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A journalist takes photo of a picture showing Surakman, a crewmember of the boat Arupadhatu 1 that went missing while carrying journalists covering the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait, during a press briefing on Sept. 23 at the Banten Police headquarters in Serang, Banten. The police identified a body found on Enggano Island, Bengkulu, as Surakman following DNA identification.
A journalist takes photo of a picture showing Surakman, a crewmember of the boat Arupadhatu 1 that went missing while carrying journalists covering the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait, during a press briefing on Sept. 23 at the Banten Police headquarters in Serang, Banten. The police identified a body found on Enggano Island, Bengkulu, as Surakman following DNA identification.`
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Crew member from missing Anak Krakatau boat identified

The crew member’s body from the missing boat of journalists covering the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau on Sept. 7 was initially found on Enggano Island in Bengkulu, around 350 kilometers west of the volcano in the Sunda Strait.

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Batam residents protest data centers amid water crisis

Residential areas have their clean water supplies cutoff completely while data centers in Nongsa Special Economic Zone enjoy sufficient water.

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Prosecutors demand 8.5-year prison sentence for suspended Pati regent Sudewo

Sudewo is accused of extorting officials appointed to various positions in 401 village administrations across 21 districts in Pati, Central Java. He is also charged with accepting bribes linked to railway track projects at the Transportation Ministry’s Railway Directorate General in 2022, when he was serving as a member of the House of Representatives (DPR).

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Agrarian reform bill gets mixed reaction

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Indian arrested for smuggling gold bars to Thailand via N. Sumatra airport

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