Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Former police advisor, diplomat, and now a graft convict, Sjahril Djohan, confirmed Thursday his role as a case broker in the National Police headquarters, t

Jayapura, Papua – Some 140 policemen from the Mobile Brigade (Brimob) police paramilitary unit in Jakarta assigned to Puncak Jaya regency in Papua since September this year have been se

Ulma Haryanto & Antara, Jakarta – The public was to blame for corruption within the police force, Comr. Gen.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – A legislator at the House of Representatives commission III on Law and human rights says that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono needs to appointe an ex

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Outgoing National Police Chief Gen.

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The controversial new National Police chief, Comr. Gen. Timur Pradopo, said on Friday that his first job would be to gain the public's trust.

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives rubber stamped the decision of House Commission III for security on Tuesday, paving the way for controversial Comr. Gen.

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Angry human rights activists are set to carry their opposition to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's choice of Comr. Gen.

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A House commission on Thursday agreed to recommend Comr. Gen.

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A top official on Wednesday confirmed speculation that the sole candidate to head the National Police was chosen to prevent pol

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights says that National Police chief candidate Comr. Gen.

Farouk Arnaz & Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – The National Police have unveiled a new bureau within the detectives division to deal with public complaints of unprofessionalism and miscond

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Legislators vetting the candidate to lead the National Police said they would question him over his statement that he would not

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's decision to pick Comr. Gen.

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – The vaunted Reformasi era of democratic change in Indonesia is coming to a dead end under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's leadership, if his candidate for

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Human rights activists continued to protest on Friday the nomination of Comr. Gen.

Bagus BT Saragih and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Comr. Gen.

Farouk Arnaz & Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Despite public calls for the government to disband violent hard-line groups, the sole candidate to lead the National Police on Wednesday did

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Human rights activists urged the House of Representatives to reject Comr. Gen.

Nivell Rayda, Anita Rachman, Armando Siahaan & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Despite being President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's sole nominee for National Police chief, Comr. Gen.

Jakarta – Jakarta Police conducted a joint riot control exercise with the National Police on Monday in the wake of a gang brawl last week that killed three people.

Jakarta – It is as though state has no presence any more.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The House of Representatives speaker, Marzuki Alie from the Democratic Party, says that each faction within the legislative body has its own favorite ma

Jakarta – Critics doubt that Deputy Attorney General Darmono will be able to lead the Attorney General's Office (AGO), now that Hendarman Supandji has left.

Jayapura – A new detachment of 140 Mobile Brigade personnel from Bogor, West Java, has been dispatched to Puncak Jaya.

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is considering who will replace Hendarman Supandji as the AGO chief.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Bureaucrats and activists hailed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's decision Friday to uphold a Constitutional Court ruling by removing Hendarman Supandji

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party spokesman, Ruhut Sitompul, said he suspected political motives were behind the Constitutional Cour

Jakarta – In a confusing ruling that has stumped many, Indonesia's Constitutional Court has ruled that Hendarman Supandji is now no longer the country's attorney general.

Jakarta – Needling out corruption and overseeing bureaucratic reform should be the new attorney general's top priority, observers said Sunday.

Adi Mulya, Jakarta – One of the favorites for the post of National Police chief is set to receive the expected promotion that will make him eligible for running, in a move a legislator

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Legislators slammed prosecutors for their resistance to having an outsider replace Attorney General Hendarman Supandji, whose tenure ends next month.

Fitri R., Mataram – Poverty, compounded by the absence of proper community policing as well as a lack of trust in the law-enforcement system, is fueling a steady rise in the number of i

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Golkar and Democrat party lawmakers on Friday criticized prosecutors' pleas for the president to appoint an insider as attorney general.

There are questions over the benefits of New Zealand's police training programme in Indonesia's Papua and West Papua provinces.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – A string of new candidates might be eligible to take over as the nation's next top police officer despite the National Police Commission nominating only three ca

Bhimanto Suwastoyo, Jakarta – In response to mounting public condemnation of law enforcement, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday vowed to give the official watchdogs for th

Ulma Haryanto & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – A police division that deals with crimes against women and children is being criticized for its handling of a rape involving a minor.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Nearly two months after the brutal attack on anticorruption activist Tama Satrya Langkun, police have been unable to track down the perpetrators and seem to have

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono promised on Tuesday to replace Indonesia's much-maligned chiefs of police and prosecutors but denied the reshuffle was linked to corruption

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Pressure continued to mount on Indonesia's ailing National Police chief on Tuesday after a case was filed against him by a lawyer for allegedly "telling a pub

Jakarta – Activists and community figures voiced concern Sunday on corruption in the National Police, and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's silence.

Jakarta – The National Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri has denied all speculations and assumptions related to his unclear absence over the past three days.

Jakarta – The whereabouts of National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri were unclear on Friday in the wake of the latest scandal to rock the tainted Indonesian institution.

Having been caught without substantial evidence in a bribery case they pursued aggressively for months, the National Police have some serious explaining to do.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – An anticorruption NGO is seeking a court verdict to overrule the National Police's decision to halt an investigation into suspicious bank accounts allegedly

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Activists lambasted the National Police on Sunday over its decision to grant prestigious positions to two police generals who allegedly own suspiciously larg

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Jakarta – Expressing his concern over the high number of military personnel and police officers being picked up for drug use, Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office enters its 50th anniversary facing scrutiny as the House of Representatives Commission III on justice and human rights say