Indonesia

The Omnibus Law Cipta Karya Bill designed by the government is seen as threatening press freedom and the government’s efforts to interfere in the press. This is after the government included a revision of a number of articles in Law Number 40 of 1999 concerning the Press. The Legal Aid Institue (LBH) Press Director Ade Wahyudin, together with the Indonesian …

Recently, the Indo Barometer Survey released the results of a 100-day national survey of the Jokowi-Ma’ruf Amin administration. As a result of 27.3 percent, the public believes that the 1945 Constitution needs to be amended. While the public who believes the 1945 Constitution does not need to be amended as much as 62 percent. In the survey there were also …

As many 104 specimens from suspected coronavirus patients, it was reported that nearly all of them tested negative. This was stated by Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy that got confirmed from the government’s health officials that had analyzed those number of patients. “There have been 104 specimens or samples based on the Health Ministry’s directorate-general from …

An area in a housing complex in Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten province has become a scene, because in that place detected radiation. Indonesian nuclear agencies then conducted decontamination operation over the weekend after got information of the radiation. The place that operation was conducted at Batan Indah housing complex, and an official said that workers had removed 79 drums of …

Determination of the location of the celebration of the electric car race (Formula E) 2020 is still a hot conversation at the work desk of the higher-ups in DKI Jakarta. The issue re-emerged originating from a letter sent by the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan to the  Minister of State Secretariat , Pratikno who also served as Chair of …

The People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) under the leadership of Bambang Soesatyo, immediately completed the discussion related to the amendment to the 1945 Constitution which had become a national issue and returned the MPR as the highest state institution. This was conveyed by Deputy Chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly Syarief Hasan paid a visit to the Bali governor, Wayan Koster …

Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto together with Coordinating Minister for PMK Muhadjir Effendy and BNPB Head Doni Monardo flew to Natuna to pick up Indonesian citizens from Wuhan, China who were observed for 14 days. A total of 238 Indonesians will return to their respective regions after undergoing a period of observation to ensure they do not show symptoms …

As many 12 victims who had flown on board an Mi-17 Army helicopter that disappeared in June last year have been found by the Indonesian Military. That military forces found it shortly after taking off from an airport in the district of Oksibil in Pegunungan Bintang regency in Papua. On Friday noon, a recovery team from the Banteng Raider Infantry …

A tourist from China was identified if he allegedly tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Then The Bali Health Agency has managed to identify a hotel where that Chinese tourist had stayed during his vacation in Bali. “We have checked the data from the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office, and found out that we have a record of the tourist who …

For all security considerations, as many as 689 ex-ISIS citizens were decided by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo not to be repatriated to Indonesia. The government is worried that terrorism will spread if they return to their homeland. Jokowi stated emphatically that hundreds of people from Indonesia who were former ISIS were no longer considered citizens. Jokowi even prefers to use …