Land schemers: Two North Sumatra Prosecutor’s Office’s personnel escort two suspects ('center left, 'center right') after questioning and before they are returned to their detention center. The office named two former officials of the National Land Agency (BPN) as suspects for allegedly transferring some 8,000 hectares of land owned by state-owned plantations PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) I to a private developer.`

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KPK probes into potential corruption in dozens of regional general hospitals

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Officers from the East Java Police Indonesia Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (Inafis) and Mobile Brigade conduct an investigation on Nov. 21 at Bukit Jaddih tourism site in Bangkalan, Madura Island, East Java. The investigation was launched after six students of an Islamic boarding school were drown in the water-filled quarry on Nov. 20.

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Missing South Jakarta boy found dead after viral outcry

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Troops attend a handover ceremony of defense ministry leadership from previous minister Prabowo Subianto to his successor Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin at the Defense Ministry office in Jakarta, in this file photo taken on Oct. 22, 2024.

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Pertamina welcomes military protection of refineries starting in December

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A general view of the House of Representatives Commission III, that oversees legal affairs, meeting room during a confirmation hearing on Wednesday for a Judicial Commission member at the Senayan legislative complex in Central Jakarta.

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Asset bill pushed to 2026 as House focus on other bills

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf speaks to reporters on July 28, 2024, during a press briefing on the results of the organization's central board plenary meeting in Jakarta.

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NU supreme leader tells Yahya to resign over pro-Israel speaker

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NU asks Yahya Staquf to resign over invitation to pro-Israeli speaker

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