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Indonesian army prepared special terror squad for plane hijack attempt

The Indonesian Army has alerted its Special Forces Counter-Terrorism Unit (Satgultor.

RI, China`s navy to hold joint military exercise

Indonesia and Chinas Navy personnel will hold a joint exercise in the South China Sea area in an effort to boost ...

TNI to form special operation unit to combat terrorism

The Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) will be setting up a special operation unit consisting of elite troops ...

Kopassus agent, military police get four months, 20 days

Three Kopassus members involved in a deadly penitentiary raid in Cebongan, Yogyakarta, in Central Java in March were ...

Divers raise white-and-red flag under the sea on independence day

Forty-five divers hoisted the Indonesian red-and-white flag under the sea at Rubiah Island in Sabang, Aceh province, ...

Assailants of Cebongan prison use training weapons: Investigator

Nine Army`s Special Force (Kopassus) members have used training weapons in attacking Cebongan penitentiary detainees ...

Kopassus members raid Cebongan prison

Eleven members of the Indonesian Army`s Special Force (Kopassus) got involved in the recent killings of four inmates ...

Military investigators in Yogyakarta over penitentiary killings

A team of military investigators visited the Yogyakarta police command headquarters here on Wednesday in connection ...

Police preparing photofits of suspects in penitentiary attack

Police are still preparing photofits of two suspects involved in the raid of a penitentiary in Cebongan, Sleman, ...

President calls for transparency in penitentiary case investigation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for transparency in the investigation of the raid in a penitentiary in ...

Sultan calls for no more violence in Yogyakarta

The governor of Yogyakarta special autonomous province, Hamengku Buwono X, has called on the local people to maintain ...

President instructs police to take firm actions against jail attackers

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered police to investigate and take firm actions against the assailants of ...

President sees penitentiary raid as attack on state authority

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the raid last week on a penitentiary in Cebongan in the district of Sleman, ...

Community leader calls for independent team to investigate Cebongan case

A Yogyakarta student community asked for the formation of independent team to be involved in the investigation and ...

Minister condemns prison attack in Sleman

Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsudin condemned the attack on Cebongan prison in Slaman, Yoyakarta, that killed ...