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Hasyim Widhiarto and Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The National Police is poised to block the installment of Comr. Gen.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The police in Papua have arrested two civilians suspected of murdering two personnel from the South Sumatra Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) in Utikini village, Temba

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – North Sumatra Governor Gatot Pujo Nugroho swore in Hasban Ritonga on Wednesday as provincial secretary at the gubernatorial office in Medan.

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Paulina Quintao – Child abandonment cases are on the rise in Timor-Leste, according to Legal Assistance for Women and Children (ALFeLa) director Merita Correia.

Paulina Quintao – Women in rural areas feel disenfranchised and disconnected from Timor-Leste's development process, according to the Parliamentary Women's Group of Timor-Leste (GMPTL).

Paulina Quintao – Research conducted by Marie Stopes International in the District of Dili and Viqueque has revealed that the dowry system limits the ability of women to access family planning prog

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) will review leadership in the force on account of a high number of desertion cases last year.

Hotman Siregar & Fana F.S. Putra, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's sole nominee for police chief, Comr. Gen.

Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman and murder convict Antasari Azhar says he isn't surprised that photographs of current KPK chairman Abraham Samad kissing a woman ar

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Moeldoko has said the country's military still needs foreign-made weapons.

Jakarta – The National Police Headquarters have set up a fact-finding team to investigate a shooting in Enarotali, Papua, during which four civilians were killed and dozens of others injured on Dec

With the House of Representatives' legal affairs commission approving in acclamation Comr. Gen.

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Haeril Halim and Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) declared on Tuesday National Police chief hopeful Comr. Gen.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on Wednesday that the spreading of intimate photographs showing its chairman Abraham Samad and "Miss Indonesia" pageant winn

Our grave concerns over President Joko Widodo's nomination of Comr. Gen.

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Jakarta) has warned that if President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo presses on with his choice of Comr. Gen.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – For air traffic control (ATC) official Dio Resnu Aditya, dealing with a lack of personnel has become a day-to-day challenge.

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Yeremi Sukoyo & Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – Intervention from President Joko Widodo is needed to a resolve dispute between two ministries fighting over control of annual village funding to the tu

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesian police shot dead a man linked to one of the country's most dangerous terrorist fugitives in a crackdown in which seven terror suspects have been arrested since

Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – The selection of a new leader to fill a vacancy at Indonesia's anti-graft agency has been delayed until December in order to appoint all five leaders simultaneously.

Jakarta – The government will start implementing a 12-year compulsory education program next June, according to Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Puan Maharani.

Helen Davidson – Indonesian authorities have conducted mass arrests and burned down the homes of West Papuan villagers in response to the deaths of two police officers, a West Papuan independence l

If there is any hope that the National Police will be reformed under President Joko Widodo then we should bury it deep for at least another five years after the nomination of Comr. Gen.

Andreas Harsono – In December, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo promised the long-suffering residents of Indonesia's easternmost area of Papua something extraordinary: The opportunity to be heard by

Jakarta – The West Jakarta Social Affairs Agency raided at least 30 street singers donning punk attire, locally known as punkers, during an operation held over the weekend.

Jakarta – Critics in Indonesia have slammed President Joko Widodo's decision to nominate Budi Gunawan as the next National Police chief, citing his political affiliation and lingering suspicions ov

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Jakarta – Arief Hidayat, a law professor, was on Monday appointed the new chief justice of Indonesia's troubled Constitutional Court.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A joint team of National Police (Polri) and Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel is pursuing an armed civilian group led by Ayub Waker suspected to be behind the recen

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The Jakarta City Council has announced plans to set up a hotline for victims of domestic abuse.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – A number of activists and legal experts have questioned a panel of judges who have denied attempts to access information in a high-profile child abuse case implicating two

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Nani Afrida and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has been urged to involve the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the country's money-laundering watchdog in his choice

Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – Megawati Soekarnoputri announced her own appointment on Saturday as the chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle for another five-year term, extending her

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged the North Sumatra provincial administration and police to get involved and uphold the rights of members of th

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Amid calls for the government to protect a lecturer at Ar-Raniry State Islamic University (UIN) who is under threat for efforts toward peace and tolerance, the unive

Jess Melvin, Melbourne – On Dec.

The spokesperson for the global Free West Papua Campaign claims up to 1000 police and military deployed to the Timika region in West Papua have tortured people in the area.

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry announced on Friday the suspension or transfer of at least 11 aviation officials at the ministry for their alleged involvement in allowing severa

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – With a significant cut in the fuel subsidy, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will be able to double the government's capital expenditure (capex) in the revised 2015 sta

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Indonesia's Human Rights Committee announced on Thursday that it had formed a team to investigate possible human rights abuses committed in the fatal shootings of at least

Hayat Indriyatno & Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Dewi has been saving up for the past year and a half to buy a car.

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Jakarta – The National Intelligence Agency (BIN) and security authorities are keeping an eye on radical groups in anticipation of potential incidents following the recent bloody attack on satirical

Jakarta – Political observers are predicting the National Mandate Party's congress, scheduled for Feb.

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