Jakarta – The national antigraft commission has called on President Joko Widodo to take urgent measures to halt an increasingly apparent attempt by the police to undermine anti-corruption leaders o

Jakarta – Following President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's failure to inaugurate Comr. Gen.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met with top officials from the Indonesian Military (TNI) over lunch on Tuesday amid uncertainty about the fate of Comr. Gen.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) supports the move of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's government to expedite the execution of a number of drug convicts.

PT Freeport Indonesia, a subsidiary of US-based mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Inc., deserves a strong rebuke from the government and the House of Representatives for its utter lack of commitment to

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Graft suspect and National Police chief candidate Comr. Gen.

Dewanti A.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded deflation in January as the decline in fuel prices dragged down food and transportation costs further than expected, creating room for the central

Jakarta – Police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of having shot anticorruption activist Mathur Hussain in Bangkalan, East Java, last month.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained Democratic Party cofounder Sutan Bhatoegana on Monday, eight months after declaring the former head of Commission VII on

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The West Papua Police chief and the head of the High Prosecutor's Office have been urged to be firm and bold in recapturing and executing the sentence handed down aga

Ezra Sihite & Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's sole nominee for police chief should withdraw from the process in a bid to quell the brouhaha spawned by his being named a corrupt

Ina Parlina, Haeril Halim and Margareth S.

Jakarta – If the current bitter struggle over the nomination of a new police chief indicates a growing rift between President Joko Widodo and his political patron, Megawati Soekarnoputri, as is inc

Linda Yulisman and Grace D.

Jakarta – A court has thrown out a challenge to tycoon Aburizal Bakrie's leadership of the Golkar Party, dealing a blow to the reformist faction led by Agung Laksono.

Haeril Halim and Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – As the standoff between the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the graft-ridden National Police drags on, the ruling Indonesian Democratic P

Ayunda W Savitri, Jakarta – The legal attorney representing national police (Polri) headquarters and Commissioner General Budi Gunawan, Frederick Yunadi has asked that the national police not alway

Bayu Marhaenjati/FEB, Jakarta – The pre-trial hearing of national police chief candidate Commissioner General Budi Gunawan (BG) related to his declaration as a suspect by the Corruption Eradication

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Now that the National Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Agency (REDD+) has been abolished by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, calls are mount

Jakarta – The party behind President Joko Widodo has continued to defend a graft suspect whose appointment as police chief was suspended by the president last month.

Jakarta – The Indonesian government should take decisive action to address religious intolerance and a rollback in women's rights, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a newly released report.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo not to lose focus on human rights issues now that his government is focusing more

Jakarta – Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti is the most popular member of President Joko Widodo's cabinet, according to one survey released Saturday.

Khoirul Amin and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – In a move seen as a strong message that the government is serious about fighting against tax evaders, the tax office has imprisoned a high-level employe

Jakarta – Human Rights Watch has lamented President Joko Widodo's insistence on reviving executions of condemned inmates, calling it a "cruel" position to take with no proven deterrent effect.

Jakarta – The human rights watchdog group, the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI), called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to pick credible candidates for the position of chi

Jakarta – The lawyer for police chief candidate Budi Gunawan said on Saturday his client had strong evidence of procedural impropriety against the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK.

Yustinus Paat & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police on Friday began a criminal investigation into a second antigraft commissioner in what many see as a systematic attempt to weaken the

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – National Police detective division chief Insp. Gen.

Budi Gunawan, the man who President Joko Widodo bizarrely thought would make a suitable police chief, has proved to the country why it's a very good thing that Joko had a last-minute change of hear

Fana F.S. Putra, Farouk Arnaz & Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – National Police chief candidate and graft suspect Comr. Gen.

Ina Parlina and Margareth S.

Ezra Sihite, Kennial Caroline Laia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo on Thursday met with his former rival and opposition leader Prabowo Subianto, which analysts say c

President Widodo has spoken of the need for greater respect for human rights in Indonesia. He needs to back up those words with concrete actions. – Phelim Kine, deputy Asia director

Margareth S.

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit ranking Jakarta bottom of a list of 50 global cities has been greeted with a degree of disbelief by the capital's police chie

It's about time that we see President Joko Widodo push back against the pernicious influence of political forces surrounding him.

Alicia Barker & Eva Corlett, Jakarta – In the leafy surrounds of Menteng, Central Jakarta, nestles St. Theresia high school, an educational institution that is luckier than most.

Jakarta – Analysts and politicians have called for President Joko Widodo to break away from his political patron, Megawati Soekarnoputri, after a politician in the Indonesian Democratic Party of St

Jakarta – Chairman of the presidential fact-finding team, Syafi'I Maarif, said his team had asked President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to cancel the inauguration of Comr. Gen.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Sorong Prosecutor's Office said it was continuing to pursue Labora Sitorus, a Raja Ampat Police precinct officer with a bank account containing Rp 1.5 trillion (U

Haeril Halim and Fedina S.

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) warned on Tuesday that the National Police's moves in handling criminal reports against its commissioners could c

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The new one-stop integrated service (PTSP) launched by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday is expected to simplify investment licensing procedures and improve ease of

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Bambang Widjojanto tendered his resignation to the KPK collective leadership on Monday, only days after being named a

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Despite President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's order that the National Police cooperate in the fight against graft, some high-ranking police generals for the second time defied su

Jakarta – A lawyer for corruption suspect Budi Gunawan claims to have access to "stacks" of evidence indicating wrongdoing by graft busters, courtesy of another client – one who is currently standi

Margareth S.

Andi Hajramurni, Makasar – The Makassar City Police are investigating processions held by the South Sulawesi chapter of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) in Makassar on Saturday, while flying flags t