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Floods, landslide hit Sinuruik, West Pasaman

Floods and a landslide have struck the villages of Sunuruik and Talu in Talamau Sub-district, West Pasaman District, ...

General Karnavian installs six provincial police chiefs

Indonesian Police Chief General Tito Karnavian installed six provincial police chiefs at the Police Headquarters, ...

Object found in Ibnu Sina hospital not bomb: W. Sumatra police

The suspicious object found in Ibnu Sina hospital in Padang, West Sumatra, on Saturday wasnt a bomb, West Sumatra ...

Security forces stationed at Cathedral to assure Christmas security

A total of 116 security forces from the police, military and city administration police have been stationed at Jakarta ...

Yearender - Police to continue cracking down on terrorist cells

Indonesian police have been successful in thwarting terrorists plans to bomb a number of targets during Christmas and ...

West Kalimantan police destroys 31 kg of meth

The West Kalimantan Province Police on Thursday destroyed 31 kg of crystal methamphetamine and 1,988 ecstasy pills ...

Four suspected terrorists taken to Jakarta for questioning

Four suspected terrorists, arrested in different parts of Indonesia, were taken to Jakarta on Wednesday for further ...

Densus 88 arrests more suspected terrorists in four regions

Indonesian polices anti-terrorist unit Densus 88 arrested another suspect in Batam, Riau province, on Wednesday after ...

Police arrest terror suspect in Payakumbuh, W. Sumatra

The Indonesia National Police counterterrorism special detachment (Densus) 88 arrested a terror suspect on Wednesday ...

Climbers barred from approaching peak of an active Mount Kerinci

The authorities at the Kerinci Seblat National Park have asked the climbers not to undertake any hiking or camping ...

Sun bear rescued from boar snare in West Sumatra

A sun bear was rescued on Tuesday after being trapped in a wild boar snare in a plantation in Batuang Balirik, Pasaman ...

Pencak Silat World Championship begins officially

Pencak Silat traditional martial art fighters from 42 countries attended the opening of the 17th Pencak Silat World ...

Padang to boost tourism through Malindo Festival

The Government of Padang city, West Sumatra, will turn the Indonesia-Malaysia Culture and Economic Festival (Malindo), ...

Indonesia-Australia education partnership builds 2,725 schools: Minister Effendy

Indonesia and Australia have built 2,725 junior high schools in 30 provinces under education partnership programs over ...

Two legislators arrested on drug charges

Police in West Sumatra province arrested two local legislators on charges of abusing drugs on Monday night. They ...