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4,404 inmates granted remission in Aceh province

A total of 4,404 inmates serving their sentence at 26 different correctional facilities and detention houses in the ...

Police ensure objective, transparent probe in Djoko Tjandra's case

The Indonesian Police's Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim) Head Comm. Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo ensured that ...

816 security personnel deployed in Jayapura as precautionary measure

Some 816 police and military personnel are on standby in areas around Jayapura, Papua, as a precautionary measure ...

Seven Papuans tried in Balikpapan are not political prisoners: police

Indonesia's National Police spokesman, Inspector General Argo Yuwono, dismissed a claim that seven Papuan youths, ...

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Collective action urged against Israel plan to annex West Bank

With the colonial regime in Israel expanding its territories by occupying more Arab lands, the international community ...

350,000 residents saved after Medan police's 35-kg crystal meth bust

The Medan Metropolitan Police was able to protect 350 thousand citizens from being siphoned into a vicious circle of ...

West Nusa Tenggara police instructed to uncover prison drug trade

West Nusa Tenggara Police Chief Inspector General Mohammad Iqbal instructed his personnel to endeavor ceaselessly to ...

No plan to release corruption inmates over COVID-19 fears: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) clarified that inmates convicted in corruption cases were barred from being released as ...

South Sulawesi police's manhunt ongoing to catch 10 other escapees

Five of the 15 prisoners, incarcerated for drug offenses, who fled police custody in South Sulawesi on March 29, 2020, ...

Indonesia's BNN destroys 1.3 tons cannabis, 86.95 kg crystal meth

Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN) destroyed 1.3 tons of marijuana, 86.95 kilograms of crystal ...

Aceh still main gateway for drug smuggling: police

Aceh remains one of the main entry points used by drug dealers to smuggle narcotics illegally into Indonesia, according ...

Aceh police destroy 1.2 tons of marijuana seized during operations

The Aceh Police destroyed 1.2 tons of cannabis, 41.98 kilograms crystal methamphetamine, 2,644 ecstasy pills, and 1,041 ...

Nine terrorists who died in prisons were ailing

Nine convicted terrorists who died in prisons had a history of ailments before they were sent to jail, Director General ...

Papua Police refutes lawyer's report on political prisoners

Papua Police rejected a report detailing deaths of 57 political prisoners and 243 civilians in Papua since December ...

Indonesia yet undecided on repatriating ex-foreign ISIS fighters

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) hinted at uncertainty over repatriation of some 600 ex-members of the legion of foreign ...