Budi added that THS demanded Rp 1 billion (US$59,810) to halt the investigation, but he was able to pay only Rp 300 million. THS then allegedly demanded an additional Rp 50 million per month as a “security fund.”

Residents of an East Jakarta housing complex have renewed their protests against the Rorotan RDF plant after a second trial run, saying the malodorous emissions it produced was affecting their children's health.

At around 3:30 a.m. on Friday, a 57-year-old local resident living near the mosque, reportedly confronted Arjuna and told him he was not allowed to sleep there. When Arjuna refused to leave, the man allegedly became agitated and called four of his friends to the mosque.

Doubts are growing that five suspended lawmakers, whose alleged arrogance about their perks angered the public amid economic inequality and which sparked August’s demonstrations, will face any real consequences, as the ongoing House of Representatives ethics probe appears to focus on misinformation rather than their alleged misconduct.

The construction of legislative and judicial office buildings has officially begun in Nusantara, as President Prabowo Subianto’s administration again stressed its commitment to the country’s future capital city after international media raised fresh doubts over the project’s long-term prospects.

Homo sapiens remains found in a cave in West Sumatra are among the proof used by Culture Minister Fadli Zon to support his ‘Out of Nusantara’ hypothesis, which suggests that ancient humans may have originated in the Indonesian archipelago, and not Africa, before spreading around the world.

The KPK has not yet released an official statement about the case. However, officials said the sting operation was related to a construction project managed by the Riau PUPR.

Upon opening the door, he saw an elephant standing in front of the house, with two others nearby. The family grew frightened as the herd lingered around the house. Fearing for their safety, Sardo told his wife and four children to flee through the back door.

The police are investigating the identities of charred human remains found inside a building in Kwitang, Central Jakarta that was damaged in a fire during the late-August demonstrations, amid questions over whether the remains of two bodies may belong to two protesters still reported missing.

A recent viral post on social media depicting nonconsensual street photography has exposed the lack of awareness among photographers and the public of the need to respect privacy and consent before capturing, storing and selling images.

The weather agency has sounded the alarm about extreme rainfall expected to hit Jakarta this week.

Press freedom in Indonesia has once again come under attack from the corridors of power, with the Agriculture Ministry becoming the latest to allegedly employ intimidation tactics in a dispute with a critical outlet that had already been mediated by the Press Council.

As of Friday, nearly 300 reports of vehicle breakdowns potentially connected to Pertalite had been recorded across at least seven regencies and cities in East Java, 99 percent of which involved motorcycles.

Thirteen of the victims were children aged between eight and 17 years old, Adj. Sr. Comr. Alfredo Agustinus Rumbiak, the police chief of the remote Nduga region, told Reuters. 

The purchase of military equipment has picked up since Prabowo became defense minister in 2019 and then president last year, with multiple deals struck for new fighter jets as well as submarines.

The Indonesian Air Force's first Airbus A400M heavy transport aircraft arrived at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in East Jakarta on Monday.

ProJo leader Budi Arie Setiadi has said he intends to join President Prabowo Subianto's Gerindra Party, in a move that cements one of former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s biggest supporter groups with the Prabowo administration.

Activists and female lawmakers have lauded a ruling from the Constitutional Court that requires the House of Representatives to have at least 30 percent female representation across all of its internal bodies, in hopes the decision will help improve the gender balance in the legislative structure. 

Average transactions in online gambling sites among North Sumatra provincial administration employees is less than Rp 10 million (US$600).

If the government fully enforces the ban, the move may hurt the income of hundreds of sellers of imported used clothes across Jakarta and prevent customers from buying affordable attire, according to thrift sellers and customers at Senen Market.

Of seven factions in the Pati DPRD, only the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) agreed with the impeachment motion, with six others preferring to recommend a performance improvement plan.

Awarding the national hero title for former president Soeharto, who was known for his 32 years of authoritarian rule, will betray the spirit of the reform movement of 1998 and the fight for justice for many victims of his crimes, activists have asserted.

Nusantara was designed as a green city, with only a quarter of its 252,000-ha site planned for development and the remainder preserved as green space.

Witness Second Pvt. Richard Bulan sobbed when he recalled the brutal tortures inflicted on him and the late Second Pvt. Lucky Chepril Saputral Namo during a session against four defendants at the Kupang Military Court.

Since its launch in January, the government’s free meals program has been plagued by a series of food safety incidents, with more than 13,000 students reported to have suffered food poisoning as of earlier this month.

The Air Force sent 22 personnel, including pilots, loadmasters and technicians, to Seville, Spain, for a series of training courses to operate and maintain the A400M heavy transport aircraft.

A government-sanctioned task force has disposed of more than 550 tonnes of materials contaminated with Cesium-137 (Cs-137) from 22 irradiated factories, empty land and settlement areas around the Cikande industrial estate in Serang regency, Banten.