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Cut in transfers worries regions

Local administrations are showing signs of unease over the central government’s plan to slash regional transfers (TKD) next year, which experts believe could put a strain on regions’ programs and erode the hard-won decentralization established after the New Order era.

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Whirlwinds strike multiple regions in North Sumatra over the weekend

A violent whirlwind also struck four subdistricts on Friday night in Serdang Bedagai Regency, approximately 90 kilometers from Serdang Bedagai, damaging 377 homes and forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate. ...

13 hours ago
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Prabowo sets up agency in charge of giant sea wall

State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi announced the decision at the Presidential Palace on Monday adding that the President appointed Deputy Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Didit Herdiawan Ashaf as head of the new agency. ...

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Police rescue trafficking victims from cop's house in Lampung

The Lampung Police also arrested four suspected traffickers, and said the ongoing investigation was looking into whether the officer who owned the house was directly involved.

2 years ago
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Man gets death penalty for carrying 1.3 tonnes of marijuana in Medan

The Medan Court in North Sumatra on Tuesday sentenced Mawardi, a 24-year-old man from Gayo Lues, Aceh, to death after being proven guilty of carrying 1.3 tons of marijuana, fulfilling the demand of the prosecutors.

2 years ago
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes south of Java

The quake was at a depth of 40 km (24.85 miles), EMSC said.

2 years ago
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Aceh to deport Australian surfer after drunken assault

Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones, 23, from Noosa in southern Queensland was facing five years in prison after attacking several people in April on the surf island of Simeulue.

2 years ago
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Bromo volcano draws thousands for ritual sacrifice

Swarming the thin rim around the basin of Mount Bromo, devotees heaved goats, chickens and vegetables slung across their backs up to the dusty peak as part of the Yadnya Kasada festival.

2 years ago
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Makassar scientist works with poachers to restore coral reefs

They have restored to health 11.5 hectares (roughly 30 acres) of corals around a group of 120 islands known as the Spermonde archipelago in the Makassar Strait off Sulawesi. 

2 years ago
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Police arrest cop, hunt fugitives in multiple rape case in Central Sulawesi

A police officer has been named a suspect in the rape of a 15-year-old girl in Parigi Moutong regency in Central Sulawesi, following the arrest of two other suspects, who fled to Kalimantan, over the weekend.

2 years ago
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Calls mount for sea sand export be dropped

Environmentalists question the government's justification in allowing sea sand export after a 20-year ban.

2 years ago
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Walking monks on final stopovers before Borobudur temple

Thirty-two Buddhist monks have arrived in Magelang, Central Java, home of the famous Borobudur temple, where they plan to join ceremonies to celebrate Waisak that marks the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha, on Sunday.

2 years ago
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Bali lists dos and don’ts for tourists

Bali Governor I Wayan Koster announced on Wednesday a set of obligations and prohibitions for tourists in response to increasing cases of delinquent behaviors exhibited by tourists on the resort island.

2 years ago
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Mayor promotes World Heritage status for historic Bogor gardens

The Bogor Mayor is pushing for the Bogor Botanical Gardens, which was founded in 1817, to be designated as a World Heritage Site.

2 years ago
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Bali business owner arrested for accepting crypto payment

The Bali Police arrested Monday an owner of car rental business for accepting cryptocurrency payment for. Police said he was the first business owner in Indonesia arrested for accepting cryptocurrency.

2 years ago
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Komnas HAM condemns rebel threat to shoot New Zealand pilot

Pilot Phillip Mehrtens, who works for frontier airline Susi Air, was abducted by the TPNPB-OPM on Feb. 7 after landing at an airstrip in Nduga regency, Papua.

2 years ago
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Two soldiers get life for trafficking 75 kg of meth, 40,000 ecstasy pills

The Medan Military Court in North Sumatra sentenced on Monday two Army soldiers to life imprisonment for trafficking 40,000 ecstasy pills and 75 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine in December.

2 years ago
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Danish woman arrested for pornography in Bali

A woman from Denmark has become the latest to be arrested in Bali's crackdown on foreign nationals exhibiting disruptive behavior.

2 years ago
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No deaths reported in Army helicopter crash outside Bandung

An Army helicopter carrying five personnel on a training mission crashed on Sunday in a tea plantation in Ciwidey, on the outskirts of Bandung.

2 years ago
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Bali warns foreign tourists against making crypto payments

The Bali administration has warned foreign tourists visiting the popular resort island against making cryptocurrency payments, with the governor, I Wayan Koster, saying the practice is illegal in Indonesia and violators can face one year in prison or fines.

2 years ago
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Semarang Police name suspect in Papuan official's teen daughter's death

Semarang Police have named a 22-year-old college student a murder suspect in relation to the death of a 16-year-old girl, the daughter of Papua Highlands acting governor Nikolaus Kondomo, on Thursday.

2 years ago
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Overloaded vehicles and corruption are 'main reasons' for Indonesia's poor road condition

Truck overloading and rampant corruption at the regional level are among the main contributing factors for Indonesia's persistent poor road infrastructure especially in remote areas, transportation expert Djoko Setijowarno says.

2 years ago
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Canadian arrested in Bali on fraud, forgery charges

Stephane Gagnon was arrested in his villa in Canggu, a popular tourist hotspot, on Saturday after Interpol sent a letter to the Bali Police informing them that the 50-year-old was wanted on forgery and fraud charges. 

2 years ago
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Riau Islands restrict local pig supply due to swine fever virus

The Agricultural Quarantine Agency has limited the local supply of pigs following a finding of the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus in Batam. Pig exports to Singapore from Batam are temporarily suspended.

2 years ago
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Two Indian nationals arrested on murder charges in Bali

The Denpasar Police have arrested two Indian nationals on charges of murdering an Indonesian man and assaulting another Indian national on Saturday. The suspects were apprehended at Ngurah Rai International Airport as they were apparently trying to flee the country.

2 years ago
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Man arrested in illegal abortion clinic raid in Bali

The Bali Police have arrested a man on suspicion of running an illegal abortion clinic in Badung, Bali, following a raid on May 8. The suspect was previously convicted twice of similar crimes.

2 years ago
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1.5 kg of cocaine found on Riau Islands beach

A resident of Anambas regency in Riau Islands found 1.5 kilograms of cocaine on a beach in Kuala Maras village late last month. Local police suspect the contraband was part of a consignment smuggled from abroad.

2 years ago
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ExxonMobil settles long-running Aceh torture lawsuit

The two sides agreed to resolve "all matters," said a joint filing from the opposing counsel that did not disclose terms of the agreement.

2 years ago
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Papuan rebels have released telecom worker hostages, police say

A group of telecommunications workers taken hostage by an armed rebel group in the Papuan Highlands has been released, the local police have said, in the latest kidnapping crisis in the restive region.

2 years ago
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Detained Central Java man publicly confesses to employer's murder

A man arrested for the premeditated murder of his employer told a press conference how and why he committed the crime.

2 years ago
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Riau Islands rejects WOAH report on swine fever outbreak

Rika Azmi, head of the provincial Food Security, Agriculture and Animal Health Agency, claimed the WOAH did not have the means to determine outbreaks of animal diseases in Indonesia.

2 years ago
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RI convenes FAO meeting to bolster fight against illegal fishing

Indonesia and other members of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened in Bali on Monday in hopes of strengthening the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), a binding international treaty designed to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices globally.

2 years ago
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Indonesia confirms outbreak of African swine fever, WOAH says

Indonesia has reported an outbreak of African swine fever on a farm on the Riau Islands near Singapore, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Tuesday.

2 years ago
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