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Malaysian citizen detained for drug possesion while crossing border

A joint Indonesian military and police team detained a Malaysian citizen identified by his initial as MF for drug ...

Joni Botak led Papuans who killed policeman

Joni Botak led a group of Papuan criminals involved in a two-hour gunfight with Indonesian security personnel in ...

Policeman dies in shootout with armed criminal group in Papua

Papua Provincial Police Chief Inspector General Paulus Waterpauw has confirmed the death of a police officer in a ...

Three wounded in exchange of fire in Nduga, Papua

Three people were injured, including a member of the Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob), in an exchange of fire between ...

Former Papuan separatist hands over rifle to military

A former supporter of an armed Papuan separatist group, handed over his rifle and two 22-caliber bullets to the ...

Respect native Papuans' cultural norms, traditions: military officer

XVII/Cenderawasih Regional Military Command Commander Major General Herman Asaribab reminded soldiers joining the task ...

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Crushing illegal miners for saving Indonesia's environment

The Banten Provincial Police have made sustained efforts to curtail illegal gold mining activities, including by ...

Banten police shut down 10 illegal gold-mining pits in TNGHS

The Banten Provincial Police has made sustained efforts to curtail illegal gold mining activities, including by ...

Jokowi confident of Subianto judiciously managing ministry's budget

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) expressed strong belief in his Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto’s capability to ...

Jokowi backs endeavors to bolster Indonesia's defense diplomacy

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) gave weightage to the significance of defense diplomacy for Indonesia presently and in ...

Papua police chief warns his men against arms trafficking

Papua Police Chief Inspector General Paulus Waterpauw warned his men against getting involved in arms trafficking ...

Timika police probing case of bullets, GLMs found at a dumpsite

Investigators from the Indonesian police and military in Mimika District, Papua Province, are still probing the mystery ...

Riau Islands received 2.5 million foreign tourists in Jan-Nov 2019

Some 2,590,802 foreign tourists had visited Riau Islands Province during the January-November 2019 period, a ...

Papua police chief visits an injured policeman in Timika

Papua Police Chief Inspector General Paulus Waterpauw visited Luki, a mobile brigade personnel who survived an armed ...

Sorong police's probe ongoing into airport's attackers

The Sorong police in West Papua are investigating the case of vandalism and attack on Domine Eduard Osok Airport during ...