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Banda Aceh – Officials say a German working for the Red Cross has been shot by men on a motorcycle in Indonesia's Aceh province.

Bachtiar Effendy, Jakarta – It seems almost natural that the Aceh legislature has passed a bill on adultery based on Islamic sharia – which derives from the Koran and Sunnah (traditions

Lindsay Murdoch – Maternus Bere, a Timorese-born Indonesian citizen accused of crimes against humanity, was ushered secretly across the border from East Timor into Indonesia last weeken

Nivell Rayda – Despite the release of two antigraft deputy commissioners from police detention, students from various universities persevered with their hunger strikes in support of the

The number of Facebook users supporting antigraft officials Chandra M Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto reached more than 837,000 people on Thursday.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Legislators have seemingly ignored the content of recordings revealing an alleged plot by graft suspects, police and the Attorney General's Office (AGO)

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Legal experts believe an article in the 2002 Corruption Eradication Commission Law violates the principle of the presumption of innocence and equality before

The tape recordings played publicly by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Tuesday at the order of the Constitutional Court sent a chilling shudder through the spine.

Camelia Pasandaran – Fourteen civil society groups on Thursday condemned Aceh's stoning bylaw, the Qanun Jinayat code, saying that most Acehnese were not in favor of it but that critics

Ismira Lutfia, Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Putri Prameshwari – The public will demand that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono personally take the lead in reforming Indonesia's Nationa

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – A large contributor to Indonesia's economy, manufacturing industry, had relatively stagnant growth this year, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) says – but

Nivell Rayda – Indonesia's Witness and Victim Protection Agency is the latest law enforcement agency to be dragged into the Corruption Eradication Commission saga, with a tape recording

Febriamy Hutapea – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's bulky coalition in the House of Representatives was being blamed for the soft stance of political parties in responding to the cu

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Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The public Tuesday was glued to televisions and radios, listening to a live recording of wiretapped conversations featuring high ranking law enforcers believe

Farouk Arnaz, Nivell Rayda & Putri Prameshwari – After two Corruption Eradication Commision (KPK) leaders were released from police custody, public dissatisfaction was on the rise o

Jayapura – The Papuan Traditional Council (DAP), the Human Rights and Violence Foundation (Yahamak), and the Association of Pengunungan Tengah Students (AMPTI) urged police to release s

The arrogance of power is something we did not expect to see in a democratic setting like today's Indonesia.

Nurfika Osman – Activists on Tuesday called for the government to pay more attention to the health needs of the country's migrant workers, saying most were not properly taken care of by

Candra Malik, Solo – Noordin M Top is dead, but the feared Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist network is not, experts gathered here said on Tuesday.

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – About 30 NGO activists, university and high school students in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, staged a rally Tuesday to express their support for the Corruption E

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Three groups in South Sulawesi staged protests on Tuesday to support the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) following the arrest of its two deputies by

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Eleven years have passed since thousands of people roamed the country's streets while chanting the revolution cry: "revolution, revolution, revolution to the

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The battle between the police and the Attorney General's Office on one side against the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on the other side provid

Tom Allard, Tanjung Pinang (Indonesia) – The Indonesian Government is deeply unhappy with the notion of an "Indonesian solution" to the asylum seekers trying to come to Australia, calli

Nivell Rayda, Camelia Pasandaran, April Aswadi, Heru Andrianto & Farouk Arnaz – The live broadcast on Tuesday of incriminating wiretapped conversations in the scandal that has gripp

Teguh Prasetyo & Aditya Wikrama – Indonesia's competition regulator on Tuesday ruled that the Indonesian subsidiary of French retail giant Carrefour was guilty of breaching antitrus

Ardian Wibisono – Indonesia's strong domestic fundamentals should allow its economy to remain strong despite the prospects for a more sluggish global recovery than had recently been pre

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Arientha Primanita – Hundreds of students of Arastamar Theological College protested in front of the City Hall on Monday demanding the city administration restore water and electricity

Bandung – Hundreds of quake victims from Pengalengan, Bandung regency, occupied the regency legislative building on Monday to demand clarification on the reconstruction program for thei

Mark Dodd – An audit of East Timor's public finances by Darwin-based accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has uncovered $189 million worth of discrepancies, raising serious concerns

Anita Rachman – At least 590,000 contract teachers working in state schools across the nation will not receive any guarantee of being awarded status as permanent employees, even though

Anita Rachman – A number of men have formed a group to counter the controversial launch of a local branch of a Malaysia-based "polygamy club" in Bandung.

Once a beacon of integrity in the graft-ridden police force, the actions and involvement of Comr. Gen.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Pro-polygamy groups are now not only facing protest from angry housewives and women's rights activists; a new group of men calling themselves the Men's

Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – Public calls mounted Monday for Indonesia's president to defend the top corruption-fighting body in what is seen as a major test of his commitment to democrat

More than just a regular criminal case, the arrest of two members of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has evoked a public outcry towards the pervasive culture of impunity and

Public figures and students gathered outside the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building in South Jakarta on Monday to show their support for arrested KPK officers Bibit Samad

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Nurfika Osman – Public support for detained Corruption Eradication Commission deputy chairmen Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M Hamzah continued to build o

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The government has ensured the recommended special body to prevent and combat terrorism will not become a repressive body reminiscent of the New Order era.

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The now-infamous saga between the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the National Police, and the arrest of two KPK leaders, must be resolved immedi

Nurfika Osman – A Halloween party in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Saturday night got more spooks than it hoped for when public order officers arrived to break up the festivities appar

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Jakarta – Bank Mandiri, the country's largest bank by assets, claims its outlook is positive despite more than Rp 3 trillion (US$313 million) in non-performing loans (NPLs).

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – A new law on lobbying might ensure public accountability towards politicians, but on the flip side, such a law could also serve as justification for the

Anita Rachman – As 90,000 families struggle to rebuild their lives in West Sumatra after a powerful 7.9-magnitude quake rocked the area on Sept.

Jakarta – Labor rights activists urged the government to be more proactive in protecting Indonesian migrant workers that have fallen victim to abuse.