Thursday, May 23 2013, 03:07 AM

Jakarta

Jokowi sits at same table with Pluit Dam residents

Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo met with representatives of residents of Pluit Dam in Muara Baru, North Jakarta, over lunch on…

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  • Four caught for executive's slaying

    JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta Police detectives arrested four men on Saturdayfor the murder of a businessman whose body was found buried on remote PulauTikus in the Pulau Seribu (Thousand Islands)…

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  • Woman reports niece's rape

    JAKARTA (JP): The aunt of a 15-year-old street singer reported the teenager's rape allegedly by another singer, identified as Leo, 17, to the West Jakarta Police on Monday.

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  • Stolen painting remains a mystery

    JAKARTA (JP): After a three-month hunt, Cilandak Police are still in the dark over the whereabouts of a painting reportedly attributed to Indonesianmaster Affandi, which was stolen from a house…

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  • Train attack victim moved due to fears

    JAKARTA (JP): Family members have moved Christianus Budi, the man injured during a fatal attack on his girlfriend on a train, from Cipto MangunkusumoGeneral Hospital to a relative's home due…

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  • Leaded fuel ban unlikely before crisis ends

    JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Environment Sonny Keraf indicated on Mondaythat the switch to unleaded fuel would be applicable only after the prolonged economic crisis is over.

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  • Police hunt for two over vicious mugging

    JAKARTA (JP): Kebayoran Lama Police detectives in South Jakarta are searching for two men in connection to a robbery and attack on a police investigator's wife on Monday morning in…

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  • Mob vandalize Tangerang Council

    TANGERANG (JP): Hundreds of people ran amok and vandalized the Tangerang Council building on Monday morning during a rally demanding the resignationof four councillors from the Indonesian Democratic P

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  • Train passengers say security must be improved

    JAKARTA (JP): Last Friday's murder aboard a Parahyangan express train has raised doubts about security on the country's train system.

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  • Girl drowns in Pulau Seribu

    JAKARTA (JP): A vacation trip turned into tragedy on Saturday when Yu Chun Wei, 8, a Taiwanese national, drowned while swimming with her father Yu Chung Hok in Pulau Putri…

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  • Man kills brother over Rp 700,000

    BOGOR (JP): Local police here named Ujang, 32, a resident of Kampung Rawai in Jonggol, as a wanted criminal for his alleged role in the killing of hisown brother, Mamad,…

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