Jakarta – A human rights watchdog Imparsial says the national security bill currently being deliberated at the House of Representatives has the potential to authorize the president to m

Ulma Haryanto – The National Security bill does not automatically grant law enforcement authorities the right to arrest and wiretap those who pose a threat to national security, First A

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Legislators are set to deliberate on the national security bill, which aims at improving coordination among state institutions in facing various security threats,

Medan – Hundreds of people grouped under the 'Freedom for Medan' staged a rally at the Majestik junction in Medan, North Sumatra, Thursday, protesting against the bill on intelligence.

Dicky Christanto – Security experts from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) and the University of Indonesia (UI) agree that the recent draft bill on national security is still

Iwan Taruna, Makassar – A protest action by hundreds of students rejecting the Draft Intelligence and State Secrecy Law (RUU Intelijen) at the South Sulawesi Regional House of Represent

Medan – Protesters from the Student Struggle Center for National Liberation (PEMBEBASAN, formerly LMND-PRD) in the North Sumatra capital of Medan oppose the enactment of the Draft Law o

Yogyakarta – Scores of students from the Student Struggle Centre for National Liberation (Pembebasan, formerly LMND-PRD) held a protest action in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – Students and workers have again demonstrated against the draft law on state intelligence (RUU Intelijen Negara), this time by covering their bodies with white pai

Samarinda – Scores of students from the Student Struggle Center for National Liberation (PEMBEBASAN, formerly LMND-PRD) held a protest at the East Kalimantan Regional House of Represent

Ismira Lutfia – A legislative bill giving intelligence agents authority to preemptively arrest suspected terrorists is still fiercely debated by opposing factions in the House of Repres

Camelia Pasandaran – Human rights activists have called on legislators to ensure that a bill on intelligence includes adequate provisions holding the State Intelligence Agency to accoun

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is asking for a period of public comment on the bill reforming the nation's intelligence community that is

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – Legislators deliberating the intelligence bill warned on Thursday that a proposal to classify the main intelligence agency as a government

Jakarta – Journalists and media activists said on Thursday that the intelligence bill now under deliberation may threaten the freedom of press if the House of Representatives fails to r

Jakarta – The House of Representatives is showing no signs of urgency in approving the intelligence bill, despite the government's continuous insistence on strengthening the intelligenc

Fairfax newspapers are reporting news of East Timor rejecting an offer from China to build a surveillance radar facility on its territory fearing it would be used for spying.

Philip Dorling – China recently tried to establish a spy base in East Timor, according to leaked US diplomatic cables.

Elisabeth Oktofani – A human rights watchdog has warned against rushing the passing of the intelligence bill and making revisions to antiterror laws simply because people are more aware

Made Arya Kencana & Anita Rachman – Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar on Friday said radicalism and recent bomb threats called for the swift passage into law of a dr

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – On the heels of terror acts committed throughout the country, the nation's largest Muslim organization is calling for stronger antiterror legislation that pr

Jakarta – On the heels of the bombing of a mosque at police headquarters in Cirebon on Friday, the head of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), Sutanto, said the House of Representat

Heru Andriyanto – The proposed intelligence law that is being discussed at the House of Representatives could bring the nation back to the repressive era of the Suharto regime, in which

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle said on Friday that intelligence officers should not have powers to arrest terrorists and should serve only to war

Camelia Pasandaran & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Angered by some lawmakers' refusal to give the State Intelligence Agency powers to arrest terror suspects, Defense Minister Purnomo Y

The Indonesian parliament with the government plans to ratify the State Intelligence Bill draft to become the Law of Intelligence in 2011.

Elisabeth Oktofani – Indonesia must have a law focused solely on the mechanisms, controls and procedures on wiretapping, human rights organizations say.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ulma Haryanto – Legislators are expected to approve a government proposal to give the National Intelligence Agency the right to wiretap without court perm

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Anita Rachman & Nivell Rayda – Although the idea had previously been rejected by legislators, the government decided on Tuesday to revive the controversial

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The National Intelligence Agency (BIN) is planning to monitor accounts on social networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook that they deem suspicious

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Human rights groups are worried about the wiretapping provisions of the House of Representatives' draft bill to regulate the State Intelligence Agency (BIN).

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military chief has confirmed claims by a rights activist that the armed forces are actively carrying out intelligence gathering in Pap

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Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The National Police and the Indonesian Military (TNI) are to partake in a joint training program next week to increase their ability to safeguard the country a

Titis Setianingtyas, Jakarta – Andi Widjajanto, a military and intelligence observer from the University of Indonesia, has said that the Indonesian intelligence agency still works in an

Stephen Coates, Jakarta – The future of a major US Navy research laboratory in Indonesia is in doubt amid allegations, dismissed as "crazy" by US diplomats, of espionage and secret expe

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The US Namru-2 research lab has increasingly been accused of providing little benefit to Indonesia, with officials, lawmakers and experts voicing suspicion the l

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – A professional study has slammed the government's efforts to reform the country's security sector, saying the military, police and intelligence bodies have been

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military and the National Police have been told by the House of Representatives to stop arguing over the national security bill.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Retired generals met with top government officials here Tuesday to discuss the national situation after calls for action over poverty, natural disasters, c

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian embassies in seven countries may have been wiretapped by the intelligence services of their host nations, a lawmaker said.

Jakarta – A student reported a security guard at the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) office to the Jakarta Police on Thursday for allegedly beating him and an ojek (motorcycle taxi)

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Jakarta – Former president Abdurrahman Wahid, known as Gus Dur, has confirmed a report by the State Intelligent Agency (BIN) that the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) still wants independence f