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Police release ITB student arrested over ‘indecent’ meme

The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) released on Sunday a student from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) who was briefly detained for allegedly making and sharing a meme that mocked President Prabowo Subianto and his predecessor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

5 hours ago
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TNI security protection for AGO draws flak

The Indonesian Military’s (TNI) expanded deployment of personnel to provide security protection for prosecutors nationwide has once again landed the institution in hot water for stoking fears of military intervention in the judicial realm. ...

6 hours ago
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Prabowo seeks House support for stalled asset forfeiture bill

President Prabowo Subianto has ruled out issuing an executive regulation on the recovery of stolen state assets, opting instead to push for deliberations of a long-stalled asset forfeiture bill with the House of Representatives. ...

20 hours ago

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New government accounts emerge amid stronger social media influence on public opinion

As the new government of President Prabowo Subianto took its first strides, both the president and members of his administration opened new Instagram accounts in a perceived attempt to showcase the government’s work to the public.

6 months ago
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President Prabowo talks investment with Yudhoyono: Aide

Executive chairman of Gerindra Party Sufmi Dasco Ahmad confirmed on Tuesday that President Prabowo visited Yudhoyono at his private home in Cikeas, West Java and that the two discussed the state investment firm, among other issues, over dinner.

6 months ago
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Yearning for ‘clarity’ as Prabowo makes first speech

“This reorganization raises questions over Prabowo’s policy clarity, especially in his first year of the presidency.”

6 months ago
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Government keen to break online gambling habit

A recent crackdown has raised questions about how far up the chain of command gambling activities go and whether taking down websites alone will be sufficient to stymie the practice.

6 months ago
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President Prabowo meets Jokowi as best buddy: Spokesman

Hasan Nasbi, chief of President Prabowo's Communication Office, said in a video statement issued on Monday that the meeting was an informal one as indicated by the fact that the President was not driven in a presidential car.

6 months ago
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Jokowi still pulls strings ahead of regional elections

Despite having ended his decade-long tenure as president and not being a member of any political party, Joko “Jokowi” Widodo continues to flex his political muscle following audiences with President Prabowo Subianto and a pair of gubernatorial candidates who are struggling in opinion polls.

6 months ago
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Former minister Thomas Lembong’s legal team to file pretrial motion against AGO

The legal advisory team of former trade minister Thomas Lembong is considering filing a pretrial motion challenging the Attorney General’s Office’s (AGO) decision to name him a graft suspect concerning a sugar import project he greenlighted nearly a decade ago.

6 months ago
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Prabowo visits Jokowi in Surakarta

Prabowo and Jokowi had dinner at a restaurant in Surakarta, Central Java, on Sunday.

6 months ago
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Prabowo visits KIM-backed candidates in Bali

The President took off on a whirlwind visit over the weekend to regional head candidates in Bali that have the backing of his political alliance, even endorsing the Denpasar gubernatorial candidate's promise to build a new airport in the province's north.

6 months ago
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President Prabowo meets with Jokowi in Surakarta

Prabowo and Jokowi met at the latter's private residence in Surakarta on Sunday, less than a week before the President embarks on his first overseas tour to five countries, including China and the United States.

6 months ago
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Prabowo consolidates supporters into new group

President Prabowo Subianto has consolidated his volunteers into a new organization called the National Solidarity Movement (GSN), which analysts believe is the patron’s way of giving back to campaigners while also maintaining support at the grassroots level to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who remains popular after a decade of leadership.

6 months ago
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KPK rules Kaesang’s jet trip 'not illegal', prompts backlash

Anticorruption activists and law experts have hit back at the KPK's decision that Kaesang's private jet travel in August did not constitute an illegal gratuity, calling the anigraft body's arguments weak and shallow.

6 months ago
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Bali election: Another test for PDI-P’s regional strength

The PDI-P’s own members, gubernatorial candidate Wayan Koster and running mate I Nyoman Giri Prasta, are facing Made Muliawan Arya-Putu Agus Suradnyana, a candidate pair from the Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM) that backed President Prabowo Subianto in February’s presidential election.

6 months ago
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Jokowi can campaign for regional head candidates, Bawaslu says

The agency, a Central Java KPU official and an election law expert all agree that the former president can be a campaign volunteer in November's regional head elections, though the latter says a note of caution is warranted because his son is the incumbent vice president.

6 months ago
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Ex-KPK officer urges suspect Thomas to name sugar import 'mafia'

In a statement released on Thursday, a former KPK investigator has suggested that a wider network was behind the 2015 sugar import deal approved by then-trade minister Thomas Lembong, who was named as a suspect last month for alleged graft incurring $25.5 million in state losses.

6 months ago
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Prabowo, Ridwan Kamil dine together amid heated gubernatorial race

President Prabowo Subianto and Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Ridwan Kamil shared photos of them enjoying a dinner together amid tensions in the Jakarta election.

6 months ago
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Ex-minister’s arrest sparks more questions than answers

The arrest of former trade minister Thomas Lembong for offenses he allegedly committed nearly a decade ago has raised a number of questions, including suggestions the investigation could have deep political underpinnings.

6 months ago
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Former minister Thomas Lembong's arrest raises political questions

Former trade minister Thomas Lembong allegedly incurred Rp 400 billion (US$25.50 million) in state losses for his involvement in a corruption case pertaining to sugar import policy between 2015 and 2016, when he was serving as trade minister under former president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

6 months ago
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Plan for Prabowo-Megawati meeting resurfaces ahead of regional polls

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has floated renewed plans for a meeting between its matriarch Megawati Soekarnoputri and President Prabowo Subianto, amid a closely watched race for the Central Java governorship less than a month before voting day.

6 months ago
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Prabowo’s brother Hashim to lead Indonesian delegation at UN climate summit

Businessman Hashim Djojohadikusumo, who has been appointed special presidential envoy for energy and the environment, will lead the Indonesian delegation at the United Nations climate summit in Azerbaijan, slated for Nov. 11 to 22.

6 months ago
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Prabowo has new Instagram account for presidential activities

President Prabowo Subianto has a new Instagram account that is managed by the newly established Presidential Communications Office.

6 months ago
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Gibran to be in charge of government as Prabowo makes overseas trips

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka is set to temporarily take charge of the government while President Prabowo Subianto embarks on a two week long overseas trip, with an itinerary that includes China, the United States and the United Kingdom, starting on Nov. 8.

6 months ago
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New defense chief harks back to dictator's rule

Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin is a close friend of newly inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto, having met at a military academy where they were classmates.

6 months ago
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Former minister Thomas Lembong arrested in sugar import graft case

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) suspects former trade minister Thomas Lembong of committing corruption and self-enrichment thanks to his position as a minister by way of a sugar import that allegedly caused a Rp 400 billion (US$25.5 million) state loss.

6 months ago
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Gibran follows in Jokowi’s footsteps with ‘blusukan’ in first week as VP

In his first week in office, Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka gained public attention after making several blusukan (impromptu visits),something that his father, former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, was famous for using to connect with people and to see firsthand how his policies were being implemented.

6 months ago
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Regional candidates in hot water for dubious campaign statements

Some candidates in the November regional elections have made questionable promises and policy proposals on the campaign trail in an effort to win votes, sparking criticism from the public.

6 months ago
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AGO rearrests ex-lawmaker's son after top court annuls Surabaya murder acquittal

The Supreme Court has overturned Ronald's acquittal in the latest developments related to the October 2023 murder of his girlfriend Dini, which have unraveled a convoluted web of bribery implicating at least three district court judges, Ronald's lawyer as well as a former high-ranking court official, and possibly an appellate justice at the country's top court.

6 months ago
Politics

President Prabowo pays the bill for ministers' retreat: Spokesman

Presidential spokesman Hasan Nasbi issued a statement to respond to criticism that the retreat, which involved transporting all cabinet members and their deputies aboard military transport aircraft and housing them in air-conditioned-tents, could be considered wasteful spending.

6 months ago
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Majority of Indonesians confident in Prabowo's leadership

A large majority of Indonesians are confident in the capability of President Prabowo Subianto to lead the nation in the next five years, the latest survey by pollster Indikator Politik Indonesia has revealed.

6 months ago
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Prabowo reaffirms commitment to free meals program, food self-sufficiency

President Prabowo Subianto has reiterated his commitment to carry out his flagship free meals program immediately and achieve food self-sufficiency by the end of his administration in 2029. The issues were addressed in Prabowo’s first interview with a local news channel after he was sworn into office on Oct. 20.

6 months ago
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