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An Indonesian shows his passport and ferry ticket on July 25 before being deported from Malaysia from an unspecified location. The Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru facilitated the repatriation of 274 Indonesians from Melaka International Ferry Terminal in Malacca and Port Dickson Port in Negeri Sembilan.
An Indonesian shows his passport and ferry ticket on July 25 before being deported from Malaysia from an unspecified location. The Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru facilitated the repatriation of 274 Indonesians from Melaka International Ferry Terminal in Malacca and Port Dickson Port in Negeri Sembilan. `
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More than 3,300 Indonesians repatriated from Malaysia as of July

The Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru facilitated the repatriation of 274 Indonesians from Melaka International Ferry Terminal in Malacca and Port Dickson Port in Negeri Sembilan to Dumai, Riau, and Tanjung Balai Asahan, North Sumatra.  

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House pushes for additional funds to pay PPPK salaries in 39 regions

There are 39 regencies and cities in Indonesia, which cannot pay their contract employees using their own regional budgets after the central government cut funding. 

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Police name seven suspects over deadly clash in Central Jakarta

Jakarta Police have named seven suspects over a deadly clash in Pegangsaan, Menteng, Central Jakarta, that left one man dead and another in critical condition, with investigators separating the case into vandalism and fatal assault investigations.

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Government repairs Central Java school after striking image

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17 hours ago
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West Java governor slammed for proposing bounty on ‘begal’

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