Harry Pearl & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesia has axed a multimillion dollar police training program in West Papua because police intelligence reports suggested there were "hidden

The six-million dollar program was scheduled to begin in the first half of this year but Indonesia has told the New Zealand Government that it is not able to support the project at this

The New Zealand government has confirmed that its planned community policing training programme in Indonesia's Papua region will not go ahead this year.

Jakarta – In an unprecedented move lauded by many, the National Police have launched a, modest, cleanup operation within the force.

Jakarta – A prosecutor is seeking a sentence of at least five years in prison for gang leader Hercules Rosario Marshal, who is on trial for extortion.

Josua Gantan, Jakarta – Upholding the rule of law remains a serious challenge in Indonesia.

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East Timorese police, or PNTL was set up by the UN in 2000, following the referendum for independence from Indonesia.

After criticism over New Zealand's police training programme in Indonesia's remote Papua province, the foreign minister says he will take reports of police violence seriously.

A New Zealand group supporting West Papuans has called on their government to end its police training project in Indonesia.

Jakarta – The National Police on Friday announced that Comr. Gen. Badrodin Haiti would take over as the country's deputy chief and replace outgoing deputy chief Comr. Gen.

Carlos Paath, Jakarta – The Indonesian government and legislators have been discussing ways to strengthen monitoring the police force following rampant abuse of power conducted by cops

Jakarta – Systemic police violence has been highlighted after an assault on the vocalist of a popular band in Bandung, who received at least 20 stitches after allegedly being hit on the

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Paul Bensemann – The West Papuan farmer showed me scars on his head he claimed police caused nearly two years ago.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – National Police deputy chief Comr. Gen. Oegroseno has vowed to crack down on bad cops who frame suspects in drug cases.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – In 2013, the National Police saw 27 officers killed and 72 others injured on duty, with some falling victim to public outrage at the force's actions.

Farouk Arnaz – The Deputy Chief of the National Police has responded to the controversy surrounding whether or not female police officers can wear headscarves by telling those who wish

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The National Police is now reconsidering their policy of allowing female officers to wear the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, on duty.

The Green Party is calling on the Government to cancel police and military ties with the Indonesian regime in West Papua on a day of international action in support of West Papuan indep

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Bayu Marhaenjati – won't disarm, but have promised to reevaluate the psychological condition of officers carrying firearms in the wake of a fatal shooting allegedly by a Mobile Brigade

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman has found that police investigators, especially at district levels, are failing to fulfill their primary functions to investigate cr

Bayu Marhaenjati – A National Police officer allegedly shot a man in the chest, killing him over a perceived "lack of respect," after the security guard protested the Mobile Brigade (Br

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Abraham Samad said on Monday that the National Police's plan to set up a special antigraft unit would prove useless.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Newly installed National Police Chief Gen.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the appointment of Sutarman as the new chief of the National Police.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – A member of the police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) – identified as Chief Brig.

Bayu Marhaenjati – A brawl between members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police at a Depok, West Java, karaoke bar left two Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers injured

SP/Carlos Paath – Indonesia's only candidate to head the National Police promised to crackdown on corruption, terrorism and drugs as the House of Representatives commission on legal aff

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) has called on the House of Representatives to make an assessment of the performance of outgoing National Police chief Gen.

There's concern in East Timor that a recent ban on martial arts clubs could be pushing young people into the grip of organised crime.

West Papua Action Auckland is shocked to hear that the Government's training programme for the police in West Papua and Maluku is about to enter a new phase – a three year commitment in

Farouk Arnaz, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & SP/Novianti Setuningsih – Being considered the most harmless among a rotten bunch is hardly a ringing endorsement for the man the president

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono seems to have made a safe decision by nominating Comr. Gen.

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has nominated Comr. Gen.

Farouk Arnaz – Weak law enforcement by the police has become one of the main reasons why militant groups, thugs and gangsters have dared to take the law in their own hands while at the

Dili – East Timor police say there will be zero tolerance against those who continue to practice a local martial art after the government banned all clubs following deadly gang violence

Jakarta – Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) has said the Papua Police have been unprofessional in their handling of the case concerning Adj. First Insp.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Police has said it will look into its officers' habits of moonlighting following reports that one of its officers had been working in a side job

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House Commission III members came out on Monday in support of National Police chief Timur Pradopo's decision to allow female police officers to wear a jilbab,

Venidora Oliveira – The General Commander of the PNTL threatened to dismiss any police officers still involved in martial arts groups.

Security sectory monitoring NGO, Fundasaun Mahein says that "the recent increase in violence and crime in Timor-Leste reflects a growing effort by organized crime to recruit Timorese fo

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Jakarta – A 17-year-old boy accused of stealing a motorcycle in Toboali, South Bangka, has claimed that five police investigators gave him electric shocks during questioning at the Sout

Jakarta – The National Police intends to crack down on the illegal possession of firearms nationwide to prevent the illegal distribution of arms.

Jose Sarito Amaral, Dili – The East Timor National Parliament urges its government to immediately complete the investigation over the procurement of 77 MP1-V2 firearms from an Indonesia

Amir Tedjo, Surabaya – The death of a drug suspect during an allegedly brutal interrogation by Sawahan Police on April 1 has cast a light on what human rights groups call the widespread

With fresh police officers hitting the beat just seven months after graduating from high school, it's no wonder some behave childishly, according to the force's top brass.

Ina Parlina and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Four candidates for the National Police chief position, including a former adjutant of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, have submitted inc