Court proceedings and witness testimony showed that Syamsul sought to raise between Rp 500 million and Rp 700 million in March to provide holiday payments to members of the Cilacap Regional Leadership Coordination Forum (Forkopimda), which comprises the local police chief, military district commander and head of the district prosecutor's office.

The kilometers-long national flag display came exactly a week after an Acehnese man was shot dead in a clash with soldiers in in Pidie regency on Nov. 4.

Home Minister Tito Karnavian said floods and landslides had affected 13 regencies and cities across Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra over the past week, repeatedly damaging infrastructure repaired during recovery efforts following last year's Cyclone Senyar.

Rights groups have called for an independent investigation into alleged excessive force and arbitrary arrests during a protest in Yogyakarta that descended into violence on Tuesday night, with dozens of demonstrators reportedly still unaccounted for on Wednesday.

Residents in Raja Bejamu village, Sinaboi district, in Rokan Hilir regency managed to catch a crocodile in Raja Bejamu River, which has been terrorizing villagers in the past few months.

The violence followed demonstrations across several Indonesian cities on Tuesday over the government's management of the economy, its handling of devastating wildfires and stagnant wages.

Police have detained over a hundred people following a protest in Yogyakarta that turned violent on Tuesday night, prompting concerns over the whereabouts of students and allegations that officers pursued demonstrators into the campus of Gadjah Mada University (UGM).

Residents believe the thieves wanted to sell the Buddhist religious item made from brass to scrap dealers.

BGN officials have recently introduced several cost-cutting measures to rein in spending and improve budget management, aiming to save Rp 44 trillion from the program's total budget of Rp 268 trillion this year.

The two climbers, identified as Beryliyant Kusuma Wiraditama, 19, from Sedati, Sidoarjo, and Mochamad Wahyu Febriansyah, 19, from Rungkut, Surabaya, both in East Java, set out for Mount Semeru on Nov. 2 despite a ban on climbing the mountain.

Preliminary findings suggest the suspect may have a mental illness, but police are investigating whether the attack was premeditated and involved an ideological motive or links to any particular network.  

Sunday's flooding damaged temporary houses and infrastructure built after the devastation wreaked late last year by Cyclone Senyar.

The civilian Eurocopter EC225LP Super Puma helicopter lost altitude while scooping water, in a similar manner as the Indonesian Army Aviation Center's (Puspenerbad) Mi-17V5 which crashed on Wednesday, killing three. 

The root cause of the high number of illegal migrant workers and human trafficking is that the government is still trapped working in the “downstream” instead of solving “upstream” problems.

The case started with the the interception of a Mitsubishi Colt Diesel truck carrying 129 sacks of fertilizer weighing some 6.5 tonnes on Oct. 2 by local military intelligence personnel.

Chronic overcrowding and staff shortages have contributed to repeated prison escapes across Indonesia with at least six successful prison escapes having been reported across the country so far this year.

A third fisherman, Abdul Rahim, 21, was found unconscious and is still receiving treatment at his house.

Human-elephant encounters in Bener Meriah have resulted in multiple fatalities over the past decade. The most recent fatal incident occurred in February, when a farmer was trampled to death by an elephant while trying to drive it away from his farmland.

A demonstration outside the Yogyakarta Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) building turned violent after sunset, when groups of unidentified individuals reportedly arrived carrying sharp weapons, sticks, stones and firecrackers, according to eyewitness accounts and videos circulating online.

Panel of judges also slapped defendant Manuturi Butar-butar with an environment restoration cost of Rp 600 million (US$33,227), which must be paid within one month with an extension of another month after which the verdict becomes legally binding.

The government said it would launch an investigation into the fatal shooting in Pidie regency, Aceh, where a civilian was reportedly shot dead in a clash with soldiers after the hoisting of the crescent and star flag resembling those of the past separatist movement.

Two officers, one noncommissioned officer (NCO) receive posthumous promotions because they were killed in the line of duty. 

The arrest of a senior official with close ties to former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo over alleged wiretapping targeting President Prabowo Subianto has put their political alliance under growing strain, raising the prospect of a wider confrontation between the two figures.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) attributed the hailstorms in West Java and Lampung to the development of mature cumulonimbus clouds, powerful storm systems capable of producing intense rainfall, strong winds and hail.

In addition to announcing compesnation schemes, PLN Batam is also reshuffling its managerial structure at the Public Relations and Corporate Secretary division.

Detained officers released after mediation, with customs officials agreeing to a Rp 655 million customary settlement.

An Indonesian military helicopter carrying eight people on a firefighting mission crashed in waters off Borneo island on Wednesday, killing a crew member.