Indonesia News

Asylum seekers leave Australian ship

Asylum seekers leave Australian ship
AFP - Thursday, November 19

TANJUNG PINANG, Indonesia (AFP) - - Dozens of Sri Lankan asylum seekers left an Australian customs ship in Indonesia on Wednesday, ending a three-week protest over their claims for refugee status. More »

  • Indonesian commission lays blame on police

    Indonesian commission lays blame on police

    AFP - Wednesday, November 18

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Indonesia's president should censure senior police and prosecutors accused of leading a conspiracy against the anti-corruption agency, an independent fact-finding team recommended Tuesday.

  • Indonesia leader urged to make anti-graft reforms

    AP - Wednesday, November 18

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - A presidential fact-finding team has advised Indonesia's leader to initiate deep reforms to tackle corruption after it found that senior law enforcers tried to frame anti-graft officials on fabricated charges of bribery and blackmail.

  • Indonesia detains 41 more Afghan migrants

    AP - Monday, November 16

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian officials say they have detained a group of 41 Afghan asylum seekers suspected of trying to reach Australia.

  • Bali resort grapples with mounting rabies epidemic

    AP - Sunday, November 15

    DENPASAR, Indonesia - Working from a tiny mobile clinic, the veterinary team netted and held down a dog plucked from the streets of Indonesia's most popular beach resort and administered a quick injection.

  • Indonesia deports Greenpeace activists

    AP - Sunday, November 15

    PEKANBARU, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities say they are deporting 11 foreign Greenpeace activists for joining a protest against forest destruction.

  • Deforestation threatens Indonesia's Papua region

    Deforestation threatens Indonesia's Papua region

    AFP - Friday, November 13

    JAYAPURA (AFP) - - Logging and agribusiness is threatening environmental destruction in Indonesia's Papua region, one of the world's last vast wildernesses, local leaders said on Thursday.

  • Indonesian police deny framing anti-graft chief

    Indonesian police deny framing anti-graft chief

    AFP - Thursday, November 12

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Indonesia's police force denied Wednesday it was trying to frame the country's top corruption fighter for murder, after a key state witness testified that he was part of a conspiracy to fabricate evidence.

  • Iranian accused of smuggling drugs on fake leg

    AP - Thursday, November 12

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian customs officials say they have arrested an Iranian with several pounds (more than a kilogram) of methamphetamines taped to his prosthetic limb.

  • Indonesia police faked evidence on graft fighter: witness

    Indonesia police faked evidence on graft fighter: witness

    AFP - Wednesday, November 11

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - A former top Indonesian graft fighter on trial for organising a gangland-style murder burst into tears in court Tuesday after a key witness said he had been convinced by police to fabricate evidence.

  • Indonesian forests on frontline of climate debate

    Indonesian forests on frontline of climate debate

    AFP - Tuesday, November 10

    TELUK MERANTI, Indonesia (AFP) - - With the approach of global climate talks in Copenhagen, activists are hoping to draw world attention to their fight to save the last tropical forests on Indonesia's Sumatra island.

  • 1 dead, dozens injured by strong Indonesian quake

    AP - Tuesday, November 10

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful undersea earthquake killed one person, injured dozens and damaged hundreds of houses on a remote island in central Indonesia, officials said Monday.

  • Indonesia quake kills at least one

    Reuters - Monday, November 9

    JAKARTA (Reuters) - A strong earthquake struck Indonesia's Sumbawa island early on Monday morning, killing at least one person and injuring around 80 after damaging homes, schools and mosques, a police official said.

  • 2 killed by strong central Indonesian quake

    AP - Monday, November 9

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - A strong undersea earthquake killed two people and damaged buildings on the remote island of Sumbawa in central Indonesia, officials said Monday.

  • Two killed in Indonesian quake: report

    Two killed in Indonesian quake: report

    AFP - Monday, November 9

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Two people were killed and dozens injured after a strong quake with a magnitude of 6.7 rocked the Indonesian island of Sumbawa on Monday, officials and the state news agency Antara said.

  • Earthquake measuring 6.7 reported near Indonesia

    AP - Monday, November 9

    NEW YORK - A strong earthquake was reported in the ocean off Indonesia on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

  • Hundreds join anti-corruption rally in Indonesia

    Hundreds join anti-corruption rally in Indonesia

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Hundreds of Indonesians gathered in the capital Jakarta on Sunday to protest perceived moves to cripple the country's once-powerful corruption watchdog.

  • Sri Lanka boat people leader a known trafficker: Colombo

    Sri Lanka boat people leader a known trafficker: Colombo

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    COLOMBO (AFP) - - The leader of a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers held in Indonesia is a known people smuggler previously deported from Canada, the government said Friday, a charge he has strongly denied.

  • Red Cross suspends work in Indonesia's Aceh

    Red Cross suspends work in Indonesia's Aceh

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    BANDA ACEH (Indonesia) (AFP) - - The Red Cross suspended its activities in the Indonesian province of Aceh for a day on Friday after one of its German workers was shot and wounded by gunmen on a motorbike.

  • Indonesia extends Australia refugee boat's stay

    Indonesia extends Australia refugee boat's stay

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Indonesia extended by a week on Friday a deadline for an Australian customs ship loaded with 78 protesting Sri Lankan asylum seekers to leave its territory.