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Analysts argue that reform must begin with a revision of the 2002 Police Law, which has so far failed to deliver a professional and accountable force.
1 month agoThe death toll in a boarding school collapse rose to 10 on Friday, officials said, but dozens were still believed under the rubble without signs of life days after the disaster. ...
1 month agoHad they arrived in Malaysia, the illegal migrant workers would have been employed as maids as well as workers at construction sites and plantations. ...
1 month agoThe dominance of politically connected figures in state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is again under scrutiny after a survey revealed that one-third of commissioner seats are held by political appointees, many linked to President Prabowo Subianto’s Gerindra party.
1 month agoRescuers said the search for survivors is continuing on Friday, even though they found no signs of life on Thursday as they called out students' names through tunnels inside the remains and used sensors to detect vital signs.
1 month agoAulia's body was discovered on Aug. 12, 2024, in her rented room. Her death was reportedly attributed to a fatal overdose from self-injected tranquilizers. The anesthesiologist is believed to have been bullied during her residency at Dr. Kariadi Central General Hospital in the provincial capital, as described in her personal diary found at the scene
1 month agoThe collapse of an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, which killed several people and left dozens missing has cast a harsh spotlight on Indonesia’s weak construction safety standards and the shortcomings of local administrations in monitoring urban development.
1 month agoWednesday’s fire was the second in just over two years as Dumai Refinery suffered from a fire in April 2023, which was caused by hydrogen leakage.
1 month agoThe government has suspended operations of “problematic” free meal kitchens amid investigations into mass poisoning cases but said the program will continue nationwide, with authorities pledging closer supervision to prevent further incidents.
1 month agoIn April, the government announced its intention to evict around 40,000 people residing in seven villages inside the national park, accusing them of building illegal settlements and cultivating palm oil plantations in protected forest areas.
1 month agoA fire broke out on Wednesday afternoon at a residential tower for construction workers in Nusantara, East Kalimantan, raising safety concerns in addition to ongoing social issues surrounding the development of the nation’s future capital.
1 month agoRescuers detected "no more signs of life" at a collapsed boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, where 59 people were believed missing days after it gave way, an official said Thursday, raising fears no more survivors would be found.
1 month agoActivists and religious organizations have urged the Jakarta administration and City Council to cancel the drafting of a bylaw that would transform city-owned water company PT PAM Jaya into a limited liability firm.
1 month agoThe Indonesian Military (TNI) has begun producing multivitamins to be distributed to children through its free meals program, an official said on Wednesday, the latest expansion of the military into civilian life under President Prabowo Subianto.
1 month agoYusril was arrested by the Batam Police on April 28 following a defamation complaint which stemmed from several TikTok videos he posted, in which he accused a local Satpol PP official of protecting street vendors operating in unauthorized areas.
1 month agoRescuers pulled five survivors from a collapsed boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java on Wednesday as frantic parents demanded searchers speed up efforts to find dozens of children believed still trapped in the rubble two days on.
1 month agoGovernor's action is aimed at reaping income from vehicle tax and it went viral after a video of one such stop was posted on social media.
1 month agoJakarta’s plan to expand smoke-free zones and tighten cigarette sales regulations has been met with strong pushback from business groups, who warn that the new rules could eat into revenues and disrupt livelihoods.
1 month agoAn investigation into suspected radioactive contamination at the Cikande Industrial Estate commenced in August after the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) detected Cs-137 contamination in a sample of frozen shrimp imported from Indonesia. The shrimp originated from PT Bahari Makmur Sejati, a company operating within the Cikande area.
1 month agoTwo protesters, 23-year-old Muhammad Farhan Hamid and 24-year-old Reno Syachputra Dewo, are still missing after they reportedly participated in a violent protest in front of the Jakarta Police’s Mobile Brigade (Brimob) headquarters in Central Jakarta in late August.
1 month agoRescuers battling to extricate students from the rubble of an Islamic school that collapsed, killing three in East Java province, faced a harder task on Wednesday after an earthquake that authorities fear packed the debris tighter.
1 month agoThe motorbike-mad country of 270 million people will welcome newly-crowned MotoGP champion Marc Marquez to Lombok island this weekend for the first race since he matched Valentino Rossi's seven titles with victory in Japan.
1 month agoThe President said sharp exchanges during the election campaign were necessary to keep the democratic contest dynamic and engaging. But once elections are over, he continued, political rivalries should no longer be dwelt upon.
1 month agoAuthorities said 91 people were listed as missing, after the Al Khoziny school building collapsed while pupils held late afternoon prayers in a mosque housed on a lower floor of a building whose upper floors were under construction.
1 month agoLawmakers have been planning to include any future recommendations from two separate teams in charge of reforming the police into the proposed revision to the police law, amid public pressure for sweeping police reform.
1 month agoJakarta residents are rallying behind a viral call to end officials’ traffic privileges, arguing that police escorts and blaring sirens add chaos to already congested streets and symbolize inequality on the road.
1 month agoSix decades after the 1965 purge, the phantom of communism still haunts the nation, with the government and the police continuing to invoke its memory to instill fear.
1 month agoParents are growing increasingly concerned about the government’s free nutritious meals program for schoolchildren amid a spike in food poisoning cases nationwide, with many fearing their children could suffer food poisoning next.
1 month agoProsecutors found the tugboats, worth Rp 135.81 billion (US$8.15 million), were not up to specifications, the physical progress deviated from contract requirements and the payments were not in line with the work progress.
1 month agoNanang Sigit, head of the Surabaya Search and Rescue Agency, said that 38 students are still believed to be trapped under the rubble.
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