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☆ Indonesia sends warship to monitor Chinese coast guard vessel
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JAKARTA, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Indonesia has deployed a warship to its North Natuna Sea to monitor a Chinese coast guard vessel that has been active in a resource-rich maritime area, the country's naval chief said on Saturday of an area that both countries claim as their own. A warship, maritime patrol plane and drone had been deployed to monitor the vessel, Laksamana Madya Muhammad Ali, the chief of the Indonesian navy, told Reuters. "However, we need to monitor it as it has been in Indonesia's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) for some time." At the time, China urged Indonesia to stop drilling, saying the activities were happening in its territory. Southeast Asia's biggest nation says that under UNCLOS, the southern end of the South China Sea is its exclusive economic zone, and named the area as the North Natuna Sea in 2017.

☆ Indonesian businessman fined over $370 mln for stock manipulation
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Stefanno Sulaiman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Benny Tjokrosaputro walks after a hearing on the allegation of manipulating investment decisions at a state insurance firm Asabri, at the court in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar UlfianaJAKARTA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - An Indonesian corruption court on Thursday found businessman Benny Tjokrosaputro guilty in a stock manipulation case involving state insurance firm Asabri and fined him 5.7 trillion rupiah ($371.67 million). His fine was one of the largest in an Indonesian graft case and the judges said the state could seize Tjokrosaputro's assets if he did not pay. Indonesian media dubbed the cases Tjokrosaputro was implicated in some of the worst corruption scandals in Southeast Asia's biggest economy. Last year, Indonesia passed a financial law calling for the Indonesia Deposit Insurance Corporation to protect policyholders if an insurance firm becomes insolvent, a measure intended to shore up public trust in the sector.

☆ Indonesia president says "strongly regrets" past rights violations in country
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JAKARTA, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo acknowledged on Wednesday a series of incidents amounting to "gross human rights violations" had taken place in his country's past, including the bloodshed and arrests that took place in 1965 and 1966. "With a clear, genuine mind and conscience, I as a head of state acknowledge that there were gross human rights violations that did happen in many events," he said. Jokowi said that the government would seek to restore the rights of victims "fairly and wisely without negating judicial resolving", though did not specify how. The president also cited human rights violations in the restive region of Papua, noting his acknowledgment came after reading the results received from a team he formed in 2022 to investigate these violations. Late President Abdurrahman Wahid apologised for the 1965 bloodshed, while President B.J.

☆ Indonesia rattled by 7.6 magnitude quake, tsunami warning lifted
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JAKARTA, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Indonesia was struck by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday off the Tanimbar islands, prompting panicked residents in the area to flee their homes, although a tsunami warning was lifted after three hours and initial reports indicated limited damage. The Tanimbar islands are a group of about 30 islands in eastern Indonesia's Maluku province. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) recorded the magnitude of the quake as 7.6, after initially reporting it as 7.7. The U.S. Geological Survey also pegged it as a 7.6 magnitude. There were four aftershocks with the strongest recorded at 5.5 magnitude, BMKG said.

☆ Indonesia lifts remaining COVID restrictions
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] People wearing protective masks enjoy a pedestrian bridge during the dusk amid of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Willy KurniawanJAKARTA, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Indonesia on Friday removed all remaining measures to control the spread of COVID-19 effective immediately, since most of the country's population already has antibodies against the disease, President Joko Widodo said. "There will be no more restrictions on gatherings and movements," the president told a news conference, noting that the decision was taken based on the latest infection figures. The world's fourth-most populous country has recorded more than 6.7 million cases overall, with 160,583 fatalities. Reporting by Gayatri Suroyo and Ananda Teresia; Editing by Kanupriya KapoorOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Indonesia, BP sign 20-yr contract extension for LNG operations in Papua
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The extension would allow BP and its partners to operate on the fields until 2055, BP said in a statement. The working areas supply to Tangguh liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant. Indonesia usually extends a PSC two to 10 years before it expires, but BP needed to secure a longer contract to guarantee its long-term investment plan, according to Dwi Soetjipto, chairman of Indonesia's upstream regulator SKK Migas. Output from LNG Tangguh plant is estimated to drop before 2030 if there is no new exploration. Energy minister Arifin Tasrif said Tangguh gas production is needed to supply Indonesia's increasing energy demand as the country will rely on gas while transitioning to cleaner energy.

☆ Indonesia considers $320 mln in incentives to boost EV sales in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

President Joko Widodo told the same news conference: "We hope with these incentives, the electric motorcycle and electric car industry will grow". Indonesia targets 20% of overall car sales in 2025 to be EVs, Airlangga said. Companies that have invested or have announced planned investments in EV manufacturing in Indonesia include Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T), Mitsubishi Motors Corp (7211.T) and Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS). SGMW Motor Indonesia, part of a joint venture of SAIC Motor Corp Ltd (600104.SS), General Motors Co (GM.N) and Wuling Motors Holdings (0305.HK), has an EV assembly facility in the Southeast Asian country. Indonesia has also tried to court U.S. firm Tesla (TSLA.O) to invest to produce not just EV batteries but also cars in the country.

JAKARTA, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Indonesia's new criminal code has grabbed headlines for making sex outside marriage illegal but Islamic parties wanted even harsher punishment for moral crimes in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, accounts of behind-the-scenes negotiations reveal. "We found a middle ground, not only between nationalists and religious parties but also between progressive liberals and conservatives," he said. In forming the laws, a team of legal professors had turned to Indonesia's official dictionary, which defines adultery as any sex outside marriage, not just extramarital sex. The compromise reached in the final version carries a maximum one-year sentence for sex outside marriage and six months for cohabitation. "The Islamic parties benefit from the morality agenda ... while the other parties will benefit from strengthening of authoritarianism," he said.

☆ Bali governor says new Indonesia laws pose no risk to tourists
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JAKARTA, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Visitors to Bali will not be put at risk by Indonesia's newly ratified criminal code, the island's governor said, dismissing concerns that revised laws which include articles criminalising sex outside marriage may scare away tourists from its shores. Seeking to reassure visitors, Bali Governor Wayan Koster in a statement on Sunday noted the new laws, which come into affect in three years, could only be prosecuted if there was complaint by a parent, spouse or child. Those who "visit or live in Bali would not need to worry with regard to the entry into force of the Indonesian Criminal Code", he said. The governor said provisions in the criminal code on this issue had been altered from an earlier, stricter version so "would provide a better guarantee of everyone's privacy and comfortableness." Decades in the making, legislators hailed the passage of the criminal code as a much-needed overhaul of a vestige of Dutch colonial rule.

REUTERS/Willy KurniawanJAKARTA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The United Nations has expressed concern over threats to civil liberties posed by Indonesia's new criminal code, warning the revised laws could result in the erosion of press freedom, privacy and human rights in the world's third-largest democracy. Indonesia's parliament approved the legislative overhaul on Tuesday, part of a decades long process to replace its colonial-era penal code. The criminal code includes laws that make it an offence to insult the president, the national flag and state institutions. The code could also affect reproductive and privacy rights and exacerbate gender-based violence based on sexual orientation and identity, the statement said. "Same-sex couples cannot marry in Indonesia, so this clause also effectively renders all same-sex conduct illegal," Human Rights Watch said in a statement.

☆ Magnitude 6.1 quake rattles Indonesia's West Java -agency
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JAKARTA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's West Java province on Thursday, the country's geophysics agency (BMKG) said, prompting residents in areas near the epicentre to flee their homes in panic. The quake, with an epicentre 22 km (13.67 miles) from the city of Sukabumi, had no potential to trigger a tsunami and struck at a depth of 104 km, the agency said. Abdul Muhari, an official at Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency (BNPB), told Reuters there were no reports of damage so far but the agency was still assessing the situation. Last month, a shallow 5.6-magnitude struck the city of Cianjur, also in West Java, killing more than 300 people and causing damage to thousands of homes. In 2004, a 9.1-magnitude quake off Sumatra island in northern Indonesia triggered a tsunami that struck 14 countries, killing 226,000 people.

SYDNEY, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Indonesia's release of convicted Bali bomb maker Umar Patek will be a "difficult day" for Australians who lost loved ones and relatives in the attacks, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said on Thursday. Patek was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2012 for his involvement in bombings that ripped through two Bali nightclubs, killing 202 people, including 88 Australians and 38 Indonesians. "I think this going to be a very difficult day for many Australians – all Australians – to hear about the release of Umar Patek," Marles told ABC radio. "I'm particularly thinking right now of the families of those who were killed and injured in the Bali bombings." [1/2] Indonesian militant Umar Patek walks after reading his final defence at the West Jakarta court May 31, 2012.

☆ Indonesia police station blast kills one, injures several
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Policemen stand guard at the site of a blast at a police station in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, December 7, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Footage from Metro TV showed damage to the police station, with some debris from the building on the ground and smoke rising from the scene. Islamic militants have carried out attacks in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, including at churches, police stations and venues frequented by foreigners. In an efforts to crack down on militants, Indonesia created a tough new anti-terrorism law in recent years after suicide bombings linked to the Islamic State-inspired Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD). Reporting by Ananda Teresia; Editing by Ed Davies and Gerry DoyleOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

JAKARTA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Indonesia's new criminal code ushers in a raft of new laws, including banning sex outside of marriage, insulting the president, and expressing any view that runs counter to state ideology. Indonesia is also trying to entice foreign visitors back after the pandemic and the national tourism board described the new code as "totally counter-productive". We have already expressed our concern to the ministry of tourism about how harmful this law is," said Maulana Yusran, deputy chief of Indonesia's tourism industry board. Indonesia has been discussing revising its criminal code since declaring independence from the Dutch in 1945. Defending the passage of the bill against criticism, Indonesia's Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly told parliament on Tuesday: "It's not easy for a multicultural and multi-ethnic country to make a criminal code that can accommodate all interests."

☆ Magnitude 6.2 quake rattles Indonesia's Bali, Java islands - geophysics agency
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

JAKARTA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - A 6.2-magnitude earthquake rattled Indonesia's Bali and Java islands on Tuesday, the country's geophysics agency said. The quake occurred off the southern coast of East Java province, at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles), and 305 kilometres southwest of Denpasar, Bali, the agency said, adding that it was not expected to trigger a tsunami. Local authorities were checking for any damage caused by the tremors, which were felt strongly in East Java province and Bali, according to residents posting on social media. Reporting by Ananda Teresia and Fransiska Nangoy; Editing by Kanupriya KapoorOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Indonesia parliament ratifies criminal code that bans sex outside marriage
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Ananda Teresia | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/6] Yasonna Laoly, Indonesian Minister of Law and Human Rights, receives the new criminal code report from Bambang Wuryanto, head of the parliamentary commission overseeing the revision, during a parliamentary plenary meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Willy KurniawanJAKARTA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday approved a criminal code that bans sex outside marriage with a punishment of up to one year in jail, part of a raft of legal changes that critics say undermine civil liberties in the world's third-largest democracy. Legislators hailed the passage of the criminal code that the Southeast Asian nation has been discussing revising since declaring independence from the Dutch. "The old code belongs to Dutch heritage... and is no longer relevant now," Bambang Wuryanto, head of the parliamentary commission in charge of revising the code told lawmakers. The approval comes even as business groups warned it could harm Indonesia's image as a tourism and investment destination.

☆ Thousands on alert in Indonesia's Java after Mt. Semeru eruption
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Mount Semeru volcano spews volcanic ash during an eruption as seen from Candipuro in Lumajang, East Java province, Indonesia, December 4, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Iwan/ via REUTERSJAKARTA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Thousands of residents in Indonesia's East Java were on high alert on Monday after a violent eruption at the island's tallest volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8-kilometer no-go zone and forced evacuations of entire villages. "Yesterday, the rainfall level was high, causing all the material from the top of the mountain to come down. Indonesia's volcanology and geological hazard mitigation agency on Sunday raised the alert level for Mt. Semeru erupted last year killing more than 50 people and displacing thousands more.

☆ Indonesia set to pass new criminal code that will ban sex outside marriage
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Ananda Teresia | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The government and House of Representatives have agreed on the draft code, clearing a hurdle to its passage. Parliament had planned to ratify a draft new code in September 2019, but nationwide demonstrations over perceived threats to civil liberties halted its passage. Legislators in the world's third-largest democracy have since watered down some of the articles deemed most contentious. "This criminal code is a huge setback for Indonesia," said Bivitri Susanti, a law expert from the Indonesia Jentera School of Law. Once ratified, the new code will come into effect after three years as the government and related institutions draft related implementing regulations.

☆ Magnitude 6.1 quake hits Indonesia's West Java
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JAKARTA, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A quake of 6.1 magnitude hit Indonesia's West Java area on Saturday, the country's geophysics agency BMKG said, sending people running out of buildings. Some residents of other towns and cities in West Java said on social media they felt the quake strongly. A Reuters witness in Bandung, the capital of West Java province, said guests of a hotel ran out of the building but had since returned inside. Last month a shallow quake of 5.6 magnitude hit West Java's Cianjur, killing more than 300. BMKG reported a smaller 2.9 magnitude quake at 107 km depth hit near the first quake over an hour later.

☆ Indonesia set to penalise sex outside marriage in overhaul of criminal code
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Indonesian President Joko Widodo gestures as he delivers his remarks during the annual meeting of Indonesia's central bank with its financial stakeholders in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Willy KurniawanJAKARTA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament is expected to pass a new criminal code this month that will penalise sex outside marriage with a punishment of up to one year in jail, officials have confirmed. Decades in the making, the new criminal code is expected to be passed on Dec. 15, Indonesia's deputy justice minister, Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej, told Reuters. "We're proud to have a criminal code that's in line with Indonesian values," he told Reuters in an interview. A revised version of the criminal code has been discussed since Indonesia declared its independence from the Dutch in 1945.

☆ Indonesians pray outdoors after deadly quake destroys town
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Stefanno Sulaiman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Muslim men pray during Friday prayers at a volleyball field, as their nearest mosque was damaged following Monday's earthquake, in Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia, November 25, 2022. I asked the congregation to stay on guard because disaster might strike again," Muhamad, 52, said. "Prayer still needs to go on, even though we are in a shelter, prayer is an obligation," he said. Monday's quake was particularly deadly because it struck a densely populated area at a depth of just 10 km. Additional reporting by Ananda Teresia; Writing by Stanley Widianto; Editing by Kanupriya KapoorOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Indonesia struggles to get aid to quake survivors, rescue continues
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Stefanno Sulaiman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Survivors included a woman who gave birth at a makeshift medical centre in a tent. "The conditions are steep," President Joko Widodo said of the rugged terrain as he visited Cianjur. Search efforts focussed on Cijedil village, where about 30 people were thought to be buried under a landslide, Joshua Banjarnahor of the national search and rescue agency, told reporters. Rain-soaked slopes and potential landslides were delaying rescue efforts, the search and rescue agency said on Wednesday, adding the likelihood of finding survivors was getting slimmer. Monday's quake was particularly deadly because it struck a densely populated area at a depth of just 10 km (6 miles).

Trawling through the debris, a teacher asked whose child had worn pink to school that day. "It turned out that that was my daughter," said Rian, her face stricken with grief at the loss of her 8-year-old child, Vira. At Tarbiyatussibyan Al Badruniyah Islamic school in Cianjur, Vira was among 20 students killed when the 5.6-magnitude quake shattered the town, reducing some homes and schools entirely to rubble. The quake hit just after 1.30 p.m., when many children were about to start their lesson in the Islamic school. "When the quake happened, the school building suddenly collapsed; the second floor just caved in," said Siti Maemun, a Koranic recital teacher at the school.

☆ Death toll from Indonesia's earthquake rises to 252 - local government
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Indonesian Army officers stand as they evacuate people from the site of a landslide caused by the earthquake in Cugenang, Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia, November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar UlfianaJAKARTA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia's Cianjur town in western Java has risen to 252, the local government said in an Instagram post on Tuesday. It also said 31 people are still missing and 377 were injured, while the number of people displaced has reached 7,060. Reporting by Ananda Teresia and Gayatri Suroyo; Editing by Kanupriya KapoorOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Tremors felt in Indonesia capital after earthquake in West Java
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] People gather as they are evacuated outside a building following an earthquake in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar UlfianaJAKARTA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake rattled the Indonesian capital Jakarta for several seconds on Monday, the weather and geophysics agency (BMKG) said. The epicentre was on land in Cianjur in West Java, about 75 km southeast of Jakarta, and at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), BMKG said, adding there was no potential for a tsunami. Muchlis, who was in Cianjur when the quake hit, said he felt "a huge tremor" and the walls and ceiling of his office building were damaged. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) recorded the earthquake at a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale.

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