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October 12, 2020

Tempo - October 12, 2020

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Leaders of two workers unions claims to have been approached by police personnel and National Intelligence Agency (BIN) agents prior to the nationwide protests ag

October 7, 2020

Tempo - October 7, 2020

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) urged the National Police (Polri) to prioritize the principles of promoting and respecting labors' rights, including the right to stag

October 6, 2020

East Asia Forum - October 6, 2020

Made Supriatma – Never before has the Indonesian National Police (Polri) played such an important role in Indonesian politics and government.

October 5, 2020

Jakarta Post - October 5, 2020

Jakarta – The police have arrested a suspect allegedly linked to the killing of Muhammad Thoyib, 39, a worker at a furniture shop whose body was found with stab and arrow wounds in Deka

September 28, 2020

Jakarta Post - September 28, 2020

Jakarta – The Southeast Sulawesi chapter of the Indonesian Ombudsman has condemned the police's use a helicopter to disperse a student rally in front of their headquarters.

September 25, 2020

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Jakarta – Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin has revealed that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) has arrested 78 fugitives so far this year through a program aptly called Tangkap B

September 18, 2020

Detik News - September 18, 2020

Nur Azizah Rizki Astuti. Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD said Wednesday that law enforcement in Indonesia has a terrible image.

September 17, 2020

Jakarta Post - September 17, 2020

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) has found reason to believe that the fire that ravaged the main building of the Attor

September 15, 2020

September 14, 2020

September 11, 2020

Jakarta Post - September 11, 2020

Jakarta – The police have arrested a man in Riau who claims to have killed Metro TV editor Yodi Prabowo, 26, whose death was previously declared a suicide.

September 5, 2020

Jakarta Post - September 5, 2020

Police in Bali will hold a disciplinary hearing for two officers who allegedly extorted Rp 1 million (US$67.93) from a Japanese man over a minor traffic violation in 2019.

September 1, 2020

Jakarta Post - September 1, 2020

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has called for a thorough investigation into the recent death of 21-year-old George Karel Rumbino in the custody of the Sorong Ci

August 31, 2020

Jakarta Post - August 31, 2020

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives plans to revise Law No.

August 25, 2020

Jakarta Post - August 25, 2020

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A female staff member at a private firm in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, allegedly hired a group of contract killers to murder her employer on Aug.

August 19, 2020

Jakarta Post - August 19, 2020

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has named Coordinating Legal, Political and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD chairperson of the National Police Commissio

August 12, 2020

Jakarta Post - August 12, 2020

Jakarta – Family members of a detainee who reportedly died at the Balerang Police station in Batam, Riau Islands, on Saturday have accused officers of torturing him to death.

August 7, 2020

July 24, 2020

Tempo - July 24, 2020

Aditya Budiman, Jakarta – The national commission for human rights (Komnas HAM) research commissioner, Sandrayati Moniaga, revealed that the police institution had been the most compla

July 11, 2020

Tempo - July 11, 2020

Jakarta – Police personnel occupy many positions that are not relevant to law and order. The force has a reputation for violence.

July 10, 2020

Tempo - July 10, 2020

Antara, Jakarta – Commissioner Otniel Siahaan has been officially stripped of his position as the Percut Sei Tuan Police Sector chief following alleged police abuse that was committed

July 8, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2020

Jakarta – A top official at the National Police's internal affairs division revealed that a large number of East Java Police officers had been reported for marital infidelity.

July 2, 2020

CNN Indonesia - July 2, 2020

Jakarta – The Lokataru Legal and Human Rights Foundation says that there are two problems with the police which have developed during the era of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's admini

July 1, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 1, 2020

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the National Police to uphold humanity and professionalism in carrying out their duty amid the ongoing COVID-

Jakarta Globe - July 1, 2020

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has told the National Police to 'bite off' any government official with the slightest intent for misusing the Covid-19 fund

CNN Indonesia - July 1, 2020

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says that the police were involved in 921 cases of alleged violence and human rights violations between J

Tempo - July 1, 2020

Ihsan Reliubun, Martha Warta, Jakarta – The Indonesian Muslim Students Movement (PMII) in Jakarta held a rally in front of the National Police's (Polri) headquarters on Tuesday, June 3

June 30, 2020

Tempo - June 30, 2020

Andita Rahma, Avit Hidayat, Jakarta – Commissioner for the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM), Beka Ulung Hapsara, said that the police institution tends to neglect the

June 22, 2020

Jakarta Post - June 22, 2020

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have arrested infamous thug John Kei for allegedly masterminding attacks in two places that claimed a life and injured two others, months after he was rele

Coconuts Jakarta - June 22, 2020

A group of local gangsters allegedly connected to notorious Jakarta-based mob boss John Kei reportedly stormed a house of gangster Nus Kei in Tangerang City yesterday afternoon, police

June 17, 2020

Jakarta Post - June 17, 2020

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Indonesia saw a spike in crime in the first two weeks of June as large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) were eased, the National Police reported on Tues

June 10, 2020

Tempo - June 10, 2020

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Indonesian National Police (Polri) spokesperson Brig. Gen.

June 4, 2020

Jakarta Post - June 4, 2020

Jakarta – The number of criminal cases in Indonesia in the 22nd week of this year, or the last week of May, soared by 16.6 percent compared to the previous week, according to the Natio

May 31, 2020

Jakarta Post - May 31, 2020

Jakarta – The Central Java Police have arrested a district police chief after he was reported to have crashed his car into a house, killing a 3-year-old girl and her 50-year-old grandm

May 15, 2020

Jakarta Post - May 15, 2020

Jakarta – An officer of the Jakarta Police is being investigated by the police's internal affairs division after a video of him showing off his gun went viral on social media.

May 14, 2020

Jakarta Post - May 14, 2020

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups has criticized law enforcement officials in Pekanbaru, Riau, for pursuing criminal cases against those found in violation of

April 29, 2020

Jakarta Post - April 29, 2020

Jakarta – Four women have been arrested and charged in connection to the death of a taxi driver in Bandung regency, West Java.

April 24, 2020

Jakarta Post - April 24, 2020

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – As most Jakartans are staying at home during the COVID-19 epidemic, minimarkets have become new targets of crime, the Jakarta Police have said.

April 21, 2020

Jakarta Globe - April 21, 2020

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The National Police are planning to roll out its Idul Fitri security operation, known as "Operasi Ketupat," earlier this year after President Joko "Jokowi" Wi

April 16, 2020

April 13, 2020

Coconuts Jakarta - April 13, 2020

A police officer in the North Sumatra capital of Medan is facing disciplinary sanctions for allegedly taking a bribe from a driver he stopped on the street and spitting on another.

April 9, 2020

Jakarta Post - April 9, 2020

Jakarta – The National Police say that crime rates across the country have dropped as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.

April 8, 2020

Jakarta Post - April 8, 2020

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The National Police have vowed to back up the government's policy on large-scale social restrictions by stepping up law enforcement related to COVID-19

April 7, 2020

Agence France Presse - April 7, 2020

Jakarta – Indonesia's capital Jakarta has launched a special police unit to guard the burials of coronavirus victims over concerns that scared residents could try to block funerals, au

April 3, 2020

Jakarta Post - April 3, 2020

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The National Police have instructed investigators to refrain from detaining individuals declared suspects in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the

April 2, 2020

Jakarta Post - April 2, 2020

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have dismissed Comr.

April 1, 2020

Jakarta Globe - April 1, 2020

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Lawmakers at the House of Representatives have urged the National Police to improve coordination with the government, the Covid-19 Task Force, the Military an

March 19, 2020

Jakarta Post - March 19, 2020

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have stopped conducting traffic raids and started ticketing less as part of efforts to curtail the rapid spread of the fatal respiratory disease COVID-19.

March 18, 2020

Jakarta Post - March 18, 2020

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The police's response to a video of 49 Chinese workers arriving in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, despite the government's travel ban to and from China in an eff

February 26, 2020

Jakarta Post - February 26, 2020

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) seized a huge haul of carisoprodol (Soma), known locally as "PCC", during a raid on four houses running an illicit drug manufac