Stephanie March – East Timor's state secretary for defence, Julio Tomas Pinto, wants to send more of his troops to Australia for training.

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M. Azis Tunny, Ambon – A soldier and two police officers were killed and six others injured in a clash between military and police personnel in Masohi, Central Maluku, on Saturday.

Thalif Deen, United Nations – The Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG), which monitors some 60 crisis-affected countries worldwide, has appealed for UN and international assi

Dili – East Timor risks erupting in violence again if its government and the UN fail to quickly reform the country's security forces, which remain vulnerable to political abuse, a think

Michael Heath – East Timor faces renewed violence unless it reorganizes the army and police, the International Crisis Group said, almost two years after clashes between security force f

Indonesia's Megawati Sukarnoputri, under increasing fire in her last days as president for failing to admit poll defeat, has come under new criticism from the country's military chief o

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Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced on Wednesday eight officers from the Central Jakarta Police's riot squad to three months and 12 days in prison for a

Muninggar Sri Saraswati and Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The question of Army chief Gen.

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – The newly installed Jakarta Police chief, Insp. Gen.

Kurniawan Hari and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Several analysts are calling for the appointment of an Air Force officer as the Indonesian Military (TNI) chief to replace Gen.

Jakarta – Indonesia's military chief has resigned and President Megawati Sukarnoputri has replaced him with a hard-line general known for his xenophobic remarks and criticism of rights

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – Often you hear the news that the state owned electricity company PT PLN is loosing money.

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Indonesia's powerful military will bow out of politics for good after losing its reserved seats in the country's top legislative body, armed forces chief Genera

Slobodan Lekic – The retired four-star general heading for victory in Indonesia's presidential elections, may use his background to succeed where the country's post-dictator Suharto pol

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The rejection by several political parties and non-governmental organizations of the contentious bill on the Indonesian Military (TNI) is a reflection of t

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – In order to ensure fairness within the Indonesian Military (TNI) forces, several factions in the House of Representatives proposed on Wednesday that the TNI ch

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The government demanded on Monday that the Indonesian Military be granted the power to take preemptive measures against groups suspected of threatening nationa

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – The ongoing deliberation of the Indonesian Military (TNI) bill at the House of Representatives (DPR) in the final days of the House members' terms in office h

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Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The debate over the military's territorial role looks to dominate the deliberation of the Indonesian Military (TNI) bill, which commenced on Thursday.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Religious leaders have asked the Indonesian Military (TNI) to sacrifice its interests – at least for the next five years – for the sake of the country's democra

Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri has warned that the country's unity is being threatened by separatist rebellions, as well as illegal sea and forest exploitation by criminals

Dadan Kuswaraharja, Jakarta – People living in and around mining operations find it difficult to obtain their rights.

It was a bloody event that Abdul Hakim Garuda Nusantara, then a human rights activist and University of Indonesia law student working part-time at the Legal Aid Institute (LBH), can nev

Richel Langit, Jakarta – Indonesia's fledging democracy has come under threat as the country's power-hungry military is seeking to regain its old powers lost to reform movements since 1

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen.

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Amid claims of human-rights violations and accusations it is paying paramilitary forces to silence locals, Australia's biggest independent gold producer, Newcrest

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Observers are blaming poor education, inadequate training and the absence of external control as the root causes of police violence and inability to anticipate c

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) on Monday opened the debates of the bill on the truth and reconciliation commission with the Military/Police faction rejecti

Jakarta – The executive director of Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial), Munir, says that the drawing in or courting active military officers to enter politics will only destroy t

Andreas Harsono, Jakarta – For nearly 50 years, the Indonesian military held 20 percent of the county's parliamentary seats – but now the time has come for these unelected officers to l

Jakarta – Minister of National Education Abdul Malik Fajar rejected on Monday a plan to require senior high school graduates to undergo compulsory military service.

Surabaya – The Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) cannot be placed under the authority of the civilian government.

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen.

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Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) conducted a major reshuffle with the appointment of Vice Marshall Wartoyo as chief of TNI general affairs, the first-ever promotio

Bob Burton, Canberra – One month after an unarmed protester against the construction of a Australian-owned mine in Indonesia was shot and killed, the Australian government is refusing t

Jakarta – The State Budget for the Indonesian National Military Forces (TNI) has been increased by 15 per cent from 11.536 trillion rupiah in 2003 to 13.266 trillion this year.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Sandy Darmosumarto, Jakarta – An activist with a rights watchdog, which had reported in December that the national intelligence body was already beginning

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Indonesia's President Megawati Sukarnoputri has controversial plans to expand the country's National Intelligence Agency.

Igor O'Neill, Jakarta – On January 7, riot police opened fire on local residents protesting against the environmental and social impacts of Melbourne-based mining company Newcrest's Tog

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Hendropriyono said on Monday that the planned establishment of his agency's branches at the provincial, municipal

Jakarta – Army chief Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu installed on Thursday Maj. Gen. Djoko Santoso as his deputy to replace Lt. Gen. Darsono, who is retiring.

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Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Despite the praise the police have earned from the international community in solving several bombing cases, many low profile cases are left unsolved as the year

Kompas – A reexamination, evaluation and refinement of People's Representative Assembly (MPR) Decree Number VI/MPR/1999 and MPR Decree Number VII/MPR/1999 is being carried out by the de

Jakarta – A warning by the Indonesian army's chief of staff that troops would be deployed if next year's general election turned into bloody chaos shows that the military wants to make