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Indonesia police suspect officers, others liable over fatal stampede
Indonesian police said Thursday they are investigating six people, including a soccer club operator and three policemen, on suspicion of negligence that caused the deaths of 131 people and injuries to nearly 500 others in last week's crowd…
Jokowi orders probe after 125 killed in East Java stadium stampede
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Sunday (Oct 2) ordered a probe into safety procedures underpinning the country's football matches, after a deadly stampede in East Java killed at least 125 people and injured 323 others.
The police used…
Indonesia: More than 120 dead in football stampede
At least 129 people have died in a stampede at an Indonesian football match, officials say, in one of the world's worst stadium disasters.
The stampede happened after police tear-gassed rioting supporters.
About…
Four shot dead in Indonesia’s Papua region
Four people have been shot and killed by an armed rebel group in Indonesia's restive West Papua province, the latest in a string of attacks on civilians, police say.
The West Papua National Liberation Army, which the government has…
Jokowi’s popularity drops over fuel price hikes that have stoked protests
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo's popularity took a hit after his decision to increase fuel prices stoked public unrest over surging living costs, according to the latest opinion poll.
His approval rating fell by 10 percentage points to…
Indonesia hunts for Bjorka, hacker selling 1.3b SIM card users’ data, taunting officials
Indonesia's newly formed data protection task force is chasing down a hacker behind a series of data leaks related to 1.3 billion registered mobile phone numbers and 105 million voters, and a log of the President's correspondence, among…
Indonesia’s $845b plan to shut coal plants struggles for support
Indonesia's plans to retire a swathe of its coal-fired power plants over the next three decades are drawing a lukewarm response from potential supporters.
The country plans to eliminate 15 gigawatts of coal-generated electricity; about 60…
Indonesia set to pass new data privacy law after spate of leaks
Data operators could face up to five years in jail and a maximum fine of 5 billion rupiah (S$470,000) for leaking or misusing private information, according to Indonesia's new data privacy Bill set to be passed by Parliament this week.…
Indonesia and Norway take up battle against deforestation again with new climate deal
Indonesia and Norway have signed a new bilateral climate and forest partnership to support further efforts by the South-east Asian nation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, even as it reduced its deforestation to a 20-year low.
Under the…
Jokowi signs regulation to ratify agreement with Singapore on flight information region
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday announced that he had signed a presidential regulation to ratify the flight information region (FIR) agreement which Indonesia inked with Singapore in January.
Under the agreement, the boundary…