Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Observers said Wednesday a meeting between a leader of the antigraft commission with figures close to Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati could damage pub

Heru Andriyanto & Armando Siahaan – After surviving criticism from the public and lawmakers over his part in approving the Bank Century bailout, Vice President Boediono was accused

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The six-month impasse between Indonesian authorities and a group of about 240 asylum seekers who refused to leave their boat in the port of Merak appears to be end

Nivell Rayda – The Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force on Thursday agreed to examine a criminal case involving a farmer from Indramayu, West Java, who claimed to have been extorted by

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – For the second time this week, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed concern over illegal logging, ordering the presidential taskforce to probe the p

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In yet another blow to the Directorate General of Taxation, Jakarta Police have launched an investigation into a former tax official after Rp 70 billion ($7.7 million) was discovered in

Camelia Pasandaran, Dion Bisara & Anita Rachman – The head of the tax office on Wednesday sought to stress how harassed and upset his staff were in the wake of recent revelations ov

Former President Megawati Sukarnoputri was re-elected chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle during the opposition party's national congress in Bali on Thursday.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Experts argued that the minimum criminal prosecution age of eight years is too young and must be amended, during a judicial review of the controversial juven

An Darwin woman found not guilty of trying to assassinate East Timor's president two years ago says the country needs to review its judicial system.

An official from the Ministry of Religious Affairs in Aceh Barat and the married woman he was caught having intercourse with were paraded naked through a village, tied to a pole and bru

Nurdin Hasan & Nurfika Osman, Banda Aceh – A day after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake shook Sumatra Island, Aceh is starting to count the costs.

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – A human rights activist on Thursday slammed the humiliating punishment meted out to a teacher in Aceh Barat and the married woman he was suspected of having a

National Police Chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri said on Tuesday that he would fire police officers found guilty of engineering criminal cases.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – In response to the emergence of high-profile corruption cases, the government says it would hand down more severe punishment for graft convicts.

Camelia Pasandaran & Farouk Arnaz – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday ordered the Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force to concentrate on catching the "big fish," as rep

Hans David Tampubolon, Denpasar – Megawati Soekarnoputri looks certain to lead the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) for another five years, but the party will look for an

Sara Everingham – East Timorese president Jose Ramos-Horta says it is time to break the impasse between Australia and his country over the development of the Greater Sunrise gas field.

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Business will continue as usual for Indonesia's largest universities despite a recent annulment of a 2009 law on educational legal entities by the Cons

East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao pledged Wednesday to increase government investment of the tiny country's oil wealth to boost economic growth and living standards.

Nurdin Hassan and AFP, Banda Aceh – A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Sumatra island early Wednesday, injuring at least four people, one of them critically, in Simeulue district,

Biak Traditional Council under threat as BIN and Kopassus move to set up an alternative traditional council.

Pingit Aria, Jakarta – A coalition of environmental and rights groups have launched another call for the government to end the expansion of plantation areas in natural forests, and dema

Matt Crook, Dili – East Timor police have declared war on mysterious "ninjas" accused of murder and subversion in a new twist to the young country's struggle to establish security.

Guruh Sukarnoputra held a news conference on Tuesday to urge his sister, former President Megawati Sukarnoputri, to "take a rest" and stand aside as chairwoman of the Indonesian Democra

Denpasar – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) national congress in Bali will see a transition in the party's paradigm and its leadership, says chairwoman Megawati Soe

Nurfika Osman – The National Commission for Child Protection on Tuesday condemned the alleged beating of four minors by Army soldiers.

Nivell Rayda, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – On the eve of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's national congress in Bali, one party member told the Anti-Corrup

Convicted case broker Artalyta Suryani, who outraged the public after her luxury life behind bars was revealed by the Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force, has been handed a 6 month pr

Jakarta – On Monday April 5 the victims and families of victims of the abduction and forced disappearance of activists in 1997-1998, Semanggi I and II and Trisakti filed a suit with the

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Relatives of rights abuse victims have protested a presidential decree appointing Lt. Gen. Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin as deputy defense minister.

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Farmers in Teluk Rendah, Tebo Ilir district in Tebo regency, Jambi, have planned to report a shooting incident to the National Police after a clash with the Mobile

Jakarta – Military Police have arrested four officers from the Army's Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad) over accusations that they had physically abused four minors last week.

Bandung – Six former hotel employees who were fired from their jobs two years ago marched from Bandung to Jakarta on Monday to appeal for support from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

The Constitutional Court recently gave a nod to one of the most controversial laws in Indonesia's history: the pornography law, promptly igniting rage and criticism from women's and hum

Five demonstrations of unknown size are scheduled for Monday, adding to already congested roads following the long weekend.

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Noted lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution, the defense counsel for disgraced tax official Gayus Tambunan, has urged the National Police to dig deeper to unear

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – With globalization favoring certain groups over others within Indonesia's 33 provinces, its population and administration should work hand in hand to reduce ineq

Jakarta – The Setara Institute, a non-profit organization which promotes tolerance and pluralism in Indonesia, has asked the police to have regional morality bylaws deemed threatening p

The news that Indonesia's government is planning a vast new agricultural project in the south-eastern corner of its Papuan region is a disturbing one, suggesting that its officials have

After waiting for some time, we finally heard encouraging news coming from the National Police that they at last moved against police generals suspected to be behind case tampering invo

Ismira Lutfia – Human rights activists on Sunday criticized last week's inaugural meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' human rights body in Jakarta for failing to prod

Anita Rachman – Lawmakers who initiated the House of Representatives inquiry into the bailout of Bank Century said on Sunday that their only concern was where the money went, after visi

Made Arya Kencana & Anita Rachman – Supporters of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle leader Megawati Sukarnopoutri claimed she was a shoe-in to retain her post as chairwoman wh

Anita Rachman – Forming special committees to investigate corruption scandals is understandable, but for lawmakers to meanwhile neglect their main duty of debating and passing bills is

Cilacap, Central Java – The amount of cash sent back home by Indonesian migrant workers to families in Cilacap regency last year reached Rp 372 billion – almost one-third of the adminis

Bagus BT Saragih and Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The National Police dismissed a top officer implicated in case tampering from his post on Friday, but continue to retain another, a move

Jakarta – The tax evasion case involving taxation directorate officer Gayus H.

Tom Allard – Indonesia's government plans to create a vast agricultural estate in the restive province of West Papua, sparking fears of environmental destruction and a return of mass mi