Local police are combing through a school complex in Cilandak, South Jakarta in search of casualties, after the stage wall of a school collapsed due to flooding, killing three schoolchildren.

The National Police handed over disgraced internal affairs chief Ferdy Sambo to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) on Wednesday, as the trials relating to the murder, and subsequent alleged cover-up, of Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat are set to begin soon.

The Greater Jakarta metropolitan region houses around 30 million people and is regularly hit by floods in the rainy season.

Heavy rains and flooding also hit other parts of the country, with more rain forecast across the archipelago for the rest of the week.

In a ministerial instruction signed by Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian, the ministry decided to keep the PPKM after considering "the level of community transmission" as well as the "socioeconomic condition" of the population.

Hundreds of fans were crushed on Saturday in one of the world's worst soccer disasters, as they fled an overpacked stadium in Malang, after police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the losing side who flooded the pitch. 

In one of the world's worst soccer disasters, hundreds of fans were crushed as they tried to flee the overpacked stadium in East Java on Saturday, after police fired tear gas to disperse agitated supporters of the losing side Arema FC, who had poured onto the pitch.

The Environment and Forestry Ministry contends that there are more Sumatran rhinos in the wild than the less than 50 individuals the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently estimated.

The government finally seems set to impose an excise tax on sugary drinks tax next year, with the caveat that its implementation would depend on economic recovery.

He was in the city of Malang to visit relatives of the victims and talk to the wounded at a hospital, and to see the stadium where a stampede killed at least 131 people on Saturday.

In his instruction to Budi, President Jokowi asked if Indonesia could soon take steps to ease some of the COVID-19 restrictions based on guidelines provided by the international organization.

Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Brazil are working to present a common front at climate negotiations, the Congolese Environment Minister Eve Bazaiba said on Tuesday.

With a backlog of unresolved human rights violations and continuing violence in Papua, the nine new National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) members have their work cut out for them.

Former Constitutional Court justices have accused the House of Representatives of violating the Constitution by removing the court’s deputy chief justice Aswanto before his term ends.

The Soccer Association of Indonesia’s (PSSI) disciplinary committee on Tuesday deemed Arema FC to be at fault for Saturday’s Kanjuruhan Stadium tragedy in Malang, East Java.

"As the regional police chief, I am concerned, saddened and at the same time I am sorry for the shortcomings in the security process," Insp. Gen. Nico Afinta told a press conference in Malang.

As public anger grew over the tragedy, police moved to punish those responsible for the crush in the city of Malang that witnesses say started when officers fired tear gas into packed stands to quell a pitch invasion.

The antigraft body has opened a fresh graft probe in connection with the battered flag carrier, this one allegedly involving over US$6 million in bribes paid to lawmakers for purchasing Airbus aircraft.

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's office intends to give out the funds within one or two days.

Panicked spectators were crushed on Saturday as they tried to flee the overcrowed stadium in Malang, East Java, after police fired tear gas to disperse fans of Arema FC, who had poured onto the pitch after a 3-2 home defeat to Persebaya Surabaya.

The police have formed a joint investigation team with the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) as they begin to crack down on rogue officers allegedly involved with online gambling rings.

After weeks of speculation, the NasDem Party on Monday officially named outgoing Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan as its 2024 presidential nominee.

"The pandemic is beginning to ease off. Perhaps very soon we will have to declare it over," Jokowi said in a speech delivered during an event for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.

Andika told reporters after a Cabinet meeting on Monday that soldiers involved in the incident would be prosecuted and that the TNI had also launched an investigation to look into the extent of violence committed by those soldiers.

Panic-stricken spectators stampeded as they tried to escape the overpacked stadium in Malang, East Java, on Saturday after police fired tear gas to disperse fans from the losing home side who ran onto the pitch at the end of the BRI Liga 1 match in the domestic league.

"It was her first time (at a match)," said Etik, holding back tears outside the intensive care unit at the Saiful Anwar hospital in the centre of Malang, East Java.

At least 125 people were killed in the soccer stampede in Malang, East Java at the weekend, officials said, in one of the world's worst stadium disasters.