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Indonesia busts trafficking ring with 25 kg of pangolin scales

Indonesian wildlife authorities and police have uncovered an illegal trade ring involving pangolin scales in West ...

Indonesia cracks down on illegal trade of nicobar pigeons in Gowa

The Ministry of Forestry has uncovered an illegal wildlife trade operation involving 48 protected Nicobar pigeons ...

DPR urges ratification of Indonesia-Russia extradition pact

Deputy Speaker of Commission XIII of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR), Dewi Asmara, has called for the ...

Govt coordinates family support in response to violence in Sulawesi

The Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection is coordinating with East Kolaka’s local child ...

Minister Arifah mourns child abuse death in Southeast Sulawesi

Indonesia’s Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection expressed deep sorrow over the death of a ...

Riau police officer arrested for trafficking 1 kg of crystal meth

A police officer in Riau province has been arrested for allegedly trafficking one kilogram of crystal methamphetamine ...

Papua police seize 19 kg of PNG cannabis in ongoing border crackdown

Police in Indonesia’s Papua province have seized 19 kilograms of cannabis smuggled from neighboring Papua New ...

Police suspend sirens and strobes in escorts amid public backlash

Head of the Traffic Corps (Korlantas) of the National Police Inspector General Agus Suryonugroho announced a temporary ...

Government drafts Bill to update death penalty procedures: Minister

The government is currently preparing a Bill on the Implementation of the Death Penalty as a derivative regulation of ...

Drugs eradication: Shifting from incarceration to rehabilitation

Indonesia revised its Criminal Code (KUHP) in 2023, legislating Law No. 1 of 2023, which will take effect in January ...

Govt grants special Eid, Nyepi remissions to over 150 thousand inmates

Indonesia's Immigration and Penitentiary Affairs Ministry awarded special remissions and sentence reductions to ...

Challenging journey for eradicating Tuberculosis in Indonesia

Tuberculosis has existed since ancient times, yet it remains one of the leading causes of death in the modern era. ...

East Java: Some 15 thousand inmates proposed for Eid remission

A total of 15,086 Muslim inmates in East Java have been proposed to receive special remission in commemoration of Eid ...

Indonesia's BPOM ensures food safety ahead of Eid celebrations

Indonesia's Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has stated that it will continue overseeing the safety of food ...

TB spread risk 10 times higher in prisons: deputy minister

Deputy Minister of Health, Dante Saksono Harbuwono, has said that the risk of tuberculosis (TB) spread in prisons is 10 ...