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Four law ministry employees found using illicit drugs : minister

Law and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar said urine tests conducted recently had shown three or four of his ...

Corruption convicts to be held in one jail

People convicted for corruption will eventually be made to serve their sentences in one jail, namely the Cipinang ...

Anas calls on all Parties to trust KPK

Ruling Democrat Party leader Anas Urbaningrum called on all parties to trust the Corruption Eradication Commission ...

Arthalita Suryani obtains conditional release from jail

Noted businesswoman Arthalita Suryani alias Ayin regained her freedom on Friday after receiving a government ...

Anti-graft body vows to settle Gayus`s tax mafia case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has vowed to settle this year the tax mafia case involving former taxman ...

Minister launches e-passport

Law and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar here Wednesday officiated at ceremony marking the introduction of ...

Gayus Case: 27 Immigration Officers Suspended

Twenty seven Indonesian immigration officers have so far been suspended in connection with Gayus Tambunan`s tax fraud ...

RI still considering prisoners exchange proposals : minister

Indonesia is still considering the possibility of proposals for the conclusion of prisoner exhange accords with a few ...

Patrialis : Syndicate involved in Gayus`s case

Law and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar said there was a big syndicate involved in the alleged tax fraud case of ...

President chairs cabinet meeting on political, legal, security affairs

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here Wednesday chaired a closed-door cabinet meeting to discuss political, legal ...

Observer: Coalition structure to be considered in cabinet reshuffle

A political observer said he believed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would conduct a cabinet reshuffle but in ...

RI, Australia mulling prisoner exchange

The Indonesian and Australian governments are mulling a convicted prisoners` swap under which Indonesia would release ...

President must emphasize assessment standard for his minister`s Performance: legislator

Legislator Bambang Soesatyo of the Golkar Party faction said that the president must make clear and give emphasis to ...

Police arrest seven illegal Iraqi immigrants

East Nusa Tenggara Police arrested seven illegal Iraqi immigrants and two Indonesians serving as the crew of the boat ...

President cites need for government administration law

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stressed the need for a law on government administration for Indonesia so that ...