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Police hunt for Sorong karaoke lounge arsonists

Sorong city police, West Papua, have launched a manhunt for 10 people suspected of setting fire to Doubel0 karaoke ...

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Stringent law enforcement crucial to keep forest fire cases down

Indonesia, home to the world's third-largest tropical rainforests, has been successful in significantly reducing ...

Police arrests resident on charge of igniting fire on 5 ha of land

West Kalimantan Police have arrested a resident of Kubu Raya District  on charge of igniting land fire in Bansir ...

Jokowi seeks local governments' continued vigil against forest fires

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reminded local governments to remain vigilant in facing the threat of forest ...

Stamp out forest fires before they spread: Jokoowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has directed regional government heads as well as local military (TNI) and police ...

No compromise on handling forest arsonists: Indonesian president

President Joko Widodo stressed that the law enforcement apparatus should handle forest arsonists without ...

Efforts on to put out wildfires in West Aceh

Personnel from the West Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) and a joint team of firefighters were striving to ...

Jambi police arrest two arsonists for torching land for clearance

Police personnel in Tanjab Timur District, Jambi Province, apprehended two local residents for allegedly torching four ...

PDIP urges Police to immediately arrest protesters burning party flag

The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle’s (PDIP’s) East Jakarta chapter has called on the police ...

South Sumatra BPBD's five water bombers deployed for fire suppression

South Sumatra's Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has deployed five water bombing helicopters to douse land and ...

Siak police point to economic benefits impelling arsonists

The arsonists, arrested by the police for their alleged involvement in wildfires in Siak District, Riau Province, came ...

Firefighters attempt to extinguish fire in West Aceh

Tens of firefighters from the West Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) attempted to extinguish a fire ravaging two ...

Land clearance for plantations causal to Indonesia's forest fires

Rasio Ridho Sani, director general of law enforcement of the Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry, pointed to ...

700 Pekanbaru inhabitants suffer from respiratory illness due to haze

Some 700 people in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, currently suffer from respiratory illness as haze from forest fires has ...

157 hotspots detected across Sumatra island on Saturday

A total of 157 hotspots, indicating forest and plantation fires, were detected across Sumatra Island on Saturday, ...