Health advocates: People hold a rally on Sept. 8 in Yogyakarta to demand that the government end the free nutritious meal program following repeated cases of mass food poisoning.`

BGN dismisses SPPG head in Cirebon after food poisoning hit 395 students

Most of the victims are kindergarten students who felt unwell after consuming quail egg soup.

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Fires at Papua food estate worsen haze pollution

Reports from environmental groups claim there were 807 fire hot spots with high confidence levels in the national strategic project (PSN) area, with blazes allegedly tied to land clearing for road and airport construction.

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Prabowo's allies distance themselves from flagship free meals program

Until now, Prabowo — who marks two years in office this week — has faced little or no pushback. There have been no dissenting votes on any bills the government has proposed, not even by Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), one party that is not formally part of the ruling bloc.

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Suspended Pati regent (center) Sudewo is escorted by the police to a prisoner van on Aug. 10 after undergoing a corruption hearing at the Semarang Corruption Court in Semarang, Central Java. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects Sudewo of extorting candidates for village administration posts and accepting bribes pertaining to a 2022 railway project.

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Suspended Pati regent Sudewo gets 8.5 years in prison

Judges did not order the revocation of Sudewo's political rights for five years after he completed the prison term as demanded by the prosecution.

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A suspected man-eating Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) sits inside a metal box trap on Sept. 8 in a industrial forest plantation (HTI) concession area in Semenanjung Kampar landscape in Pelalawan regency, Riau.

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Suspected man-eating tiger captured in Riau

The tiger was captured after two people were killed in July in an area bordering the tiger’s natural habitat in Semenanjung Kampar.

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Resident legal advisor of the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) at the United States Embassy in Jakarta, Tomika Patterson (left), talks with Riau Islands Police chief Insp. Gen. Suhendri (center) on Tuesday during a meeting at the provincial police force headquarters in Batam, Riau Islands. The meeting discussed various cooperation efforts to fight human trafficking and other forms of transnational crimes.

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Riau Islands, US Embassy meet to fight human trafficking, transnational crimes

Most Indonesians trapped in online scam syndicates abroad are victims of human trafficking who were lured by promises of high wages before being exploited.

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A protester holds a banner that reads “Put out the fire, not people's voice!“ during a demonstration marking the second anniversary of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's administration at the Tugu Tani monument in Central Jakarta on Oct. 20, 2026.

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Govt denies censoring wildfire posts on social media

Indonesian netizens have been reporting of having their content about widespread forest and peatland fires on several social media platforms getting shadow banned or taken down in the past week.

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Police bust Vietnam-bound lobster larvae ring in Batam

The bust came a week after Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono formally enacted a permanent ban on exporting the marine resource, backed by Presidential Regulation No. 69/2026, which established a national task force to dismantle smuggling networks.

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