The Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru led the multiagency effort to repatriate a total of 232 deportees by sea from Malaysia to Batam's central ferry terminal over two days. 

Although Nurinda has finally been able to return, years of abandonment have devastated the farm. Nearly 90 percent of her coffee crops are gone, wiping out the harvest her family once depended on for income.

Earlier in the year, BPBDs across Riau were fighting forest fires because of a forecasted long dry season but high rainfall in the past few days has swept most of forest and land fires and caused flooding, instead.

Police said the clashes also caused extensive property damage, with 177 houses, 63 traditional honai homes, eight shophouses, a school building and a village office set on fire. The conflicting groups also torched 48 cars and 43 motorcycles.

The province recorded 748 cases as of April 30, with 51 cases having tested positive after laboratory tests, compared to March 5 data with only 387 cases.

Inspection found that there was less than 5 percent of hazardous and toxic goods in one e-waste container.

The two are suspected to have used some Rp 7 billion (US$397,660) from the total Rp 28 billion embezzled from the Catholic Church parish' credit union in Aek Nabara, Labuhanbatu regency.

With a total of 202 strokes of rattan cane, it was the largest accumulation of strokes in the regency.

Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni pointed to strengthening prevention systems, integrated early warning, stricter law enforcement and community-based approaches at the site level as steps to decease forest fires.

Bali Health Agency gave an assurance that no case of suspected hantavirus had yet been found in Bali. However, surveillance and prevention measures have been strengthened after several suspected hantavirus cases were found in other regions in Indonesia.

The mass food poisoning was linked to a beef meal in the day’s menu, pending results of laboratry test results. 

Satrio Wiratama, the 170-day-old panda cub, was born in November last year in Taman Safari Indonesia zoo in Cisarua, Bogor regency, West Java, to a pair of pandas loaned by China to Indonesia.

Two fishermen from Batam, Riau Islands, drifted away into Malaysian waters after their fishing boat ran out of fuel in April.

Tengku Ariefanda Abdul Djalil Rahmadshah was appointed sultan once his father Langkat Sultan XIV Tengku Azwar Abdul Djalil Rahmadshah passed away. 

A cliff near the mine collapsed on Thursday, burying a group of miners working only three meters away, said West Sumatra police spokeswoman Susmelawati Rosya.

Vendors said they are running out of stock and requested additional quota of Minyakita from state-owned food public corporation Perum Bulog. 

As investigations continue into the Bekasi Timur Station collision that killed 16 women, commuters along Greater Jakarta’s busiest rail corridor say fear has become part of the journey, while experts urge long-delayed safety reforms.

North Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Agency’s (BKSDA) Region II Stabat head Bobby Nopandry said hundreds of orangutans currently live outside TNGL.

Police arrested two suspects and hauled some 12 cubic meters of processed wood as evidence of illegal logging in Siak and Pelalawan regencies.

North Sumatra Police Highway Patrol Unit head Sr. Adj. Comr. Dhery Fajariandono said police were still searching for the bus and pickup truck drivers, both of whom are suspected of fleeing the scene following the crash.

The Riau Islands Police are coordinating with several security agencies to monitor the maritime border in the province against fuel smuggling and other illegal practices by unscrupulous groups seeking to profit from the global oil price shocks.

The scamming syndicate also held two Japanese captives, who were forced to work as scam operators.

A wave of job cuts could hit as early as the second quarter of 2026 without immediate policy intervention or stimulus, industry players warn.

Indonesia is emerging as a new operational hub for transnational online gambling and cyber scam syndicates, said the National Police, following recent raids on cybercrime dens across the country that allegedly involved hundreds of foreign nationals.

Most of the foreigners detained are Chinese and Vietnamese nationals and entered Indonesia using the visa-free visit program (BVK) and visa-on-arrival (VoA).

The riot started after host Perspira Jayapura lost 1-0 to guest PS Adhyaksa Banten in a Liga 2 Indonesia soccer playoff match on Friday.

The government will issue a presidential instruction on rescuing the population and habitats of Sumatran and Kalimantan elephants.