Farouk Arnaz – High-profile prosecutor Cirus Sinaga was officially taken into custody for alleged corruption on Saturday, with police admitting the investigation had been a "slow" one.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Indonesia will need to make significant strides in resolving financial problems impeding its efforts to establish universal healthcare coverage by 2014,

A'an Suryana, Jakarta – The sheer number of prominent figures – no less than President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono – paying their respects Thursday to senior jo

The use of antibiotics has reached an alarming level in Indonesia, fueled by poor diagnosis, ignorance and poor regulation of drugs, experts say.

Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP), which was established by a group of Islamic parties in 1970s, doubted that the existing Islamic parties will merge ahead of the 2014 polls

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The United Development Party on Friday pledged to support President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono until 2014 despite calls from some groups within the party to lea

Following a number of shootings of inhabitants in the district of Dogiyai in the past few weeks, the place is now like a ghost town.

Zubaidah Nazeer, Dili – Former investment banker Derek Chua traded in his sharp suits for comfortable clothes so that he could cycle to work each morning here in Timor Leste's capital c

Megawati Wijaya, Jakarta – New legislation before Indonesia's parliament aims to give special powers to intelligence agencies charged with fighting terrorism.

Karlis Salna – Defence Minister Stephen Smith says a full assessment of a planned withdrawal of Australian troops from East Timor will be made in conjunction with the government in Dili

Ali Kotarumalos, Jakarta, Indonesia – A suicide bomber blew himself up as police were praying Friday, wounding 28 people in the first attack on a mosque since extremists started targeti

Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has called on Indonesian Muslims to refrain from being provoked by Friday's terrorist attack.

Fadli, Batam – The Riau Islands provincial administration was welcome to ban Ahmadiyah (an Islamic sect considered heretical) in the region, but was urged to let Ahmadis perform their r

Yuli Krisna – More than 400 members of the beleaguered Ahmadiyah have converted to mainstream Islam since a ban on their activities was issued in West Java, officials claimed on Thursda

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Two state-owned contractors implicated in illegal markups in a prior project are among five companies that have passed the first qualification phase for the c

Dessy Sagita & Arientha Primanita – Indonesia on Thursday bid farewell to veteran journalist Rosihan Anwar, who was laid to rest at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in South Jakarta wit

Pandaya, Jakarta – First, a revered figure made earth-shaking revelations on corruption, a breach of electoral laws and commonplace polygamy among leaders of the Islamist Prosperous Jus

The floodgates of reform opened at the end of president Soeharto's repressive and monarchial New Order have, directly and indirectly, paved the way for unlimited political freedom in In

Heru Andriyanto – Attorney General Basrief Arief on Friday blamed his spokesman for providing inaccurate data that stated that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had as yet failed to al

Chairman of Commission A Parliament of Papua together with Dogiyai citizens went to the Papua Police Headquarters on Friday (15/4) in connection with the bloody incidents that have occu

Jakarta – Around 700 soldiers from the Indonesian and US armed forces will take part in the "Garuda Shield" training, an annual 12-day peacekeeping training camp, starting June 1 this y

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A Papuan legislator has called for the firing of the provincial police chief following the shooting deaths of two people in Dogyai district this week.

Nethy Dharma Somba and Yemris Fointuna, Jayapura/Kupang – One person was killed in a clash between residents and police personnel in Moenamani village, Nabire, Papua, on Wednesday, whil

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Despite higher economic growth in the last several years, Indonesia has not been able to translate its economic improvements into quality employment due

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says 25 case studies on how officials swindled state funds have largely been ignored, showing institutional foot dragg

Dessy Sagita – A senior member of Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) says that he is disappointed with the early release of graft convict Sjahril Djohan.

Following a police raid on gambling at a market in Papua on Wednesday, hundreds of people retaliated by attacking the police chief and the precinct office.

Heru Andriyanto – The Attorney General's Office on Wednesday said a former airline employee who was sentenced to a year in jail for a minor role in the murder of renowned rights campaig

Agus Maryono, Purwokerto – An NGO says that anticorruption activists working in several regencies in Central Java have reported 24 cases of criminal or violent intimidation over the las

Bagus BT Saragih and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) has found indications that judges in Antasari Azhar's trial ignored important evidence and testimony that might

Anita Rachman – A state budget watchdog on Thursday released data detailing extravagant spending by House Commission I members on comparative study trips.

Dessy Sagita & Anita Rachman – - Though the House of Representatives still refuses to back down from its plan for a new office building, it seems civil society groups have no plans

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – Over 50 officials who are clients of alleged Citibank embezzler Inong Malinda, aka Malinda Dee, are suspected of being linked with the fraud case that may also

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will send a special team to monitor and deal with various land conflicts and cases involving the community and

Heru Andriyanto – The final witness for the prosecution in the trial of cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has corroborated earlier testimony that the paramilitary camp linked to the defendant was

Vento Saudale, Bogor – A court in Bogor sentenced three people charged in a mob attack on an Ahmadiyah community to prison terms of between four and six months on Wednesday.

Fidelis E.

Clinton Fernandes – In April 2007 I applied to the National Archives of Australia for access to records of the Defence Intelligence Organisation relating to Indonesia and East Timor in

Hasyim Widhiarto – Daddy's and mommy's big name coupled with inherited wealth and traces of attractiveness are probably the best assets for children of the political elites in vying for

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Army said on Tuesday that it was committed to the peaceful settlement of a land dispute in Central Java, a day after thousands of farmers protested the us

Arientha Primanita & Heru Andriyanto – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday denied he had withheld permission for law enforcement officials to probe 61 regional heads, sayi

The Free West Papua Association in Vanuatu has asked the coalition government of the prime minister, Sato Kilman, to clarify its position on the Papua issue.

Nurfika Osman – Tackling waterborne diseases in Indonesia is a question of educating the 30 percent of the population still practicing open defecation, health experts say.

A senior politician from the ruling Democratic Party says an outbreak of caterpillars that has reached plague proportions in parts of Indonesia is a warning from God.

By Hasyim Widhiarto

Capt. Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono

Place/date of birth: Bandung, West Java, Aug. 10, 1978

Hasyim Widhiarto – The scions of Indonesia's political elite are born with silver spoons in their mouths – something which smooths the way when the children of senior party members ente

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Human rights activists on Tuesday criticized Aceh's provincial administration for failing to prevent vigilantes from punishing alleged violators of Shariah la

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – As many as 16 infrastructure projects are being offered to foreign investors this week at an international forum, but prospective investors say the government sh

Jakarta – His resignation announced, apologies offered and sanctions enacted, former legislator Arifinto bid farewell to his political career.

Anita Rachman – The price of passing legislation will become a lot more expensive if the House of Representatives gets its way – including a proposal to double its hugely controversial