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AGO investigates Karo prosecutors following controversial videographer case

Amsal’s case attracted widespread public attention, with critics arguing that authorities were criminalizing the videographer over the pricing of his work.

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Seasonal transition sparks widespread floods, landslides

Floods and landslides have struck multiple regions across Indonesia following days of heavy rain, leaving at least one person dead and forcing hundreds to flee, as authorities warn of more extreme weather during the seasonal transition.

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A schoolchild is treated in a hospital in Jakarta on April 4, 2026, after consuming a packaged meal prepared under the government’s free nutritious meal program.

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Dozens of children hospitalized in East Jakarta after eating free school meals

At least 72 children from four different schools in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta have shown symptoms of food poisoning after consuming school lunches prepared under the government's free meals program last week, prompting the shutdown of the participating kitchen due to failure to meet food safety standards.

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Workers walk past piles of garbage on Wednesday at Kramat Jati market in East Jakarta.

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East Jakartans bemoan trash pileup at Kramat Jati market

The 6-meter trash pile near Kramat Jati market in East Jakarta was not the only one to be observed across the city, which has its waste management disrupted by the Idul Fitri holiday and the fatal landslide at Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java in early March.

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Members of the Riau Islands Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) bomb disposal unit inspect and sterilize the Batak Christian Protestant Association (HKBP) church on Friday in Lubuk Baja subdistrict, Batam Kota district, Batam, Riau Islands, ahead of the Good Friday prayer session. The unit inspected six major churches in Batam for a conducive Good Friday ceremonies.

Worshippers celebrate Easter in solemn, joyous atmosphere

Easter celebrations took place in Batam while pilgrims flocked to Larantuka in East Nusa Tenggara to participate in the Semana Santa procession, a 500-year-old tradition dating back to the era of Portuguese rule.

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A hut stands amid a handful of trees on Jan. 18, 2026, after heavy equipment cleared a swath of land for an oil palm expansion project in Lamno, Aceh Jaya regency, Aceh.

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State-led projects drive soaring forest loss in Indonesia, watchdog finds

An environmental watchdog has found that over 430,000 hectares of forest areas were cut down last year, primarily for realizing President Prabowo Subianto’s food and energy self-sufficiency agenda.

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A police tape reads "Police line do not cross" in this undated illustration of a police crime scene.

North Sumatra church fraud fugitive detained after fleeing abroad

Suspect Andi Hakim Febriansyah and his wife Camelia Rosa were arrested upon arrival from Malaysia by immigration officers.

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Indonesia lays to rest peacekeepers killed in Lebanon

Peacekeeper Corp. Farizal Rhomadhon, 28, died when a projectile exploded on March 29 in southern Lebanon, where Israel and Hezbollah have been fighting since Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war.

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Human rights activists with the Justice for Victims Solidarity Network hold posters during the 902nd “Kamisan” protest outside the State Palace in Jakarta on April 2, 2026. The demonstrators called for a thorough investigation into the acid attack against human rights defender Andrie Yunus, urging the formation of an independent fact-finding team and demanding that those responsible be tried in a civilian court.

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Witnesses, activists in Andrie case subject to threats

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building is pictured under overcast skies on Jan. 22, 2025, in Jakarta.

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KPK names two more suspects in haj quota graft case

Bold support: An activist holds a poster on March 14 during a demonstration in Yogyakarta in support of Andrie Yunus, a staff member of Indonesian human rights NGO Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), who was recently attacked with acid by an unidentified person.

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Independent probe finds intelligence operation behind Andrie's attack

Soldiers carry the body of former defense minister Juwono Sudarsono for burial on March 29 at Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in Jakarta. Juwono died at the age of 84 at Pondok Indah Hospital in Jakarta on March 28.

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First civilian defense minister Juwono Sudarsono dies at 84

Face the justice: Samin Tan, owner of PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup, sits inside a detainee vehicle after questioning at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) in Jakarta on March 28, 2026. The AGO has named him a suspect in an alleged corruption case involving irregularities in coal mining management in Murung Raya regency, for continuing mining and selling coal despite his permit being revoked in 2017.

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AGO arrests coal tycoon Samin Tan in mining permit graft case

Navy personnel welcome the arrival of Indonesia's newest warship the KRI Prabu Siliwangi at Pier 107 of Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta on March 26, 2026.

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Military top brass welcome the arrival of KRI Prabu Siliwangi

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Jakarta still attracts newcomers despite rising costs, shrinking jobs

Good optics: People crowd around President Prabowo Subianto (center, in tan cap) at Pasar Senen Station on March 26, 2026, during an impromptu visit to an informal railside settlement in Senen, Central Jakarta.

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Senen shantytown residents in limbo over promised homes

A Commuter Line train passes next to the under-construction Jatake Station in Tangerang regency, Banten, on July 16, 2025.

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KCI Announces new plan to raise Greater Jakarta commuter line fares

Slow move: Logos of ride-hailing service providers “Grab” is seen on helmets worn by an online motorcycle taxi passenger in Jakarta on Feb. 4.

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‘Ojol’ shortage in Jakarta exposes gaps in ride-hailing sector

This aerial picture shows a rescue team using heavy machinery to search for people following a landslide at Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java, on March 9, 2026. A landslide at the country's biggest landfill buried trucks and food stalls, killing four people, rescuers said on March 9 as they searched for at least five more reported missing.

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Jakarta mulls expanding Bantar Gebang landfill despite deadly landslide

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Deadly Bantar Gebang collapse exposes Jakarta’s decades-long waste mismanagement

A motorcyclist uses a pedicab service on March 8, 2026, to cross floodwaters on Jl. Ciledug Raya in Ulujami, South Jakarta. The flooding had been caused by overflow of the Pesanggrahan and Keuangan rivers after heavy rains hit the Greater Jakarta area.

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Relentless rain floods Greater Jakarta, kills motorcyclist

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Worshippers celebrate Easter in solemn, joyous atmosphere

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North Sumatra church fraud fugitive detained after fleeing abroad

Immigration Directorate General Riau Islands Regional Office Head Ujo Sujoto (center) speaks while flanked by Batam Immigration Office Hajar Aswad (right) and an official from Internal Compliance Directorate Washington Napitupulu (left) on March 29, 2026, during a press conference at Batu Ampar Immigration checkpoint in Batam, Riau Islands. Ujo admitted there had been illegal levies and extortion practices at the Batam Center ferry terminal and promised severe punishment for those involved.

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Five Batam immigration officials reassigned after extortion cases

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Medan court acquits videographer of marking up prices for village videos

Journalists take picture of a church in Ternate, North Maluku, on April 3, 2026 that was damaged during an earthquake in the Maluku Sea the previous day.

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Govt urges vigilance after deadly quake in North Sulawesi

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North Sumatran student dies by suicide over inability to afford school supply

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7.4-magnitude quake off North Sulawesi kills one

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the tremor hit at a shallow depth of 35 kilometres in the Maluku Sea between the Sulawesi and Maluku island groups in the early morning.

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State-led projects drive soaring forest loss in Indonesia, watchdog finds

Homepage of Wikipedia, a free internet encyclopedia, is seen on the computer screen under magnifying glass.

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Wikimedia restriction sparks digital rights, free knowledge concerns

An alarming global surge in measles cases poses a serious threat to children and more efforts are needed to improve vaccine coverage, according to the United Nations Children's Fund

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Indonesia reports first health professional death amid measles outbreak

Motorists commute during rush hour on Aug. 29, 2023, in Jakarta.

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