shirley Christie – The government on Thursday praised Research in Motion for installing filters the day before to block access to pornography…

Jakarta – A day before its deadline, Research In Motion was able to install the filters necessary to block access to pornography through its…

Ismira Lutfia – Three nongovernmental organizations have joined the chorus of voices calling for the courts to overturn the indecency conviction…

Jia You – Many things could come to mind when one imagines a hospital; but could livestock be one of them?

Visit East Timor's national…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Indonesian Armed Forces on Wednesday kicked off a two-day national leaders' meeting to evaluate its performance…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has lashed out at the light sentence the South Jakarta District Court handed…

Arientha Primanita – Planning and environmental experts have lambasted the Jakarta administration over its draft of the city's spatial master plan…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Graft convict Gayus Tambunan on Wednesday said he highly appreciated the panel of judges who sentenced him to seven…

July 25, 2009

Gayus Tambunan, a mid-ranking official in the tax directorate whose job is to verify complaints from taxpayers, is…

Peter Alford, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has issued a flurry of directives dealing with Indonesia's most troublesome corruption…

Anita Rachman & Camelia Pasandaran – Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi has painted a bleak picture of the country's regional heads, saying…

Jakarta – The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) received 153 protection requests in 2010, up from 74 in 2009 and 10 in 2008, agency…

Bagus BT Saragih and Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie called on legislators to reject their newly…

Hans David Tampubolon – Many believe that the aborted communist coup of 1965 was the result of a global conflict between world superpowers. What…

Elisabeth Oktofani & Anita Rachman – Female legislators and regional heads are failing to use their positions to promote gender equality, a…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – A coalition of religious figures has vowed to remain critical of the government's failings, following a meeting on…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Central Information Commission (KIP) ordered the National Police on Tuesday to disclose deposit information for 17 bank…

Fitraya Ramadhanny, Jakarta – The United States government used the social networking media in Indonesia, from blogs, Facebook to Twitter, to…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – The critically-endangered Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) population in Way Kambas National Park (TNWK…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – The forestry minister on Monday warned some logging companies that they needed to stop harvesting trees from natural…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Dessy Sagita – The military says it wants to serve as a model of discipline and good conduct for the country and…

A credit rating upgrade to one step below investment grade for Indonesia by Moody's Investors Service was overdue given the persistent improvement…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Golkar legislator Bambang Susatyo has urged a member of the presidentially appointed Judicial Mafia…

Rinaldi Ridwan, Jakarta – Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring's plan to ban BlackBerry service in Indonesia…

Amir Tejo & Candra Malik, Surabaya – A congress of the Ansor Youth Movement, which is linked to the country's largest Islamic organization,…

Matt Crook, Lautem – The nuns were creating an almighty din. In one room there was a sister getting down with a keyboard, while in another there…

Nurfika Osman – Religious freedom advocates have expressed disappointment with the government over its failure to stand up to hard-line Islamic…

Elisabeth Oktofani – The government moratorium on sending Indonesian domestic migrant workers to Malaysia has worsened the unemployment situation…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The military must conduct a thorough investigation of a shooting incident left two civilians dead in Papua on Friday, the…

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Despite a recent report identifying Indonesia as the only truly free country in Southeast Asia, the country's Asean human…

Vento Saudale & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – Angered over the dismal conditions of the nation's pockmarked roadways and the attendant traffic snarls…

Anita Rachman & Ismira Lutfia – Communication and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring is holding firm to his Jan. 21…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Two political parties loyal to Indonesia's ruling party on Sunday said they would continue to stand by the Democrats,…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The government kicked off its process to qualify political parties looking to contest the 2014 polls, while smaller…