Peter Alford, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has issued a flurry of directives dealing with Indonesia's most troublesome corruption cases, as he tries to take charge of an

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Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has lashed out at the light sentence the South Jakarta District Court handed down to former taxman Gayus Tambunan, saying it woul

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Graft convict Gayus Tambunan on Wednesday said he highly appreciated the panel of judges who sentenced him to seven years in jail, far below the prosecution d

Jakarta – The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) received 153 protection requests in 2010, up from 74 in 2009 and 10 in 2008, agency chairman Abdul Haris Semendawai told a pres

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Central Information Commission (KIP) ordered the National Police on Tuesday to disclose deposit information for 17 bank accounts held by high-ranking police o

Elisabeth Oktofani & Anita Rachman – Female legislators and regional heads are failing to use their positions to promote gender equality, a women's rights activist said on Tuesday.

A credit rating upgrade to one step below investment grade for Indonesia by Moody's Investors Service was overdue given the persistent improvement of the country's economy in the past f

Matt Crook, Lautem – The nuns were creating an almighty din.

Amir Tejo & Candra Malik, Surabaya – A congress of the Ansor Youth Movement, which is linked to the country's largest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama, on Monday elected a new

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

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – The critically-endangered Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) population in Way Kambas National Park (TNWK) has declined past recent estimates as

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Golkar legislator Bambang Susatyo has urged a member of the presidentially appointed Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force to reconsider his position

Nurfika Osman – Religious freedom advocates have expressed disappointment with the government over its failure to stand up to hard-line Islamic groups that have unlawfully persecuted me

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

Rinaldi Ridwan, Jakarta – Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring's plan to ban BlackBerry service in Indonesia unless it filters pornographic content is a

Arientha Primanita – Indonesia Corruption Watch called in a news conference for a thorough audit of the much-maligned Indonesian Football Association's (PSSI) finances, which the group

Vento Saudale & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – Angered over the dismal conditions of the nation's pockmarked roadways and the attendant traffic snarls and safety hazards they create, residen

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

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – A hard-line Islamic group is set to file a class-action lawsuit against the Bogor administration for its failure to rescind the Indonesian Christian Church

Jakarta – Seventeen of 33 governors in the country have been named graft suspects, Minister of Home Affairs Gamawan Fauzi revealed Monday.

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Elisabeth Oktofani – The government moratorium on sending Indonesian domestic migrant workers to Malaysia has worsened the unemployment situation in the country, as alternative jobs hav

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The government kicked off its process to qualify political parties looking to contest the 2014 polls, while smaller parties requested more time pending a jud

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Two political parties loyal to Indonesia's ruling party on Sunday said they would continue to stand by the Democrats, effectively making it almost impossible fo

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Despite a recent report identifying Indonesia as the only truly free country in Southeast Asia, the country's Asean human rights commissioner said weak law enfo

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

Indonesia – Six poor farmers remained in hospital on Sunday after they were allegedly shot by members if the National Police's notorious Mobile Brigade (Brimob) in Jambi province on Sat

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – An Indonesian ID card, like any other around the world, tells who you are, but here it also identifies what you believe in, which can be a source of trouble if

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Amid political bickering in the House of Representatives over a plan to impeach the vice president, the nation's antigraft chief said politics was undermining the

Jayapura – Two civilians were killed and a soldier was injured as three people were reported to have attacked a military post in Merauke, Papua, on Friday.

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – The importance of electing a new leader for Ansor, the youth wing of the Nahdlatul Ulama, the country's largest Islamic organization, looks set to be overshadowed

Indonesian soldiers on trial for the alleged brutal abuse of two Papuans should be charged with torture rather than the minor offence of disobeying orders, Amnesty International said on

Ulma Haryanto – The Supreme Court's decision to reject Bogor officials' request to uphold a controversial revocation of a building permit for a Christian group there has been greeted wi

In a decision that not only upholds the Constitution but also sends a strong message to all Indonesians, the Supreme Court has struck down the Bogor administration's request to uphold t

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Head of the Surabaya City Police Sr. Comr.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – An unfavorable performance review of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Cabinet led many to believe the President would carry out a comprehensive reshuffle of h

Jakarta - Three members of the 753 Battalion are being tried by the Jayapura III-9 Military Court in the case of the torture of Papuans that was uploaded on the YouTube website.

Ronna Nirmala, Indonesia – Like father, like son could not be more appropriate to describe how children of some convicted terrorists dream to follow in their footsteps and one day becom

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military says it welcomes the United States governments pledge to closely monitor the trials of three Indonesian soldiers accused of t

Washington – The United States is closely monitoring the trial of three Indonesian soldiers accused of torturing two Papuans, State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said on Thursday.

Banjir Ambarita, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Nivell Rayda, Jayapura – Three soldiers faced a military court here on Thursday over the torture of two Papuan men that was captured on v

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The House of Representatives set up a working committee to investigate the case of Gayus H.

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Women teachers have a lower success rate compared to their male counterparts since housechores hold them back from attaining minimum degree required for certifi

Ulma Haryanto – The Supreme Court has rejected the Bogor City administration's request to uphold the revocation of the Indonesian Christian Church's (GKI Yasmin) building permit in Bogo

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Police and Islamic hard-liners on Thursday disbanded a discussion on religious tolerance in Surabaya, said members of a humanitarian watchdog who were in attendanc

Armando Siahaan & Anita Rachman – A court ruling that set a lower quorum requirement for the House of Representatives to launch an impeachment inquest could tip the balance of power

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) issued a ruling Wednesday that will make it easier for lawmakers to impeach a president.

Rahmat, Makassar – A clash erupted on Thursday between thousands of students and the National Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) in part of a land dispute that has raged for years in the

Local military chiefs in two regencies in East Java set an unwanted political precedent last week by heavily – and effectively – demanding two local TV stations cancel the scheduled bro