A recent poll has found that more than half of respondents believed in the National Police chief in his resolve and capacity to conduct a fair and transparent investigation into Yosua's murder and the police cover-up, but the opposite was true for the institution as a whole.

The National Police began an ethics hearing against former internal affairs chief Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo – the two-star general who has been charged for the premediated murder of his own aide-de-camp Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat – at the police headquarters, in South Jakarta on Thursday morning.

Pressure continues to mount for a more open and transparent admission process to state universities, particularly in light of a recent graft case that has implicated a rector in Lampung.

The private data of millions of Indonesian citizens and corporations are at an increased risk of being exposed, amid the pandemic-influenced rise of remote work and a lack of robust personal privacy legislation.

An alliance of civil groups attending Tuesday's forum interrupted the event in protest. They chanted “dissemination is not participation” before being escorted out of the room.

I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport authorities in Bali have stepped up efforts to monitor passengers arriving at the airport following the discovery of Indonesia's first confirmed case of the virus over the weekend.

The President has asked the public to remain calm in a reassuring statement, pointing out that monkeypox is a very different disease from COVID-19, and that the government is ordering vaccines and tightening screening measures.

The shallow quake occurred in the waters off the southwestern coast of Sumatra island, at around 9:30 pm (1430 GMT) -- nearest to Bengkulu, South Sumatra and Lampung provinces.

The House of Representatives Speaker, PDI-P politician and daughter of party matron Megawati Soekarnoputri has embarked on her "political safari", with a visit to the NasDem chair the first stop on her itinerary.

Lawmakers criticize a senior minister for being too open about the investigation surrounding the murder of a police officer, while a security analyst mulls the likely involvement of "dirty politicians".

The government has listed interventions to reduce stunting as one of the spending priorities in the budget allocated for the health sector in 2023, in a bid to achieve the country's target of reducing stunting prevalence to 14 percent in 2024.

Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, a senior official at the ministry said in a statement the ministry had summoned representatives from Telkom and PLN and had sent recommendations on data protection to both firms.

The Health Ministry is stepping up efforts to manage monkeypox cases and limit the virus’ spread following the discovery of the country’s first confirmed case of the virus in Jakarta.

Public faith in the National Police is believed to have hit a historic low, as the cover-up scandal in the murder of Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat allegedly at the hands of Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo widens into allegations of elite factionalism within the force and institutional complicity in the shadowy underworld of illegal gambling.

A nationwide crackdown on illegal online gambling operations has netted 34 suspects, following widespread speculation that the former internal affairs chief was involved in the criminal activity.

Almost a month after the WHO declared monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the Health Ministry said it had recorded the country's first case of monkeypox in a man who had recently returned from abroad.

Achmad Hermanto Dardak, former public works deputy minister, was killed as a passenger in a car that hit a truck on Pemalang-Batang Toll Road in Central Java early on Saturday.

The National Police have named former internal affairs chief Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo’s wife Putri Candrawathi as a suspect in the premeditated murder of her own aide-de-camp, Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat.

Environmentalists have cast doubt over the recent statement from Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria that relocating the capital city to East Kalimantan will help prevent Jakarta from sinking.

A closed business with a deceased owner is being investigated as part of the case involving the alleged trafficking of 212 Indonesian workers to Cambodia, in a scheme foiled by North Sumatra Police last Friday.

Hundreds of homes in six districts of the North Sumatra capital of Medan were inundated with waters up to 1 meter deep following heavy rains early on Thursday.

A new integrated fare scheme for Transjakarta buses and the MRT and LRT trains has brought some improvements to the capital’s public transportation system but remains plagued by issues, users have said.

The German Embassy in Jakarta will now recognize the use of Indonesian passports with add-on signatures for visa applications, as the two governments have agreed to settle the problem with a certain type of Indonesian passport that had resulted in the rejection of visa applicants.

The Jakarta Governor has expanded the categories exempted from land and building tax to apply to assets worth less than Rp 2 billion (US$134,979) in taxable value.

The local conservation agency is sending a team to investigate the death of a rubber farmer, whose body was found with wounds that appear to have been made by a Sumatran tiger.

Lawmakers are set to decide whether and how to hold public consultations on controversial revisions to the Criminal Code as they return from recess on Thursday.

Indonesia is standing at the peak of global leadership, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said in his annual State Address on Tuesday, praising the country’s growing stature on the global stage.