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Jakarta – The promotion of newly appointed National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Budi Gunawan as a four-star police general is politically driven, an analyst said on Sunday.

Jakarta – The former deputy chief of the National Police, Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan, has been inaugurated as the new national spy chief.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The House of Representatives officially approved Comr. Gen.

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A challenge to gain the trust of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo awaits Comr. Gen.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has questioned Comr. Gen.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has sent a letter to the House of Representatives nominating National Police deputy chief Comr. Gen.

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Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu has warned players of Pokeman Go that their games may be used to detect the secretive information by foreign countries through s

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Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Defense Ministry is developing an intelligence body, aiming to obtain information to build strategic policy.

Jakarta – The National Intelligence Agency (BIN) plans spend Rp700 billion (US$54 million) to recruit more agents in response to concerns over personnel constraints, a lawmaker has said.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Diverging from the government's planned amendments of the 2003 Terrorism Law, the country's spy agency demanded on Monday that intelligence officers be bestowed wit

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesian authorities compiled a secret dossier of prominent Papuans that details their "weaknesses" – such as women and alcohol – and outlines a strategy to "suppress"

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has established a national intelligence oversight team that will monitor the work of state intelligence officials and their clandestine operations

An Indonesian spy server has been tracked to a street in Sydney, prompting the concern that Australia could get the blame for spying being carried out by other countries.

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Jakarta – The approach adopted by State Intelligence Agency (BIN) Chief Sutiyoso to handle the Din Minimi-led armed rebel group in Aceh could be implemented in Papua, University of Indonesias polit

Jakarta, Jubi – The State Intelligence Agency (BIN) will form a team called the Papua Peace Task Force to resolve the problems in Papua peacefully, its chairman Sutiyoso said.

Jakarta – The State Intelligence Agency may be forced to postpone its ambitious plan to recruit 1,000 agents and informants for this year's regional elections as the government looks set to slash i

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The State Intelligence Agency will increase the number of its agents around the country to anticipate potential conflicts from the upcoming regional head elections,

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Cory Rogers – A mysterious new partnership between Indonesia's spy agency and Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) to boost foreign investment has civil society wary of deepening agrarian conflict

Jakarta – The incoming head of Indonesia's intelligence body has admitted that his appointment was a political favor from President Joko Widodo, who his party endorsed in last year's election.

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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

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Jakarta – Rights activists have balked at the list of candidates to head up Indonesia's intelligence agency, most of whom have been implicated to some degree in gross human rights abuse

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is carefully weighing his options to fill the chief position of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), in expectation that he coul

SP/Robert Isidorus, Jayapura, Papua – Nine out of 45 members of the new West Papua legislative council are corruption convicts but nonetheless were inaugurated last week.

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Marni Cordell – Amid the fallout from the presidential phone-tapping scandal, an Indonesian human rights defender has spoken out about the Indonesian state's oppressive surveillance reg

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The country's more assertive role in the regional and global arena, on top of its rich natural resources, have turned the country into a magnet for foreign e

Jakarta – Government claimed that they had pocketed identities of foreign intelligence agents who carried out their mission in Papua. Spokesman of Minister of Defense, Maj. Gen.

Jakarta – Presidential Instruction Number 2/2013 on The Handling of Domestic Security Disturbances is easily subject to misuse by regional heads for their own political interests.

Ezra Sihite – Following up on a presidential instruction issued last month on the handling of domestic security disturbances, a minister said on Friday that he had issued a circular man

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Jakarta – The Press Council is calling for a rethink of the draft state secrets bill that has been given priority on the House of Representatives' legislative agenda for 2013.

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Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has voiced opposition to the National Security bill, saying that if passed into law it could take the country back to the

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta – The replacement of former Papua interim governor Syamsul Arief Rivai, who held the position for 16 months, with Constant Karma, a high-ranking civil servan

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[Wahyudi Djafar, a lawyer and researcher at the Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM) in Indonesia spoke to the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on the recent judgme

Ezra Sihite – Chances for the controversial national security bill to pass anytime soon look slim after the government's coalition partners appeared to withdraw their support in the leg

Pitan Daslani – The government is pushing to get a wide-ranging national security bill passed by the House of Representatives, but lawmakers are showing reluctance to deliberate on it o

Pitan Daslani – The Legislation Committee of the House of Representatives is currently studying a draft law on national security that covers a broad range of issues affecting the nation

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has rejected a request to review Law No.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Analysts have warned that the controversial bill on national security in its present form, once endorsed, could be used to justify human rights abuses and

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Lawmakers and rights groups have rejected the deliberations on the contentious national security bill and called on the House of Representatives' leaders t