Australian man charged in Indonesia for spitting on an Imam at a mosqueIndonesia ExpatApril 30, 2023April 30, 2023 by Indonesia ExpatApril 30, 2023April 30, 20230An Australian man faces more than a year in prison After being accused of spitting in the face of an...
Rp15k Ojek Ride – British Tourist Robbed and AssaultedIndonesia ExpatOctober 20, 2022October 20, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatOctober 20, 2022October 20, 20220A 29-year-old Balinese man, who recently was released from prison, is now back behind bars after robbing and sexually assaulting...
Makassar Police: Drive and Electric Bike and Face PrisonIndonesia ExpatJuly 15, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatJuly 15, 20220Makassar City Police in South Sulawesi has confirmed the prohibition of the use of battery-powered electric bicycles on the road...
Islamic Teacher Raped Students: Sentenced to Life ImprisonmentIndonesia ExpatFebruary 15, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 15, 20220An Islamic teacher named Herry Wirawan has been sentenced to life in prison for the rape of 13 of his...
15 Foreign Inmates in Kerobokan Prison Get Christmas ClemencyIndonesia ExpatDecember 26, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 26, 20210The Class II A Kerobokan Penitentiary has announced the 2021 Christmas clemency list. The Christmas clemency was announced after the...
Ex-minister Gets 12 Years for COVID-19 Aid CorruptionIndonesia ExpatAugust 23, 2021August 23, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatAugust 23, 2021August 23, 20210Former social affairs minister Juliari Batubara has been sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined Rp500 million for receiving...
Rizieq Shihab Sentenced to Four Years in PrisonIndonesia ExpatJune 24, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatJune 24, 2021July 9, 20210Rizieq Shihab in Prison The defendant in the swab test case at the Ummi Hospital in Bogor, Rizieq Shihab, has...
Beware – Different Strokes for Different FolksIndonesia ExpatAugust 5, 2020December 15, 2024 by Indonesia ExpatAugust 5, 2020December 15, 20240Two crimes: One involving the death of a policeman, the other a failed attempt at drug smuggling. One criminal gets...
Indonesian Police Nab American Bitcoin Fugitive for Child SexKenneth YeungJune 16, 2020July 9, 2021 by Kenneth YeungJune 16, 2020July 9, 20210Police in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta have arrested a convicted American paedophile wanted by the US Federal Bureau of...
Over 100 Inmates Escape from Riau PrisonIndonesia ExpatMay 11, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatMay 11, 20190More than 100 prison inmates have escaped from a jail in Siak district in the province of Riau, Sumatra. The...
Australian Tourist and Indonesian Girlfriend Sentenced to 6 years of Prison for Drug PossessionIndonesia ExpatMarch 1, 2019March 2, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatMarch 1, 2019March 2, 20190Australian Brendon Johnsson and his Indonesian girlfriend, Remi Purwanto, both 43 were sentenced to nearly 6 years of prison by...
British Woman Who Slapped Immigration Officer Sentenced to Six Months in PrisonIndonesia ExpatFebruary 8, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 8, 20190The British woman who went viral for slapping an immigration officer was sentenced to six months in jail by an...
Top 10 Controversial Convictions in IndonesiaKenneth YeungDecember 5, 2018 by Kenneth YeungDecember 5, 20180Baiq Nuril Maknun Sexual harassment victim jailed for six months In August 2012, Baiq Nuril Maknun (born 1978) was working...
Over 100 Inmates Escape During Prayer TimeIndonesia ExpatNovember 30, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatNovember 30, 20180More than 100 inmates escaped from a prison in western Indonesia after overpowering a guard during prayer time, police said...
Prison Guard Caught Allegedly Smuggling Drugs into PrisonIndonesia ExpatSeptember 23, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatSeptember 23, 20180The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) arrested a prison guard and a prisoner for allegedly trafficking methamphetamine and ecstasy in Lubuk...
One and Half Year Prison for Editor of Ahok Blasphemy VideoSania RasyidNovember 16, 2017November 17, 2017 by Sania RasyidNovember 16, 2017November 17, 20170The Bandung District Court has sentenced Buni Yani, the man accused of uploading an edited video of a speech by...
Ahok to Stay in Mako Brimob Prison Amid Security ConcernsIndonesia ExpatJune 24, 2017November 11, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatJune 24, 2017November 11, 20210Former Jakarta governor Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama will not be moved to East Jakarta’s Cipinang Prison as initially planned but...
Anti-Drug Chief Reveals Half of Drug Trade Run From PrisonsSharon HambaliJune 19, 2017 by Sharon HambaliJune 19, 20170The ongoing war on drugs in Indonesia has faced a fresh hurdle with the National Narcotics Agency revealing half of...
Indonesian Prisoners Display Handicrafts in Bid for RehabilitationKelly HenleyApril 5, 2017April 5, 2017 by Kelly HenleyApril 5, 2017April 5, 20170Despite Indonesia?s enthusiasm for the death penalty over rehab, a Jakarta expo will feature handicrafts from prisoners honing skills before...
Report: ISIS Exploits Structural Problems in Indonesia’s PrisonsMilafel DacanayJanuary 27, 2017January 27, 2017 by Milafel DacanayJanuary 27, 2017January 27, 20170Structural problems in the prison system such as overcrowding and understaffing make it easier for ISIS to recruit, says a...
In Spite of Injustice, Hope Still Shines from CipinangPatricia DuWorsJune 14, 2016June 14, 2016 by Patricia DuWorsJune 14, 2016June 14, 20160Cecillia Bae talks to Tracy Bantleman, wife of incarcerated Neil Bantleman, who has just spent his second birthday behind bars,...