A store in Padangsidimpuan city, North Sumatra, is seen with the lights on as it uses a generator on May 22 while others are blanketed in darkness after the Sumatra blackout. The blackout affected almost all provinces in Sumatra. State-owned electricity company PLN said the power supply had returned to normal on Sunday.`

PLN estimates North Sumatra blackout to end on Wednesday

State-owned electricity company PLN is working hard to restore electricity to affected regions in North Sumatra and expects electricity supply to resume on Wednesday or Thursday.

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Disgraced BGN official files to be justice collaborator

Disgraced former deputy chief of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Sony Sonjaya has offered to cooperate with law enforcement as a justice collaborator and expose “powerful names” allegedly tied to corruption in the free meals program, fueling intensified calls for a comprehensive audit of the multitrillion-rupiah program.

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New law expands police role in civilian offices

The House of Representatives passed on Tuesday a controversial amendment to the 2002 Police Law, allowing an expanded role for active-duty police officers in civilian posts through rushed deliberations that took less than a week.

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Muara Enim Regent Edison (center) is escorted by police officers on June 9 upon arriving at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in South Jakarta. Edison was apprehended in a graft raid conducted by the KPK a day prior in an alleged corruption case involving procurement of goods and services within the Muara Enim Education and Culture Agency.

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KPK arrests South Sumatra’s Muara Enim regent for alleged graft

The KPK said Edison and the other suspects are alleged to have received bribes and gratuities linked to procurement activities within the Muara Enim Education and Culture Agency.

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Acting Batam Mayor Li Claudia Chandra (left) shares a memento with a representative of 22 defense attachés visiting Batam, Riau Islands, on June 3, 2026. The defense attachés visited Batam to observe the Indonesian defense industry, especially shipyards.

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Batam hosts defense attachés to observe defense industry

Batam has several shipyards that are currently building, maintaining and repairing patrol and warships for the Indonesian Navy, as well as other maritime security agencies.

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Protestors carry a placard against femicide that states 180 reported cases across 38 Indonesian provinces in 2023, in a street demonstration on Nov. 25, 2024, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Jakarta.

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Femicide persists as women face systemic neglect

Hundreds of Indonesian women and girls continue to die in gender-based killings, with activists warning that state neglect, inadequate healthcare and systemic injustice are increasingly contributing to preventable deaths, particularly in eastern Indonesia.

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Police officers march in a parade on July 1, 2024, during a ceremony to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the National Police at National Monument Square in Central Jakarta.

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BREAKING: House passes new police law in 'rushed' process

Despite criticisms over a rushed legislative process, the House passed on Tuesday the amended Police Law, which includes a controversial provision that allows active-duty officers to take civilian posts in government.

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