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Prison heads told to check electrical installations in prisons

Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly has directed all prison heads in Indonesia to inspect electrical ...

Ministry forms five teams to handle Tangerang prison fire case

The Ministry of Law and Human Rights has formed five teams to assist in handling the fire outbreak case at the Class 1 ...

South African, Portuguese nationals die in Tangerang Prison blaze

As many as two foreigners were among the inmates, who lost their lives in a fire that erupted in the Class 1 Prison of ...

Tangerang prison blaze claims lives of 41 inmates

Police are still investigating a crime scene related to a fire that erupted in the Class 1 Prison of Tangerang, Banten, ...

MLA Bill to make Indonesia, Russia's legal cooperation easier: govt

Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly said the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (MLA) Bill ...

MLA Criminal Matters Bill to eradicate transnational crimes: Minister

Ratification of bill on Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) in Criminal Matters between Indonesia and Russia can ...

JDP hopes peace in West Papua undisrupted following soldiers' killing

The Papua Peace Network (JDP) expresses hope that the killing of four soldiers in Maybrat District in the early hours ...

Constitutional amendment should consider people's interests

Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Anwar Usman expressed his concern that the current proposed amendment to the ...

60% E Java prison inmates have received first COVID shot

Nearly 60 percent of the 28 thousand prisoners lodged in East Java correctional facilities have received the first shot ...

Taiwan Plus, Taiwan’s first video streaming platform, goes live

Taiwan Plus (Taiwan+), the first English-language international streaming platform of Taiwan, was unveiled by Vice ...

Bali immigration office deports US citizen

The Denpasar immigration authority in Bali on Friday deported a US citizen after he served time at a correctional ...

Opinion

What's happening in Afghanistan right now?

The international media lately reported the success of the Taliban militia group in taking over Afghanistan that ...

Law Ministry outlines competencies civil servants must have

Indonesia's Ministry of Law and Human Rights has outlined a number of competencies that civil servants (ASN) ...

News Focus

Police praised for prompt handling of Kace blasphemy case

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) and several sections of Muslim communities in the country have praised the National ...

Pancasila values must guide government policy: ministry

Pancasila values need to be internalized in each policy and decision taken by the government, Head of Human Resource ...