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Denpasar Penitentiary warden arrested over attempted meth smuggling

Badung police arrested the Denpasar Women's Penitentiary warden, identified by her initials as ER, for attempting ...

Bintan District Court hands death sentence to three drug smugglers

The Tanjungpinang District Court, Monday, awarded death sentence to Syahrul bin Tue, Zaihiddir alias Kam bin Ajis, and ...

COVID-19 will push up Indonesia's poverty rate: VP

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has predicted the country's poverty rate would increase amid the COVID-19 ...

East Aceh police rewarded for busting drug trafficking operation

Seven East Aceh policemen were rewarded by acting Aceh Governor Nova Iriansyah for foiling an attempt by a drug ring to ...

Drug trafficking remains serious concern in North Sumatra

Drug trafficking continues to be a major threat in North Sumatra with the number of drug users projected to reach ...

Opinion

Stranded far from home: the protection of Indonesian migrant workers

*Hana Naufanita is a research intern at the Jakarta-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies ...

Use of village funds prioritized for COVID-19 efforts: official

The Indonesian Government is prioritizing the use of village funds, allocated from state and regional budgets, for ...

Two drug couriers in South Sumatra sentenced to death

The Palembang District Court on Thursday awarded the death penalty to two drug couriers and sentenced one more person ...

ASEAN Plus Three will weather COVID-19 crisis, Jokowi assures

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said he believes ASEAN and partners Japan, China, and South Korea, also known as ...

Jakarta police arrest soap opera actor over illicit drug consumption

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police's anti-drug squad personnel apprehended Achmad Reza, alias Reza Alatas, a popular ...

Three drug couriers nabbed in Jambi get 17 years jail

The Jambi District Court on Thursday sentenced three drug couriers — nabbed with about 231 kilograms of dried ...

Indonesian Govt to intensify labor-intensive infrastructure projects

The Indonesian government will intensify manpower-intensive infrastructure projects in different parts of Indonesia to ...

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 ...

Police thwart attempt to sell 11 kg of crystal meth

The West Jakarta Metropolitan Police's anti-drug squad thwarted an attempt by six drug dealers to trade crystal ...