Jakarta – The newly appointed Detective Corps chief at the National Police, Insp. Gen.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo's claim of a national drug "emergency" that necessitates the death penalty for drug crimes is based on questionable statistics.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Labora Sitorus was a lowly chief brigadier police officer stationed in a remote area in Sorong, West Papua.

Jakarta – The national antigraft commission has called on President Joko Widodo to take urgent measures to halt an increasingly apparent attempt by the police to undermine anti-corruption leaders o

SP/Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – Jakarta has been named the city with the worst traffic congestion in the world, according to a new study, while Surabaya – Indonesia's second-biggest city – has

Jakarta – Following President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's failure to inaugurate Comr. Gen.

Venidora Oliveira – Member of the National Parliament MP Anastacia da Costa Amaral claims some 85 percent of rural Timorese are not familiar with the prepaid electricity system set up by the EDTL E

Paulina Quintao – Deputy Justice Ministry Ivo Jorge Valente said the draft Juvenile Justice Law has been completed and has been scheduled for debate at the Council Ministry (CoM) prior to being sen

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Air Force might cancel its plan to create a new jet fighter squadron in eastern Indonesia, a high-ranking military official said on Wednesday.

Jakarta – A health advocacy group has poured scorn on Rahmat Gobel after the hapless trade minister said he had decided to ban the import of used clothes because the garments could transmit the HIV

Paulina Quintao – In response to accusations the Ministry of Health has no control over public doctors working as private practitioners, Minister of Health Sergio Lobo da Costa said even though thi

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia's plan to develop a smelter to process mineral ore in Gresik, East Java, has led to a protest being staged by Papuan students in Makas

PT Freeport Indonesia, a subsidiary of US-based mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Inc., deserves a strong rebuke from the government and the House of Representatives for its utter lack of commitment to

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) supports the move of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's government to expedite the execution of a number of drug convicts.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met with top officials from the Indonesian Military (TNI) over lunch on Tuesday amid uncertainty about the fate of Comr. Gen.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Indonesia's influence in the international community may be overshadowed by the scorn it is getting for the recent executions of drug traffickers, human rights activists say.

Carlos Paath, Ezra Sihite, Yustinus Paat & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo will decide next week whether to stick with his controversial pick for police chief or drop

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Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded deflation in January as the decline in fuel prices dragged down food and transportation costs further than expected, creating room for the central

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Graft suspect and National Police chief candidate Comr. Gen.

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Jakarta – Police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of having shot anticorruption activist Mathur Hussain in Bangkalan, East Java, last month.

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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained Democratic Party cofounder Sutan Bhatoegana on Monday, eight months after declaring the former head of Commission VII on

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The West Papua Police chief and the head of the High Prosecutor's Office have been urged to be firm and bold in recapturing and executing the sentence handed down aga

Marcelino Pereira, Dili – East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao is meeting the president this week to discuss a possible government restructuring, sending perhaps the strongest signal yet that

Ina Parlina and Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is pushing the government to make copper giant PT Freeport Indonesia establish its smelter in Papua, increasing concerns ove

Ezra Sihite & Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's sole nominee for police chief should withdraw from the process in a bid to quell the brouhaha spawned by his being named a corrupt

Paulina Quintao – The Alola Foundation (FA) is urging the Timorese government to create regulation that will protect the originality of the Tais (traditional cloth) of Timor, including motifs used

Estevao Nuno – One of the priorities for the Ministry of Education (ME) in 2015 is to use funds allocated in the State Budget for education to rehabilitate 800 schools presently in very poor condit

Paulina Quintao – Cases of renal failure are on the rise in Timor-Leste with one of the potential causes being the poor quality of water consumed by the Timorese.

Bayu Marhaenjati/FEB, Jakarta – The pre-trial hearing of national police chief candidate Commissioner General Budi Gunawan (BG) related to his declaration as a suspect by the Corruption Eradication

Ayunda W Savitri, Jakarta – The legal attorney representing national police (Polri) headquarters and Commissioner General Budi Gunawan, Frederick Yunadi has asked that the national police not alway

Jakarta – A court has thrown out a challenge to tycoon Aburizal Bakrie's leadership of the Golkar Party, dealing a blow to the reformist faction led by Agung Laksono.

Paulina Quintao – Rede Feto (RF) women's network umbrella organization and the National Directorate for Terrestrial Transportation (DNTT) launched a campaign to raise public awareness and in partic

Paulina Quintao – Women's Parliamentary Group president Josefa Alvares Pereira Soares says rural women are unfamiliar with laws prohibiting domestic violence.

Venidora Oliveira – Member of the National Parliament MP Arao Noe urges the Ministry of Justice to work towards translating the Timorese Civil Code Law to Tetun because it was difficult for Timores

Tabita Diela, Jakarta – Four activists from ProDem, an activist group, filed a citizen lawsuit against President Joko Widodo and Freeport Indonesia, the local unit of US mining giant Freeport-McMoR

Haeril Halim and Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – As the standoff between the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the graft-ridden National Police drags on, the ruling Indonesian Democratic P

Jakarta – If the current bitter struggle over the nomination of a new police chief indicates a growing rift between President Joko Widodo and his political patron, Megawati Soekarnoputri, as is inc

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Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Now that the National Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Agency (REDD+) has been abolished by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, calls are mount

Jakarta – The party behind President Joko Widodo has continued to defend a graft suspect whose appointment as police chief was suspended by the president last month.

Jakarta – Rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo should uphold human rights in Papua and bring perpetrators of rights abuses to justice.

Jakarta – The Indonesian government should take decisive action to address religious intolerance and a rollback in women's rights, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a newly released report.

Fana F.S. Putra, Farouk Arnaz & Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – National Police chief candidate and graft suspect Comr. Gen.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo not to lose focus on human rights issues now that his government is focusing more

Budi Gunawan, the man who President Joko Widodo bizarrely thought would make a suitable police chief, has proved to the country why it's a very good thing that Joko had a last-minute change of hear

Khoirul Amin and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – In a move seen as a strong message that the government is serious about fighting against tax evaders, the tax office has imprisoned a high-level employe