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Bali police apprehend three released drug convicts in Klungkung

During the course of a week, police officers in Klungkung District, Bali Province, arrested three released drug ...

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Indonesia contemplates on revising controversial Internet law

- especially to correct articles open to multiple interpretations. “If its implementation leads to injustice, ...

Russian Interpol fugitive Andrew Ayer placed under police arrest

The police and immigration office in Bali arrested a Russian Interpol fugitive Andrew Ayer, alias Andrei Kovalenka, who ...

Minister declares formation of team to review Indonesia's ITE Law

Indonesia's top security minister, Mahfud MD, announced the formation of an inter-ministerial team to review the ...

Komnas HAM demands police inquiry into Ustadz Maaher's death

Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM)  has sought an inquiry by National Police ...

Customs authorities foil attempt to smuggle 3 kg of crystal meth

Customs authorities in Entikong, West Kalimantan, bordering the Malaysian state of Serawak has foiled an attempt to ...

Cianjur prison destroys inmates' phones to curb drug-trafficking

A correctional facility in West Java's Cianjur district has destroyed hundreds of cellular phones that were seized ...

Torture by security forces not normal, needs to be criminalized: LPSK

The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) has highlighted a recurring trend in cases of torture committed by ...

BNN arrests two people with 450 kilograms of marijuana

The Indonesian National Narcotics Agency (BNN) successfully aborted an attempt to smuggle some 450 kilograms of ...

Police seize 8.2-kg meth, 21,000 ecstasy pills smuggled from Malaysia

The Indonesian Police's Directorate of Narcotics Crime managed to confiscate 8.2 kilograms (kg) of crystal ...

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New police chief faces pressing issues of terror, human rights

Indonesia will soon have a new police chief with the House of Representatives (DPR) approving Com.Gen.Listyo Sigit ...

Five detained Indonesian crew members in Iran released and repatriated

Ruby ship's five Indonesian crew were released from prison in Minab, Hormozgan, Iran, on Jan 6, and repatriated to ...

North Sumatra police seize 5-kg drug package, arrest three suspects

North Sumatra police arrested three suspected drug dealers this week and seized five kilograms of drugs from them, a ...

Two arrested, 2.4-million double L pills seized from Malang warehouse

Police in Malang, East Java, raided a city warehouse and seized over two million Trihexyphenidyl HCl (double L) pills ...

Baasyir left correctional facilities following official release

Ex-terror convict Abu Bakar Baasyir left the Gunung Sindur Correctional Facilities in Bogor, West Java, after ...