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Budi Otmansyah, Pekanbaru (Riau) – Arson could be behind the razing on Sunday morning of a camp set up by Greenpeace in the middle of the Kampar peninsula to help protect against defore

Nivell Rayda, Indramayu (West Java) – Darmi is no Gayus Tambunan, whose case is gripping the nation and opens the door to bring corrupt officials to justice, but she is a living symbol

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The naming of Prosperous Justice Party lawmaker Mukhamad Misbakhun as a suspect is a warning to the eight other lawmakers who pressed for the House of Represe

Armando Siahaan – The threats had been long and loud, but in the end, they were all bark and no bite.

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Armando Siahaan – The recent case of tax official Gayus Tambunan showed that bureaucratic reform at the Ministry of Finance had failed, with high remuneration packages at the tax office

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Wasti Atmodjo, Denpasar – Indonesian migrant workers overseas sent Rp 100 trillion in remittances to their families in their hometowns in 2009, data shows.

Hans David Tampobolon, Denpasar – Megawati Soekarnoputri officially won the re-election as the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chief Thursday, but fell short of party pr

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Megawati Sukarnoputri's defiant statement that the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle will remain in the opposition rather than joi

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle faces a perilous road ahead after voting to stick with Megawati Sukarnoputri as chairwoman, political analysts warn.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Three months after the Bekasi administration sealed off the small plot of land where they had been conducting church services, members of the Filadelfia Huri

Jakarta – A survey conducted by the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation (YBHI) recently found that about 80 percent of detainees in the country suffered from acts of violence unde

Anita Rachman – If he felt shock at being needled instead of complimented for his whistle-blowing efforts, Comr. Gen.

The National Police's chief of detectives Comr. Gen. Ito Sumardi on Friday denied knowing the identity of "Mr. X," whom former chief of detectives Comr. Gen.

Farouk Arnaz – A defiant Comr. Gen.

Eko Ari Wibowo/Joniansyah, Jakarta – Indonesian NGO activist monitoring police performance reported on Friday (9/4) abuse sent at his private residence following series of telephone thr

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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