The House of Representatives (DPR) recently set up a committee to examine the government's policies on the resource-rich province of Papua.

Australia categorically rejected Papuan independence Sunday saying it could not lead to a viable nation and would "completely rupture" ties with Indonesia were Canberra to weigh in.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives Commission III, the body that oversees legal affairs, is planning to summon the National Police and the National Commission on Hu

Kediri, East Java – Eight police officers who allegedly beat an innocent man by mistake are under investigation in East Java, a police chief said on Wednesday.

Despite an ongoing graft investigation into their traffic division, the National Police received government awards on Friday for their traffic management and driver's license services.

Amid pervasive corruption and illegal shootings, the National Police have come under the spotlight for forming a "brown line" to stonewall investigations into their integrity.

Jakarta – A drunken police officer identified as Brig.

Vento Saudale – A severe beating of a 15-year-old child in Bogor allegedly by a military officer was ignored by police, the boy's father said after trying to file a police report.

Jakarta – Without internal reforms, the National Police will continue to use excessive force when dealing with demonstrations.

Jakarta – Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) released on Friday a sobering report on the state of the National Police, just days away from its 66th anniversary, which falls on July 1.

Local police, military and government officials are developing a culturally-sensitive approach to addressing violence and unrest in Papua, the National Police said on Tuesday.

Arientha Primanita – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday warned police officers and soldiers on the ground in Papua to abide by the law and follow proper procedures while atte

Arientha Primanita – A new legal foundation has given the National Police Commission the teeth it needs to monitor the work of the police, officials said on Monday at the inauguration o

Jakarta – A human rights group alleged over the weekend that the National Police made widespread use of torture in their detention centers to extract information from detainees.

Dili – With UN peacekeepers set to leave East Timor at the end of the year, local police are striving to shed a reputation for rough justice as the nation learns to fend for itself 10 y

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Police's plan to award Malaysia's police chief a medal of honor has drawn strong criticism in light of recent tensions between the two countries.

Bayu Marhaenjati, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Zaky Pawas – "Yeah, I sell guns. All types and all prices," says A.J., a self-proclaimed "registered" arms dealer in East Jakarta.

Zaky Pawas, Bayu Marhaenjati & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesia has been doing its best Wild West impression recently.

Indonesia's police use excessive force, and even kill people, with no fear of sanction, while victims are left without hope of justice.

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) has urged the National Police to look into alleged procedural violations committed by police officers duri

Arientha Primanita, Farouk Arnaz & Ismira Lutfia – Soldiers may be deployed in Papua to assist the police in the search for the gunmen responsible for Sunday's attack on a commercia

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Police and soldiers of the Indonesian Armed Forces are combing the hills in Mulia, Papua, after gunmen sprayed an incoming commercial flight with bullets, ki

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered security forces to intensify and heighten security measures in Papua following the attack on a commercial airc

Gunmen fired on a small plane after it landed in Indonesia's restive Papua region Sunday, killing one passenger and wounding four people including both pilots, police and a district off

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Agus Triyono – A recent surge in reports of children being abducted directly reflects the police's lack of seriousness in dealing with the issue, a leading child protection advocate con

Bayu Marhaenjati – A subdistrict police chief in Bekasi has been arrested for using methamphetamine at his official residence.

Farouk Arnaz – Two police officers in Katingan district, South Kalimantan, suffered first-degree burns after being set alight on Sunday by a motorcyclist they had ticketed the day befor

Three police officers in Ciamis, West Java, were assaulted by a mob after they killed a motorcyclist in a hit-and-run car accident.

Bayu Marhaenjati & Farouk Arnaz – National Police Chief Gen.

Agus Triyono & Rangga Prakoso – Law enforcement institutions were unanimous on Wednesday in denying accusations by a noted lawyer that they were protecting their own by ignoring a m

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A member of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) and a police informant were confirmed to have died in a mob killing in Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra on

Jakarta – Residents of Lau Bekeri village in Kutamlimbaru, Deli Serdang, beat up two residents, identified as Ricardo and Kristian, and then burned them to death on Sunday evening.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Police experts have expressed concerns over the National Police headquarters' decision to promote certain high police officials who had been the subject of p

Ulma Haryanto – The slew of clashes between communities and police officers and the apparent increase in public distrust in the law enforcement body are signs of a systemic problem in t

Jakarta/Brussels – Despite years of investment in community policing, the Indonesian police remain deeply distrusted by the people they are supposed to serve.

Having a lavish lifestyle is not a crime, but if police officers indulge in such a way of life when the police force is under fire for its poor service, excessive use of force and alleg

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – A group of judges, prosecutors, academics and experts are banding together to fight what one member called "poor law enforcement, from head to toe" in Indone

Ulma Haryanto – Relatives of two teenage boys who died in police custody in West Sumatra said on Thursday that they would not be satisfied until the police took full responsibility for

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Palu – A police station in Morowali regency, Central Sulawesi, became the target of stoning and Molotov cocktails by residents, in an attack allegedly linked to last year's deadly incid

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – The Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) said Wednesday that the number of attacks on policemen had risen within the last month.

West Sumatra Police are refusing to supply human rights investigators with the autopsy reports of two teenage brothers who were allegedly tortured to death in custody.

Ulma Haryanto – In an unprecedented move, a messenger from the National Police arrived on the doorstep of the National Commission on Human Rights on Friday with the autopsy report on tw

Ulma Haryanto – When dealing with religious conflict in the field, police officers and other law enforcement officials tend to put their beliefs before their uniform, a researcher said

Ulma Haryanto – After a four-day investigation in West Sumatra, Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights said it found that two boys who died in jail there were tortured to death

Police violence in Papua and attacks on religious minorities got a lot worse in 2011.

Jakarta – Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) believes that the police recruitment and education system are to blame for the numerous cases of police brutality carried out against civilians.

Ezra Sihite – The National Police racked up more reports of human rights violations during 2011 than any other government institution or private company, a watchdog said on Monday.

A Malang man allegedly bashed by two officers in military and police uniforms near a hotel where President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was staying on Wednesday night has been arrested.