Category: Indonesia
Indonesia, Malaysia probe Lion Air customer data leak
Authorities are probing a customer data leak at Lion Air, Indonesia’s communications ministry said Friday, in a breach that reportedly affected millions of the [...]
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Indonesian haze sees children hospitalised with serious breathing problems
Dozens of children are being treated at this hospital in Riau Province, Indonesia for severe breathing problems caused by the haze which is hanging over the region. Footage [...]
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Accept neighbours’ help to fight haze now, Jakarta Post urges Indonesia
In its second piece criticising Indonesia’s handling of the open fires leading to transboundary haze in the region, The Jakarta Post pressed its country’s [...]
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Klang MP proposes extraterritorial law to prosecute Malaysian firms burning land in Indonesia
A DAP lawmaker said today he would be writing to Attorney general (AG) Tommy Thomas on Monday urging the latter to issue certificates under Section 22 of the Courts of [...]
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Cocoa, coffee industry cries out for EU pact to sweeten trade
Wherever you are in the world, there is a good chance the coffee you sip or chocolate you savor is made from Indonesia’s homegrown beans, as the country ranks fourth in [...]
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Indonesia president urges delay in law banning sex outside marriage
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday called for a delay in passing a new law that would outlaw gay and pre-marital sex after the controversial plan sparked a public [...]
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New Indonesia capital: Indigenous tribes fear further marginalisation
Long before Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced that the country’s capital will move from Jakarta to East Kalimantan, Eko Supriadi knew that his sleepy hometown [...]
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Companies responsible for haze must be hauled up, governments can’t be in denial, says Anwar
Companies responsible for the haze that has enveloped the region must be hauled up and held accountable, and governments must not be in a state of denial when tackling the [...]
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Jakarta loses, wins in legal battles over land reclamation projects
Legal suits have been knocking on the Jakarta administration’s door ever since Governor Anies Baswedan decided to stop the development of 13 artificial islands in the [...]
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Indonesia’s president orders delay in vote on criticised criminal code
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday ordered a delay in a parliamentary vote on revisions to the criminal code, which has been criticised by rights groups as an assault [...]
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Indonesia: hundreds of thousands oppose plan that would outlaw extramarital sex
Petition gathers more than 300,000 signatures in 24 hours after details of draft criminal code emerge A proposed new criminal code that could see state critics and people who [...]
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Indonesia moves to ban extramarital sex amid rights crackdown
Indonesia is poised to update its penal code to impose jail terms or steep fines on anyone having consensual sex outside of marriage. The legal reforms contain a long list of [...]
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Indonesia returning hundreds of containers of waste to West
Indonesia is sending back hundreds of containers of contaminated waste to the West after shipments supposedly containing plastic meant for recycling were found to hide [...]
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Indonesia says three killed in shootout with Papua separatists
Three civilians, including a toddler, have been killed and four wounded after a shootout between Indonesian security forces and armed separatists in the country’s [...]
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MCMC: Sabah and Sarawak could better internet connectivity from Indonesia’s capital shift
Indonesia’s plan to move its capital from Sumatra to Kalimantan may potentially benefit Sabah and Sarawak through improved internet infrastructure, Malaysian [...]
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