Social Affairs Minister Surrenders in COVID-19 Corruption Case
The Corruption Eradication Commission has named Social Affairs Minister Juliari P Batubara as a suspect in a corruption case related...
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French Tourist Sexually Abused 305 Indonesian Children
A French citizen, Francois Abello Camille, 65, has been visiting Indonesia regularly since 2015 and in that time has abused...
Nine People Sentenced to Death for Drug Trafficking
Nine people have been sentenced to death by the Palembang District Court in South Sumatra on Thursday after finding them...
Death Penalty Demanded For Cleric Accused of Ordering Multiple Terror Attacks
Indonesian prosecutors on Friday demanded death for radical Islamic cleric Aman Abdurrahman who is accused of ordering attacks including a...
Married Couple Faces Death Penalty On Terror Charges
A former Indonesian migrant worker, who was deported from Hong Kong last year after she posted a Facebook video of...
Indonesia Rebuffs UN Recommendation to Stop Death Penalty
Indonesia has rejected a United Nations call to abolish the death penalty, which was one of 225 recommendations made by...
Police Arrest German Citizen, Discover Nigerian Drug Syndicate in Jakarta
A German was arrested carrying 2.65 kilos of meth. Incidentally, he served as the key to helping local police bust...
Indonesian Prisoners Display Handicrafts in Bid for Rehabilitation
Despite Indonesia’s enthusiasm for the death penalty over rehab, a Jakarta expo will feature handicrafts from prisoners honing skills before...
Indonesia Transfers American Drug Trafficker To Execution Island
A convicted American drug dealer has been transferred to Nusa Kambangan. The foreigner has been sentenced to death in Indonesia....
Attorney General to Prioritize Drug Criminals in Next Round of Executions
While President Jokowi has mentioned the government’s move in the direction of abolishing the death penalty, Indonesia’s Attorney General HM...
American Gets Life from Indonesian Court for Drug Smuggling
An Indonesian district court sentenced an American national to life for carrying 97 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine (meth) on Wednesday,...
Is Jokowi Considering A Change to Indonesia’s Death Penalty?
The president claims to be “very open to options” when discussing the possibility of Indonesia abolishing the death penalty. Ahead...
Gang Leader Gets Death Penalty for Teen’s Rape and Murder
Zainal, the leader of the group of boys who brutally raped and murdered a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Sumatra, was sentenced...
Indonesia Executes Four Drug Offenders in Second Round of Executions
Despite a series of diplomatic pressures and legal appeals, Indonesia has carried out its first executions since 2013. This morning,...
Indonesia Considers Castration and Death Penalty for Rapists
In the wake of a brutal gang rape and murder of a 14-year-old schoolgirl in North Sumatra last month, the...
British Grandmother on Death Row Could Face Execution within Weeks
In December 2012, Lindsay Sandiford (59) from North Yorkshire in the UK was arrested in Bali for attempting to smuggle...
Murder by Death
Australian indignation against the death penalty was never going to save a couple of drug traffickers from the firing squad...
Bandung’s Asian-African Conference Approaches, as More Drug Traffickers Face the Firing Squad
Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan of the Bali Nine are still scheduled to be executed, even though legal appeals have...