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Indonesia bans sex outside marriage in new criminal code

Gbemi Banks — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 10:50:24 +0000

Indonesia’s parliament on Tuesday, approved a new criminal code that bans sex outside marriage with a punishment of up to one year in jail. This is coming amid worries that the laws may scare away tourists from its tropical shores and harm investment. The new code, which will apply to Indonesians and foreigners alike, also […]

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Indonesia quake kills more than 50, wounds hundreds, destroys homes

Gbemi Banks — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 12:56:08 +0000

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed more than 50 people and wounded hundreds in Indonesia’s West Java province on Monday, with rescuers trying to reach survivors trapped under the rubble as aftershocks hit. West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil confirmed 56 deaths from the quake, whose epicentre was the town of Cianjur, about 75 km (45 miles) southeast […]

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U.S., Germany to support Indonesian energy transition

Gbemi Banks — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:00:28 +0000

The U.S. White House on Tuesday announced that the U.S., Germany and other international partners plan to support Indonesia in reaching the climate targets developed during the country’s G20 summit. Indonesia aims to reduce emissions in the electricity sector to zero by 2050, bringing this goal forward by 10 years. It also plans to accelerate the […]

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Indonesia’s airports open free-visa gates for G20 delegates, journalists

Gbemi Banks — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:28:31 +0000

Indonesia, on Tuesday, announced its free entry visa for foreign delegates and journalists going to Indonesia to attend the G20 summit. The Soekarno-Hatta airport immigration office said those attending the summit can enter the country with free visa via Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta and Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali. According to the authorities, […]

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Indonesian villagers kill 292 crocodiles in revenge attack

Freedom Reporter — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 22:16:37 +0000

Indonesian villagers armed with knives, hammers and clubs slaughtered 292 crocodiles in revenge for the death of a man killed by a crocodile at a breeding farm, an official said on Monday. Photographs released by Antara News Agency showed bloodied carcasses of the crocodiles in a large pile in the Sorong district of the Eastern […]

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Indonesia imposes travel ban on Trump’s business partner

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 18:34:30 +0000

Indonesian authorities have imposed a travel ban on tycoon and politician, Hary Tanoesoedibjo, who is building resorts to be managed by Trump Hotels, over an investigation into allegations he threatened a prosecutor via a text message. A spokesman at the immigration directorate said on Wednesday that Tanoesoedibjo has been given a 20-day overseas travel ban […]

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Missing Indonesian farmer found dead in belly of four-metre python

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 08:01:07 +0000

A missing farmer has been found dead inside the stomach of a four-metre long python in Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province. Residents in Karossa district caught the snake on Monday while they were looking for Akbar, who had failed to return home after leaving his home to pick palm oil fruit in a nearby plantation the […]

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Indonesian soldier found alive two weeks after helicopter crash

Freedom Reporter — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 12:03:36 +0000

A soldier has been found alive two weeks after an Indonesian army helicopter he was travelling in crashed, killing three people, the military said on Friday. The helicopter went down in a ravine in northern Indonesia on November 24 while carrying supplies to military posts near the border with Malaysia. Armed forces spokesman Brig.-Gen. Sabrar […]

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Drug trafficking: Indonesia executes six Nigerians, four Indonesians, two Zimbabweans, one Indian, one Pakistani

Freedom Reporter — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 20:45:48 +0000

A report in Jakarta on Thursday confirmed that Indonesia executed an unspecified number of convicted drug traffickers. It said the convicts were shot by firing squad at the Nusa Kambangan penal island shortly after midnight amid pouring rain. The attorney general’s office said late Wednesday that 14 convicts would be executed “soon.” The Community Legal […]

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