Jakarta – Needling out corruption and overseeing bureaucratic reform should be the new attorney general's top priority, observers said Sunday.

Adi Mulya, Jakarta – One of the favorites for the post of National Police chief is set to receive the expected promotion that will make him eligible for running, in a move a legislator

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Legislators slammed prosecutors for their resistance to having an outsider replace Attorney General Hendarman Supandji, whose tenure ends next month.

Fitri R., Mataram – Poverty, compounded by the absence of proper community policing as well as a lack of trust in the law-enforcement system, is fueling a steady rise in the number of i

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Golkar and Democrat party lawmakers on Friday criticized prosecutors' pleas for the president to appoint an insider as attorney general.

There are questions over the benefits of New Zealand's police training programme in Indonesia's Papua and West Papua provinces.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – A string of new candidates might be eligible to take over as the nation's next top police officer despite the National Police Commission nominating only three ca

Bhimanto Suwastoyo, Jakarta – In response to mounting public condemnation of law enforcement, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday vowed to give the official watchdogs for th

Ulma Haryanto & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – A police division that deals with crimes against women and children is being criticized for its handling of a rape involving a minor.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Nearly two months after the brutal attack on anticorruption activist Tama Satrya Langkun, police have been unable to track down the perpetrators and seem to have

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono promised on Tuesday to replace Indonesia's much-maligned chiefs of police and prosecutors but denied the reshuffle was linked to corruption

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Pressure continued to mount on Indonesia's ailing National Police chief on Tuesday after a case was filed against him by a lawyer for allegedly "telling a pub

Jakarta – Activists and community figures voiced concern Sunday on corruption in the National Police, and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's silence.

Jakarta – The National Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri has denied all speculations and assumptions related to his unclear absence over the past three days.

Jakarta – The whereabouts of National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri were unclear on Friday in the wake of the latest scandal to rock the tainted Indonesian institution.

Having been caught without substantial evidence in a bribery case they pursued aggressively for months, the National Police have some serious explaining to do.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – An anticorruption NGO is seeking a court verdict to overrule the National Police's decision to halt an investigation into suspicious bank accounts allegedly

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Activists lambasted the National Police on Sunday over its decision to grant prestigious positions to two police generals who allegedly own suspiciously larg

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Jakarta – Expressing his concern over the high number of military personnel and police officers being picked up for drug use, Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office enters its 50th anniversary facing scrutiny as the House of Representatives Commission III on justice and human rights say

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The new National Police chief to replace incumbent Gen.

Farouk Arnaz, Indonesia – With the National Police's reputation in tatters, an upcoming leadership change is being seen as an opportunity to help the force win back some of the trust it

Arientha Primanita & Zaky Pawas – The Public Order Agency is again in hot water after two of its officers were arrested by police in Central Jakarta on Saturday morning for allegedl

Zaky Pawas & Kinanti Pinta Karana, Tangerang – An Indonesian motorcycle thief was captured and beaten to death by an enraged mob in Banten on Sunday night.

Jakarta – Several regions have objected to proposals that public order officers be allowed to carry guns, even if they only contain blank rounds.

Despite monumental concerns about the lack of professionalism of Indonesia's Public Order Agency, Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi has signed a ministerial decree allowing the contro

Farouk Arnaz & Nivell Rayda – The chief of the National Police, an institution constantly battered by criticism, showed his candid side by offering an apology on Thursday for "weakn

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A series of alleged human rights abuses by police officers across Indonesia are a result of a corrupt system implemented by the police, causing the force to

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Farouk Arnaz – Dozens of cases of abuse of power by police officers over the past two years is proof that the National Police has yet to implement thoroug

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – As the government institution perceived to be the most corrupt, according to a survey, the police apparently have no curriculum concerning anticorruption in

Heru Andriyanto – Major law agencies appear to be used increasingly by their leaders to pursue personal interests, avenge rivals and protect their cronies while paying little heed to up

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The police monitoring commission should scrupulously examine candidates for the next police chief, a human rights NGO said, highlighting the fact that most d

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Often sneered at as a paper tiger, the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) is seeking stronger legal basis and more decent facilities to improve its

Nivell Rayda – Muhammad Amari, who was recently appointed deputy attorney general for special crimes, was criticized on Wednesday by antigraft groups after he promised to follow in the

The Attorney General's Office on Tuesday rotated five deputies, in a move seen as another bid to sweep controversial officials under the rug.

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The government's plan to establish a corruption court in every region throughout the country has been hit by a lack of funding, mostly due to the fact

Heru Andriyanto – Attorney General Hendarman Supandji plans to rotate his deputies, officials said on Friday, in a move apparently meant to ease mounting public criticism of his failure

New York – Timor-Leste's police force has made considerable strides since its creation ten years ago, the top United Nations police official in the nation has said, while adding that th

Matt Crook, Dili – East Timor police have declared war on mysterious "ninjas" accused of murder and subversion in a new twist to the young country's struggle to establish security.

East Timor has marked the tenth anniversary of the founding of its own police force.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The role of the National Police Commission should be strengthened to give it teeth when dealing with complaints about police misconduct, the body's chief said

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-026-2010

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Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – It is alleged that Makassar and East Makassar Police chiefs are being transferred from their posts for their involvement in uncontrolled clashes between stud

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Susno Duadji was an honest cop who was forced out of his office at the hands of a lying National Police chief, according to his new biography, which debuted o

Camelia Pasandaran – In the second phase of a judicial review of the 2008 Information and Electronic Transaction Law, the Constitutional Court heard plaintiffs argue that further regula

As an organization that works for human rights, HAK Association is concerned with the situation in Bobonaro and Covalima Districts, especially the population's right to security.

Dili – The brutal beating of a demonstrator by East Timorese police in front of UN officers raises serious questions about the world body's training of the local force, an opposition la

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police on Wednesday vowed to present a friendlier face to the public, including abandoning terminology associated with the military.

Farouk Arnaz & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Zero coordination were the operative words on Thursday as the National Police made conflicting statements in regard to internal investigatio