Participants hold placards on April 21, 2024, as they march on a street ahead of Earth Day on April 22, annual environmental awareness day, in Jakarta.`

Stronger protection for vulnerable communities urged in climate policies

Despite supporting United Nations’ resolutions pertaining to state responsibility on climate change, Indonesia has shown a weak commitment to protecting vulnerable communities in its existing and upcoming climate legislations, according to environmental groups.

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Prosecutors demand 8.5 years' jail for Riau governor

Wahid is a defendant in a case relating to alleged corruption and extortion at Riau Public Works, Spatial Planning, Housing, Settlement and Land (PUPR-PKPP) Agency with two other defendants, agency head M Arif Setiawan and gubernatorial expert staff, Dani M Nursalam.

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Indonesia deports 92 Chinese nationals over alleged scam operation

The Chinese deportees are the latest to be netted in a string of raids against online scam operations involving foreign actors, with at least three such raids in various regions in May, as the government moves to tighten immigration policies to avoid Indonesia becoming a hotbed of cross-border cybercriminal activities.

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Assistant Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah walks out of the Attorney General's Office (AGO) special crimes division building in south Jakarta ahead of a press briefing on July 10, 2026. During the press conference, Febrie denied allegations of his involvement in a corruption case pertaining to the coal supply to PLN.

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BREAKING: Embattled prosecutor resigns amid police's graft investigation

A high-profile prosecutor with a name for uncovering major graft cases, Febrie Adriansyah came under the spotlight when the police began an investigation into suspected corruption involving coal supplies to state utility PLN.

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Sukoharjo Regent Etik Suryani (left) is escorted by police officers on Friday upon her arrival for questioning at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Headquarters in Jakarta. Etik was apprehended along with seventeen others in a graft raid over alleged extortion targeting officials in the Sukoharjo administration.

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KPK arrests Sukoharjo regent in Central Java over alleged extortion

Etik is the fourth regional head in Central Java and the 10th nationwide to be arrested by the KPK on corruption allegations this year.

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Top prosecutor denies graft allegations

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) would expedite the investigation of several priority cases, including ones pertaining to President Prabowo Subianto’s free meals program, said Jampidsus Febrie Ardiansyah while dismissing allegations of corruption.

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Teacher and project lead at the SMP Il Kapten Fatubaa junior high school in Belu regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Antonius Kapitan (right) receives the grand prize in the AIA Healthiest Schools Competition from AIA Group chief executive and president Lee Yuan Siong during a ceremony in Bangkok on Wednesday.

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NTT school processing banana waste wins regional competition

SMP Il Kapten Fatubaa in Fatubaa village, Belu regency, East Nusa Tenggara, was awarded the grand prize of US$40,000 for transforming banana peel into ice cream, compost fertilizer and liquid fertilizer.

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