Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – An NGO is planning to file a judicial review regarding the 2010 Law on the 2011 State Budget, calling it unconstitutional for not allocating adequate funds f

Jakarta – A rights watchdog said on Sunday the Jakarta administration has opted to do less to improve the welfare of the city's low-income population and has instead decided to oppress

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Liberal and moderate Muslim scholars expressed concern that their voices were being drowned out as the public and mainstream media were more inclined to listen

Heru Andriyanto – Gayus Tambunan says prosecutor Cirus Sinaga holds crucial information in the murder conviction of a former antigraft chief, which helps him evade punishment for leakin

Heru Andriyanto – Former tax official Gayus Tambunan on Monday filed an appeal against his bribery conviction and seven-year sentence, despite previously lauding the court's decision to

Thousands of people took part in coordinated rallies across the country on Sunday to protest what they said was the government's poor performance and failure to provide basic services.

Nurfika Osman – Children in half of all Indonesian households don't get enough vitamins or minerals, either because their families can't afford a healthy diet or are ignorant about prop

Jakarta – A group of non-government organizations have called the 2010 Law on the 2011 State Budget "unconstitutional" for alledgely failing to provide adequate funds to improve people'

Indra Harsaputra, Kediri – Two female junior high students from Kediri, East Java, have been expelled from their school for allegedly defaming and insulting a teacher on Facebook.

Anita Rachman – The House of Representatives on Friday said it would try to raise public awareness of its need for a controversial new office tower in a bid to counter criticisms that t

Anita Rachman – Senior politicians and analysts on Friday dismissed graft convict Gayus Tambunan's claims of political maneuvering and even CIA involvement in his case as nothing more t

Nurfika Osman – Indonesia Corruption Watch on Friday revived allegations that the interest earned on hajj funds paid by prospective pilgrims had been misappropriated by the Ministry of

Dion Bisara – In a move intended to improve ministry transparency, Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo ordered a reshuffle on Friday, pushing top taxman Mochamad Tjiptardjo out the door.

Ismira Lutfia& Banjir Ambarita – The appallingly low wages paid to the majority of journalists in Indonesia may cause some to compromise their professionalism, the Alliance of Indep

Jakarta – The US Central Intelligence Agency very much dominated the initial consolidation of the New Order regime of former President Suharto.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Millions of Indonesian owners of BlackBerry smartphones will have access to pornographic material severely limited after the manufacturer of the phones agreed to g

Armando Siahaan & Ulma Haryanto – Fresh from his moral crusade to block access to pornographic Web sites on BlackBerrys, the minister of communications and information technology sa

Anita Rachman – While continuing to deny that they had political ambitions, officials of the National Democrats on Friday vowed that every single province in Indonesia would have an off

Armando Siahaan & Nivell Rayda – Human rights activists criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for playing down human rights violations in the country, saying it was counterp

Dofa Fasila, Jakarta – Gooey, black oil. If just the thought disgusts you, the Jakarta administration might have found a way to make people respect road safety regulations.

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday demanded that leaders of both the Indonesian Armed Forces and the National Police to clear

Zaky Pawas, Indonesia – Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in Depok on Thursday as opposition mounted against Mayor Nur Mahmudi Ismail, who on Wednesday was sworn in for his sec

Camelia Pasandaran, Palembang – In the midst of global worries over food availability, farmers are just as worried about their livelihood.

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – A group of lawyers has mounted a bid to challenge the city's new antismoking decree, saying it violated human rights.

Desi Anwar – Now that we're becoming a nanny state, set on protecting our citizens by filtering all sorts of unsavory stuff, why stop at just BlackBerry?

Rendi A. Witular and Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Judicial Mafia Taskforce on Thursday warned that claims of a conspiracy by graft convict Gayus H.

Ismira Lutfia – Three nongovernmental organizations have joined the chorus of voices calling for the courts to overturn the indecency conviction of Playboy Indonesia editor Erwin Arnada

Camelia Pasandaran – Unfazed by a meeting they had with the president to clarify their accusation that the government has been lying to the public, a group of religious leaders on Wedne

Peter Alford – Corrupt taxman Gayus Tambunan, whose exposure demonstrated the malignancy of Indonesia's "judicial mafia", has been jailed for seven years.

Heru Andriyanto & Nivell Rayda – In a verdict widely seen as failing the public's sense of justice, disgraced taxman Gayus Tambunan on Wednesday was jailed for seven years – less th

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Gayus Tambunan, the tax official at the centre of a scandal that exposed a wide network of corruption among Indonesian law enforcers and bureaucrats, has been sent

Jakarta – The jailing of a rogue tax official whose exploits shocked Indonesia will do little to improve President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's standing as a corruption fighter, analysts

Heru Andriyanto & Armando Siahaan, Indonesia – A new war of words has erupted between members of the Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force and graft convict Gayus Tambunan.

Agus Maryono, Banyumas – Corruption is becoming increasingly rampant in Central Java as shown by the substantial increase in the number of corruption cases found over the last three yea

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The government will soon abolish import duties for 30 staple commodities starting from the end of this month amid rising concerns over a possible food supply sh

Yuli Krisna – Pop star Nazril "Ariel" Irham was briefly trapped inside the Bandung District Court on Thursday by Muslim protesters demanding he receive a harsh punishment over a sex-tap

Shirley Christie – The government on Thursday praised Research in Motion for installing filters the day before to block access to pornography through its ubiquitous BlackBerry devices a

Jakarta – A day before its deadline, Research In Motion was able to install the filters necessary to block access to pornography through its ubiquitous BlackBerry devices in Indonesia.

Ulma Haryanto, Indonesia – More than three months after their homes, school and mosque were torched, members of a beleaguered Ahmadiyah community near Bogor continue to be persecuted by

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' insistence on building a controversial new office tower is an "evil conspiracy" that no amount of public indignation can derail, w

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – In its latest hearing with law enforcers investigating the Bank Century bailout, the House of Representatives called on Wednesday for a forensic prob

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Life is hard for those who operate Jakarta's public transportation.

Indonesia – Aside from the rogue taxman and his one-time lawyer, seven others have been tried in relation to Gayus Tambunan's farcical trial at the Tangerang District Court in March.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Indonesian Armed Forces on Wednesday kicked off a two-day national leaders' meeting to evaluate its performance last year and to decide on the military's

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

Arientha Primanita – Planning and environmental experts have lambasted the Jakarta administration over its draft of the city's spatial master plan, which they argue contains two unlawfu

Hans David Tampubolon – Many believe that the aborted communist coup of 1965 was the result of a global conflict between world superpowers.

Fitraya Ramadhanny, Jakarta – The United States government used the social networking media in Indonesia, from blogs, Facebook to Twitter, to spread its influence.

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