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Nadiem challenges suspect status in Chromebook graft case

Former education minister Nadiem Makarim has filed a pretrial motion at the South Jakarta District Court to challenge his status as a suspect in an alleged graft case related to the procurement of Chromebook laptops at the then-education, culture, research and technology ministry between 2019 and 2022.

4 months ago
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Dozens injured in clash between PT TPL workers and indigenous group near Lake Toba

According to community representatives, 33 villagers were injured in the clash, including 18 women and one child with a disability. Fourteen people remain hospitalized because of the severity of their injuries. ...

4 months ago
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Calls mount to free activists arrested after riots

Several national figures, including former first lady Sinta Nuriyah Wahid and former religious affairs minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, have urged the police to release activists accused of inciting last month’s nationwide riots, arguing they were merely young people exercising their right to freedom of expression. ...

4 months ago

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North Sumatra Police arrest two for alleged drug smuggling from Malaysia

North Sumatra Police Narcotics Unit director Comr. Jean Calvijn Simanjuntak said the drug trafficking ring has increasingly relied on Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia, particularly those without legal status, as couriers for smuggling operations.

4 months ago
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Environment minister fails to close Batam firm accused of importing electronic waste

Indonesia has ratified the Basel Convention, which bans the border crossing of dangerous and toxic waste, including electronic waste.

4 months ago
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House approves new Supreme Court justices, rights judge

During a plenary session at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta on Tuesday, House Speaker Puan Maharani of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) asked lawmakers for their approval of a list of justice candidates submitted by Commission III. All attending members consented to the appointments.

4 months ago
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Jokowi’s early support for Prabowo-Gibran reelection meets pushback

Former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s call for his supporters to back his successor President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Jokowi’s eldest son, for a second term has sparked pushback from some political parties in the ruling coalition.

4 months ago
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Indonesian crew stranded off coast of Mozambique for nearly a year finally evacuated

The nine Indonesian crew members boarded the Gabon-flagged LNG tanker Gas Falcon in October last year. However, since November 2024, the vessel has been barred from leaving Beira, a coastal city approximately an hour’s flight from Maputo, because of legal disputes involving its owner.

4 months ago
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Pink and green: Colors of resistance, symbols of solidarity

Born from the streets and carried into the digital realm, two colors, pink and green, have become symbols of grief, courage and resistance in Indonesia’s latest wave of protests.

4 months ago
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Oil and gas production undisrupted in Natuna, Anambas blocks, SKK Migas says

SKK Migas says oil and gas production are proceeding smoothly in Anambas and Natuna waters of the Riau Islands, uninterrupted by any competing claims in the South China Sea.

4 months ago
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Food poisoning surge prompts mass calls for free meals review

Civil society organizations are calling on the government to conduct a “total reevaluation” of the flagship free nutritious meal program in the wake of widespread food poisoning cases at schools across the country.

4 months ago
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MUI confirms Chinese-made food trays for free meal program tainted with pork lard

BGN head Dadan Hindayana, stated that the majority of trays used in the program were produced locally using plant-based lubricants. However, he acknowledged that Indonesia still imports approximately 4 million trays per month, as domestic manufacturers are unable to meet the growing demand.

4 months ago
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Doubts cast on police’s own reform team

A police reform team established by the National Police chief and made up entirely of active officers has come under scrutiny, with activists questioning its independence and warning it could lead to overlap with a similar commission President Prabowo Subianto is forming.

4 months ago
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Soldiers at House complex fuel fears of militarization, civilian intimidation

The deployment of Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel to guard public institutions, including the House of Representatives complex, weeks after last month’s deadly unrest raised the alarm over a dangerous precedent for military involvement in civilian affairs, amid the absence of a clear withdrawal timeline.

4 months ago
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Australia probes how Bali body returned home without heart

Queensland man Byron Haddow, 23, was found dead in the plunge pool of his Bali villa this year while on holiday.

4 months ago
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Indonesia speeds up plans for haj village project in Mecca

The government is accelerating plans to build special accommodation for Indonesian pilgrims in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, with construction of the so-called haj village expected to begin as early as the end of this year, following an instruction from President Prabowo Subianto to improve services.

4 months ago
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Authorities launch probe after student died of suspected mpox infection

Since Indonesia confirmed its first mpox case in 2022, the country has recorded 181 cases, including two fatalities.

4 months ago
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Deputy ministers’ new dual jobs draw flak

Recent appointments of deputy ministers as commissioners at state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in spite of a court ruling prohibiting the practice have garnered criticism that the government is exploiting the grace period before the ban takes place.

4 months ago
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Roads dug, traffic delayed: Jakartans fume over never-ending utility works

Compounding the everyday chronic traffic congestion, widespread utility works across Jakarta have triggered frustration among residents, with experts blaming poor planning and management behind these overrunning projects.

4 months ago
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Prabowo gives Nusantara certainty with new regulation

President Prabowo Subianto has moved to give Indonesia’s future capital Nusantara greater certainty by issuing a regulation that will formally designate it as the country’s political center by 2028, his greater signal yet of commitment to the project, even as doubts persist over funding and timelines.

4 months ago
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US woman deported for organizing sexual wellness retreat in Bali

Winarko, Head of the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office, stated that JRG has violated Indonesian immigration regulations by conducting commercial activities while on a tourist visa.

4 months ago
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Fifty-six minors named suspects in Central Java’s violent protests

Latif emphasized that law enforcement efforts were directed solely at rioters who engaged in violence and destruction during the protests, adding that “peaceful demonstrators were not arrested.”

4 months ago
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Autopsy shows Spaniard murdered in West Lombok

The findings were based on an autopsy and strengthened the conjecture that Maria Matilde Muñoz Cazorla was murdered.

4 months ago
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Indonesia eyes Chinese fighter jets amid strategic, cost concerns

The Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) is currently considering the suitability of Chinese-made J-10C fighter jets for the force’s needs amid the military’s plan to modernize its primary weapon system.

4 months ago
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Palace denies forming fact-finding team on deadly nationwide unrest

The presidential palace denied that President Prabowo Subianto had ordered an independent investigation into the recent deadly nationwide unrest, dismissing claims made after the President’s meeting with pro-democracy group Gerakan Nurani Bangsa (GNB).

4 months ago
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Police halt use of sirens, strobe lights following public outcry

The National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas) has suspended the use of sirens and strobe lights in their escort vehicles following mounting criticism over their excessive and inappropriate use.

4 months ago
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Ministry, Gerindra discipline Prabumulih mayor for firing school principal

A junior high school principal was removed without proper procedure after preventing a car carrying the mayor's daughter from enter school grounds while it was raining.

4 months ago
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Bali ends SAR operation, four people still missing

The Denpasar Basarnas declared an end to its SAR operation on Thursday, a day after the Bali administration lifted the emergency in the island province following severe flooding across several regions on Sept. 10.

4 months ago
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Calls grow to suspend free meal program after mass poisoning

President Prabowo Subianto’s free meals program faces mounting calls for suspension following repeated cases of mass poisoning that have heightened public concern over food safety and mismanagement.

4 months ago
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Two bodies recovered after landslide at Freeport's Grasberg mine

The landslide occurred on Sept. 8 when material from an extraction point flowed at one of five sections of the Grasberg Block Cave (GBC) underground gold and copper mine in Tembagapura.

4 months ago
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