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Politics 1 week ago
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Police reform team to submit recommendations to President before Idul Fitri
Tasked with reviewing the police’s institutional structure, governance, and legal framework, the team has finalized 10 comprehensive volumes incorporating public input and proposed legislative and regulatory changes.
Politics 2 weeks ago
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Student groups press for police reform after fatal assault on Maluku teenager
The recent police brutality case against an underage student in Tual, Maluku shows the government’s failure to protect its citizens and reform the police as well as a troubling pattern of impunity within the force, student groups have said.
Politics 3 weeks ago
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Death of Maluku student casts spotlight on police brutality
The issue of police brutality has returned to the harsh spotlight following the death of a 14-year-old student in Tual, Maluku, as National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo pledged a transparent investigation into the incident in which an officer allegedly fatally hit the student.
Academia 1 month ago
Prabowo’s war on critics may test Canberra
Indonesia's proposed law against disinformation and foreign propaganda, which suggests cross-border applicability in the ongoing clampdown on government critics, could throw a spanner in the works of its bilateral relationship with Australia.
Politics 2 months ago
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Yearender: Police reform met with doubt amid persistent brutality, impunity
Persisting cases of police brutality stem from weak oversight by the executive, legislative and judicial branches, as well as the police's external oversight body, the National Police Commission (Kompolnas), rights activists have said.
Jakarta 3 months ago
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Six cops named suspects in fatal assault on debt collectors in Kalibata
Six police officers have been named suspects for assaulting two debt collectors to death in Kalibata area in South Jakarta last week, a fatal incident that reportedly triggered retaliatory mob violence on a nearby small market, inflicting financial losses on vendors.
Politics 4 months ago
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Court ruling bolsters calls for police reform
In a 7-2 ruling, the Constitutional Court reasserts the requirement for active police officers to resign or retire from the force before taking jobs in civilian posts, a phenomenon that has been rampant since the administration of former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo according to activists.
