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January 9, 2020

Jakarta Post - January 9, 2020

Jakarta – Demak regent H.M. Natsir started the new year by issuing a letter prohibiting social visits during maghrib (sunset prayer) and isya (evening prayer) in the Central Javan regency.

Jakarta Post - January 9, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – A Jakarta labor alliance went on strike on Thursday to protest the government's omnibus bill on job creation, fearing it would deprive workers of their rights and would benefit only investors and employers.

Jakarta Globe - January 9, 2020

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry projects that domestic coal consumption will rise by 12 percent this year, thanks to additional demand from up to eight new mineral smelters.

Java Post - January 9, 2020

Muhammad Ridwan – Amnesty International Indonesia has responded to a case involving an interfaith activist from West Sumatra, Sudarto, who has been charged with hate speech. Amnesty believes that Sudarto was in fact defending religious minorities' right to worship.

January 8, 2020

Jakarta Post - January 8, 2020

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The Jakarta Post foreign affairs journalist Dian Septiari was conferred the Foreign Ministry's prestigious 2020 Adam Malik Award for Best Print Journalist, a second win in as many years for the Jakarta news outlet.

Jakarta Post - January 8, 2020

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court rejected on Monday a petition for a judicial review of several articles of Law No. 12/1969 on the establishment of the West Irian autonomous province and autonomous regencies in West Irian province.

Jakarta Post - January 8, 2020

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta and Sidoarjo, East Java – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested East Java's Sidoarjo regent, Saiful Ilah, on Tuesday night.

The arrest was confirmed by acting KPK spokesperson Ali Fikri. "The KPK has apprehended a regional leader and other parties in Sidoarjo regency in a case pertaining to goods and services procurement."

Jakarta Post - January 8, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange (forex) reserves rose to US$129.2 billion in December, the highest level in 22 months, driven by inflows from the oil and gas sector and global bonds issuance, Bank Indonesia (BI) announced Wednesday.

Jakarta Post - January 8, 2020

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's visit to Natuna regency in Riau Islands serves as a signal that Indonesia sees its territorial integrity as a matter of great importance, a minister has said, amid tension between the country and China over the latter's maneuvers in the North Natuna Sea.

The Diplomat - January 8, 2020

Joao da Cruz Cardoso – Timor-Leste's Strategic Development Plan 2011-2030, commonly referred to as the SDP, aims to make Timor-Leste an upper middle-income country by 2030.

South China Morning Post - January 8, 2020

Marcel Thee – Slapping their bodies and running in chaotic circles flailing their limbs, members of Jakarta's controversial 69 Performance Club create confrontational shows that aren't always easy to enjoy, but are impossible to ignore.

Reuters - January 8, 2020

Tom Allard and Jack Stubbs, Jakarta/London – As Indonesia celebrated its National Heroes' Day last year, official military social media accounts lavished praise on Corporal Yunanto Nugroho for the "myriad awards he has won in the field of IT."

Reuters - January 8, 2020

Fransiska Nangoy, Wilda Asmarini, Jakarta – Indonesia has approved environmental impact studies for factories to produce battery-grade nickel chemicals in Morowali, Coordinating Minister of Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan said on Wednesday.

Sydney Morning Herald - January 8, 2020

Stanley Widianto and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesia's air force deployed four fighter jets to the South China Sea late on Tuesday in a stand-off with Beijing after Jakarta protested over a Chinese violation of its exclusive economic zone.

The Guardian - January 8, 2020

Krithika Varagur, Jakarta – When Bagia Arif Saputra was growing up in a university town near Jakarta, becoming a jihadist seemed a natural choice for young men like him, who were steeped in the teachings of Islamic fundamentalism. Less easy was reconciling this identity with his sexuality.

Coconuts Jakarta - January 8, 2020

An Indonesian university is facing scrutiny online for what appears to be a discriminatory smoking ban that only applies to female students.

Photos of a sign put up on campus at Universitas Pamulang (Unpam) in South Tangerang went viral recently. The sign reads, "Female students/women prohibited from smoking on campus. Sanction is expulsion."

Jakarta Post - January 8, 2020

News Desk, Jakarta – The Pademangan Police in North Jakarta announced they arrested a 19-year-old man on Friday for allegedly molesting at least six boys.

Jakarta Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Yusri Yunus said the families of six victims, boys ranging from 10 to 13 years old, had reported similar cases against the accused, identified only as HS.

Jakarta Post - January 8, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government plans to no longer provide cash injections to cover the Healthcare and Social Security Agency's (BPJS Kesehatan) deficit this year following a hike in the insurance premiums.

Jakarta Post - January 8, 2020

Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – The extreme rains that affected many parts of the country including Blitar, East Java in recent months have worried poultry farmers in the regency as the rains have caused a further scarcity of corn, which is used for chicken feed.

Jakarta Post - January 8, 2020

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – An interfaith activist defending the rights of Christians in Dharmasraya regency, West Sumatra, to hold Christmas Mass was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly spreading hate speech on Facebook.

Jakarta Globe - January 8, 2020

Beritasatu, Jakarta – The head of East Java's Sidoarjo district was arrested for alleged corruption on Tuesday in the first operation conducted by the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, under its newly installed leadership.

CNN Indonesia - January 8, 2020

Jakarta – 212 Alumni Brotherhood legal division head Damai Hari Lubis says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo should immediately sack Defense Minister (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto.

Lubis made the recommendation because he believes that Prabowo's policies on the conflict between China and Indonesia in waters around Natuna Island are not in step with those of Widodo.

Jakarta Post - January 8, 2020

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – A 29-year-old resident of North Sumatra, Febi Nur Amelia, has been charged with defamation for attempting to ask for her money back from Fitriani Manurung, her friend who happens to be the wife of a police officer, through Instagram.

Jakarta Post - January 8, 2020

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – The North Sumatra Police have arrested a woman, her lover and a hired hitman for the murder of her husband in Medan, North Sumatra, last year.

Jakarta Globe - January 8, 2020

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Indonesia's major political parties have told Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian that the simultaneous presidential and legislative elections in April 2019 were an "inconvenience" and that the electoral system needs to be changed.

Jakarta Globe - January 8, 2020

Jakarta – A commissioner of the General Election Commission, of KPU, was arrested on Wednesday on bribery charges.

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Firli Bahuri confirmed the arrest and revealed identity of the suspect by initials.

"We arrested a KPU commissioner, whose initials are W.S. The person who paid the bribe was also arrested," Firli said.

Jakarta Globe - January 8, 2020

Heru Andriyanto, Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Wednesday the Indonesian international relations will put a greater emphasis on economic agenda amid the global economic slowdown and growing protectionism among major economies, as she outlined her ministry's new priorities.

Tempo - January 8, 2020

Jakarta – It feels like an insult to common sense if the public is expected to simply lap up the confessions of the two suspects arrested by police last week, in the attack case against senior investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Novel Baswedan.

Jakarta Globe - January 8, 2020

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – State-owned life insurer Asuransi Jiwasraya's recent financial strife has been years in the making, fed by deceits, recklessness and greed, according to audit results announced by the Supreme Audit Agency on Wednesday.

January 7, 2020

Jakarta Post - January 7, 2020

Jakarta – The Dutch government has returned 1,500 historical artifacts to Indonesia, four years after an agreement was made with the Education and Culture Ministry.

Internationalist Notebook - January 7, 2020

Sam King – Racist mobs and Indonesian police harassed and raided West Papuan student accommodation in the Indonesian cities of Surabaya, Malang and Semarang in August this year in an attempt to intimidate students sympathetic to the right of self-determination for West Papua.

Coconuts Jakarta - January 7, 2020

Does anyone think that a single country can enforce protectionist policies against the global behemoth that is Netflix? Indonesia's Communications and Information Minister Johnny G Plate seems to think so.

Reuters - January 7, 2020

Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesia will mobilise fishermen to join warships in the South China Sea to help defend against Chinese vessels, the government said, as the biggest stand-off with China for years escalated off south-east Asia's largest country.

Channel News Asia - January 7, 2020

Jakarta – The Indonesian capital of Jakarta will soon ban single-use plastic bags in markets and shopping centres, joining other cities in the region in reducing the use of disposables commonly associated with ocean pollution.

CNN Indonesia - January 7, 2020

Jakarta – Papuan activists Anes Dano Tabuni has insisted that he will wear a penis gourd (koteka) during court hearings on charges of treason and criminal conspiracy at the Central Jakarta District Court on Monday January 6.

Jakarta Post - January 7, 2020

Jakarta – A recent maritime spat between Indonesia and China over the Natuna island chain in Riau Islands province has not affected investments between the two countries, according to a high-ranking official.

Jakarta Post - January 7, 2020

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has implied that the majority of the capital was safe from the recent floods, claiming that floodwater only inundated 15 percent of Jakarta at the beginning of the year.

Jakarta Post - January 7, 2020

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Indonesia's chief maritime affairs minister has cautioned against making assumptions that the nation's sovereignty is at stake as tensions with China in the Natuna Islands chain continue to simmer.

CNN Indonesia - January 7, 2020

Jakarta – The police have been cited as the principle actor in incidents of violence when land conflicts have broken out throughout 2019. These findings were based on an annual report by the Agrarian Reform Consortium (KPA). Some 279 agrarian conflicts occurred in 2019, although this number is lower than last year which saw 410 cases.

Jakarta Post - January 7, 2020

Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has issued a formal apology for an incident in which a passenger and her family were "detained" after Garuda crew members accused her husband of insulting the airline.

Jakarta Post - January 7, 2020

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has fixed this year's coal domestic market obligation (DMO) rate at 25 percent of each mining company's production with a selling price of US$70 per ton for power production.

Jakarta Post - January 7, 2020

Jakarta – Jakarta Legislative Council (DPRD) deputy speaker M. Taufik has called on fellow council members to donate 10 percent of their salaries to those affected by the recent widespread flooding that hit parts of the capital.

Taufik himself has donated Rp 10 million (US$721.22), 10 percent of his pay, for victims.

Jakarta Post - January 7, 2020

Jakarta – The head of Ciledug district has apologized after a video of him shouting at a volunteer as evacuations took place in the flood-stricken district in Tangerang, Banten, caused a Twitterstorm.

Jakarta Post - January 7, 2020

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Shoppers in Jakarta will soon be unable to carry their groceries in single-use plastic bags as the Jakarta administration has issued a long awaited gubernatorial regulation banning such plastic bags from traditional and modern markets starting June this year.

Tempo - January 7, 2020

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Jakarta provincial administration planned to clear a total of 118 plots of land located in the banks of Ciliwung River this year. The lands to be acquired are spread in districts of Tanjung Barat, Pejaten Timur, Cililitan, and Bale Kembang.

Tempo - January 7, 2020

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia chief Leonard Simanjuntak said the recent severe flooding in Jakarta Greater Area was caused by the climate crisis. According to him, that was verified from the change in the rainfall movement for the past ten years.

Tempo - January 7, 2020

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Novel Baswedan, a senior investigator of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), suggested Jakarta Metro Police investigators apply the article of attempted murder to charge two perpetrators of the acid attack against him. Novel considered the currently used article of persecution unfit.

Detik News - January 7, 2020

Agus Setyadi, Banda Aceh – Aceh's religious leaders (ulama) believe that there is no need to build cinemas in Tanah Rencong – as Aceh is known – and that cinemas are not something which have any benefit.

Jakarta Globe - January 7, 2020

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Sinabang in Aceh on Tuesday afternoon, causing light damage. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, or BMKG, did not issue a tsunami warning.

Earlier, the agency said the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.4 but soon revised it to 6.1.

Jakarta Globe - January 7, 2020

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Several ministries and government institutions are in discussion to formulate a new omnibus bill to sort out overlapping responsibilities and authorities in Indonesia's maritime affairs and strengthen the country's coast guard, officials said on Tuesday.