Jakarta – Investigators of the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, on Friday seized safe deposit boxes containing cash and tens of top designer bags from the home of former tax official Rafael Alun Trisambodo at upscale housing complex Simprug Golf in South Jakarta.

Susan Price – A West Papuan university student was charged with treason in Jayapura's District Court on March 28, arising from a November 2022 protest rally that was violently repressed by police.

Jakarta – Indonesia and Russia signed an extradition agreement on Friday, with the Southeast Asian country's law minister welcoming a move that he said should strengthen efforts to combat cross-border crimes, ranging from money laundering to cybercrime.

Anita Permata D, Fadhli Ruhman, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) deemed that National Film Day should encourage the development of ethical principles in the film industry that integrates non-discriminative and non-violence values, including gender-based violence.

Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly, who oversees matters related to immigration in the country, has something to say about the increasing number of foreign nationals riding motorbikes on the streets of Bali without helmets: they simply copy what locals do.

Jakartans in general don't need to be told that rush hour on the KRL Commuterline is chaotic to say the least, but citizens of the capital have recently felt the need to inform one lawmaker about their daily commuting struggles in response to her tone deaf comment.

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Mathius D Fakhiri on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, said his party wanted to ensure that security disturbances in Puncak Jaya did not further widen. "For Puncak, we immediately do serious handling," he said.

Jayapura, Jubi – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) of Papua Province noted that the number of voters in the 2024 General Election in Papua Province would be 700,000. The number is calculated from the total population of Papua, based on 2022 census data of one million people.

Merauke, Jubi – The AIDS Commission (KPA) of Merauke Regency in South Papua cannot carry out more intense programs for HIV/AIDS prevention because the budget allocation from the local government for the commission is very limited.

Syakirun Niam, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) says that a statement by the House of Representatives' (DPR) Commission III Chairperson Bambang Wuryanto or Bambang Pacul during a meeting with Coordinating Minister for Politics, Security and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD paints a grim picture of the future of corruption eradication.

Nanda Perdana Putra, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has received a report that police violently broke up an action by hundreds of student protesters opposing the Job Creation Law (Cipta Kerja) in front of the Lampung Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) in South Sumatra.

Chairul Fikri, Jakarta – Prosecutors on Thursday recommended the death sentence for disgraced police officer Insp. General Teddy Minahasa who is accused of stealing 5 kilograms of methamphetamine from the evidence locker and selling them for personal gains.

The sentencing demand came a month after a former police general, Ferdy Sambo was sentenced to death for murder.

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Batam – Tourism observer assessed that black oil polluting beaches in Bintan Island, Riau Islands, cause major impacts on the regional tourism sector. Moreover, the island is renowned for its natural environment.

Eka Yudha Saputra and Ima Dini Shafira, Jakarta – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil on Wednesday said that he will not run for the 2024 Presidential Election and determined that he would focus on running as an incumbent in the future gubernatorial election.

Desty Luthfiani, Jakarta – Husein, the field coordinator for the group of hardline protestors against the participation of Israel's national football team in the U-20 World Cup – which was supposed to be held in Indonesia before FIFA revoked that – said that the group is thankful for FIFA stripping Indonesia as a host for the international competition.

Tempo.Co, Iqbal Muhtarom, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in inaugurating the Makassar-Parepare Antar Maros-Barru railway and the Maros railway depot on Wednesday lamented the notorious traffic jam that happens throughout the day and night in the capital city of Jakarta.

Jakarta – Chief Security and Legal Affairs Minister Mohammad Mahfud MD is supposed to shed light on bombshell allegations of Rp 349 trillion ($23 billion) money laundering at the Finance Ministry during a hearing with lawmakers on Wednesday afternoon, but he spent much of his precious time countering verbal attacks from politicians, most notably Arteria Dahlan.

Jakarta – Gold bar imports and exchanging national currencies are the common trick in money laundering, Chief Security Minister Mohammad Mahfud MD told lawmakers on Wednesday evening as he detailed allegations that Finance Ministry officials and outsiders have laundered a staggering Rp 349 trillion ($23 billion) of money over more than a decade.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has witnessed a sixfold growth in its fintech scene with the number of fintech players growing from only 51 in 2011 to 334 in 2022, according to a report by AC Ventures and Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

Indonesia has been stripped of the right to host the Under-20 World Cup, Fifa has announced. The decision to remove the Asian nation as host of the tournament starting in May was taken by Fifa after the Indonesian football federation (PSSI) said it had cancelled the draw because the governor of Bali refused to host Israel's team.

Chris Barrett, Singapore – In the surrounds of Denpasar's Taman Werdhi Budaya Art Centre, Indonesia's big moment on the world football stage was finally due to arrive on Friday.

It was then and there, in a sacred complex featuring a Hindu temple, that the draw for the FIFA Under-20 World Cup was to be held.

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Indonesian social media was set ablaze early on Thursday after world soccer's governing body FIFA announced the removal of Indonesia as the host of the U-20 World Cup, with criticism and hate directed at politicians who propped up the resistance against the participation of the Israeli national team that eventually led to FIFA's decision.

Today, Indonesia has shown that even humanitarianism is illegal in West Papua.

Gayatri Suroyo , Sorowako, Indonesia – US carmaker Ford has joined PT Vale Indonesia and China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt's as their new partner in a $4.5 billion nickel processing plant in Indonesia, the companies said on Thursday.

Saifulbahri Ismail and Darrelle Ng, Jakarta – Muslims in Indonesia are observing the holy month of Ramadan with mass prayers and traditional activities, following the full lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in December last year.

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The government has reiterated that it would make good on its promise of giving the families of acute kidney injury (AKI) victims monetary compensation, as the process has dragged on for months since the affliction swept the country and killed over 200 children last year.

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Lawmakers have questioned the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) for handing Prima Party another win, ruling the General Election Commission (KPU) committed an administrative violation.

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – Fertilizer prices have declined in recent months after a gradual hike since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Rahmad Pribadi, the president director of state-owned fertilizer firm PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur (Pupuk Kaltim).

Jakarta – "Don't mix sports with politics." President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's statement on Tuesday was loud and clear, responding to the controversy on the participation of the Israeli team in the upcoming 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in six Indonesian cities.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Islamic finance is on the rise in Indonesia, but the country must not miss this chance to pave the way for its dream of becoming the world's largest center for the sharia economy.

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – PT ThorCon Power Indonesia (TPI), a subsidiary of United States-based nuclear power plant company ThorCon, has submitted a consultation paper to build a 500-megawatt thorium molten salt reactor (MSR) in Indonesia.

If successful, it would be the first nuclear power plant in the country.

Makassar – Student actions opposing the enactment of the government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) replacing the Job Creation Law (Cipta Kerja) occurred in several parts of Indonesia on Thursday March 30. Actions took place in Jakarta, Bengkulu (Sumatra) and Makassar (South Sulawesi).

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A 48-year-old man was burned to death in Langkat, North Sumatra, on Monday night after threatening local residents with a parang.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Dozens of teenagers have been arrested for engaging in a sarung fight, a typical Ramadan pastime for adolescents, in various areas in Central Java.

Eight teenagers, aged 16 to 19, were arrested in Kembaran, Banyumas regency, on Sunday and were made to sign a statement not to repeat the action by Kembaran Police.

Jakarta – United States Ambassador to Indonesia Sung Kim held a meeting with the Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Adm. Yudo Margono earlier this week, discussing efforts to strengthen military and defense cooperation between the two countries.

Jayapura, Jubi – The Jayapura District Court on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, has held a hearing to read out the charges against Yoseph Ernesto Matuan, a student of the University of Science and Technology Jayapura (USTJ), who was charged with treason for calling for a referendum and raising the Morning Star flag.

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi has flown to Makassar, South Sulawesi today, March 29. One of his work agendas is to inaugurate the first phase of operation of the Trans Sulawesi Railway on the Makassar City-Parepare route, which is part of the National Strategic Project (PSN).

Julia Lau – The politicisation of an international sporting event has highlighted domestic differences over Indonesia's role in the wider Muslim world. How easily this issue has stoked ground tensions also suggests that elite politicking for the 2024 elections has truly begun.

Tania Li – "Please tell me how I can make companies obey the law," the official said. He was exasperated by the companies whose oil palm plantations saturated the subdistrict he headed in Indonesia, the world's largest palm oil producer.

Let's normalize corruption little by little, shall we? An Indonesian lawmaker has triggered outrage over his comment insinuating that a little bit of ill-gotten money is acceptable in politics – but not too much.

Abdi Ryanda Shakti, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says that there were at least 106 narcotics cases that ensnared 178 police officers over the last four years.

The data represents the results of Kontras monitoring over four years, namely from 2019 to 2022. The cases are spread across 25 provinces in Indonesia.

JP Staff, Jakarta – With more discussion around mental health, numerous local organizations encourage those struggling mentally to seek professional help. But some encounter barriers along the way

Jakarta – The recent reporting of Deputy Law and Human Rights Minister Edward "Eddy" Omar Sharif Hiariej to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over alleged bribery reopens a case of a suspected hostile takeover of nickel-mining company PT Citra Lampia Mandiri (CLM) by a group of people with connections to law enforcement officers and politicians.

Arlina Arshad, Batu – As a fine drizzle fell over Indonesia's apple-growing heartland, farmer Agus Ridwan inspected dozens of clusters of white and light-pink apple blossoms on the tree branches, and smiled brightly.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia would need a total of $545.3 billion in investment until 2040 to develop downstream industries across 8 priority sectors, including minerals and forestry, according to a government roadmap.

BeritaSatu, Jakarta – Education Minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim has urged grade schools to remove reading, writing, and basic math skill tests from their new student admission processes.

The basic tests are known by the Indonesian acronym as calistung.

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, on Tuesday detained Kapuas Regent Ben Brahim Bahat and his wife Ary Egahni, a House of Representatives member from the National Democratic Party (Nasdem), for allegedly taking Rp 8.7 billion ($577,500) in bribe.

BTV, Bandung – Former court watchdog Judicial Commission chairman Jaja Ahmad Jayus was hospitalized after being stabbed by an unidentified attacker at his home in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday afternoon.

Police said the stabbing was pre-planned as the lone attacker waited for the victim to arrive and assaulted him with a traditional, sickle-shaped knife called clurit.

Jakarta – Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) Chairman Erick Thohir departed to the FIFA headquarters in Zurich on Tuesday evening to negotiate with the world football governing body as the country is on the brink of losing its rights to host the upcoming U-20 World Cup due to growing opposition to Israel's participation.

Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – Dozens of palm oil farmers staged a protest rejecting the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) in front of the European Union Embassy Office in Jakarta.