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Articles of the author Malaya Abdullah
Indonesia environmental activists question deforestation plan
JAKARTA: Indonesia's growing environmental movement is lashing out at government plans for deforestation in the country, saying it will hurt the country's environment and could lead to degradation of land that should be kept for other purposes, (...)

20 - 04 - 2013
More Rohingya Muslims seek safety in Indonesia
JAKARTA: At least 80 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar have been detained on a remote island off Sumatra by police as they attempted sneak into the country to escape the violence in their home country, immigration officials told Bikyanews.com. It was (...)

08 - 04 - 2013
UK woman to face death sentence in Indonesia
JAKARTA: An Indonesian court upheld a death sentence for a British woman convicted of smuggling $2.5 million worth of cocaine onto the resort island of Bali, a court official told Bikyanews.com on Monday. The Bali High Court rejected an appeal from (...)

08 - 04 - 2013
Indonesia supports arms treaty
JAKARTA: Indonesia supports the presence of arms trade treaty global arrangement which could reduce human suffering and increase mutual trust among countries and promote international peace, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported. A press release (...)

06 - 04 - 2013
Malaysia, Indonesia aim to protect Sumatran rhino
JAKARTA: Malaysia and Indonesia are aiming to bolster efforts to help save the Sumatran rhino from extinction. The two countries have struck a landmark deal to try to save the critically endangered Sumatran rhino, whose population stands at fewer (...)

05 - 04 - 2013
Asia-Pacific seek to end human trafficking
JAKARTA: Countries in the Asia-Pacific region on Tuesday agreed to boost “more effective law enforcement” to help bring an end to human smuggling, Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr said, adding that Canberra continues to seek to slow the number (...)

04 - 04 - 2013
World mourns as first Orangutan released back to wild dies of snake bite
JAKARTA: Animal activists are in morning after the world's first Orangutan successfully released back into the wild died of what appears to have been a snake bite. Semeru, the first male zoo-born orangutan in the world to be released back into the (...)

03 - 04 - 2013
Indonesia women angered after refusal to investigate rape case
JAKARTA: Indonesian women are livid after prosecutors and the police announced they would not investigate allegations of rape by a police officer. A 19-year-old woman has accused a policeman of forcing her to take methamphetamine and then have sex (...)

23 - 01 - 2013
Indonesia sentences elderly UK woman to death for Bali drug bust
JAKARTA: An elderly British woman has been sentenced to death by an Indonesian court after being convicted of drug charges on the island of Bali, court officials confirmed to Bikyanews.com. The case has sparked concerns that the legal system is (...)

22 - 01 - 2013
Indonesia arrests 7 armed students in Jakarta
JAKARTA: Police reported that 7 armed high school students have been arrested in Jakarta on Monday night, after they were caught hijacking three minibuses in the city. Police told Bikyanews.com that they believe this is the same group of students (...)

22 - 01 - 2013
Afghan asylum seekers' missing boat found near Christmas Island
JAKARTA: Indonesian and Australian officials confirmed on Monday that they had found a boat feared to have gone missing carrying a group of Afghan citizens near Christmas Island in Australia. The officials told Bikyanews.com that the asylum seekers (...)

21 - 01 - 2013
At least 21 dead in Indonesia floods
JAKARTA: At least 21 people have been killed, mainly as a result of electrocution, as a result of flooding that has hit the Indonesia capital Jakarta. The floods, which began last Tuesday, have seen over 250,000 people hit, forcing the government to (...)

21 - 01 - 2013
Indonesia angry after former Malaysia minister calls ex-president “dog of imperialism”
JAKARTA: Indonesia is up in arms after a former Malaysia Umno minister Zainuddin Maidin referred to former Indonesia President BJ Habibie as a “dog of imperialism.” The statement has already begun a war of words between the two governments and (...)

13 - 12 - 2012
Indonesia shocked after politician divorces bride because “she didn't bleed”
JAKARTA: In a case that has highlighted the lack of sexual education in Indonesia, a politician has divorced his teenage bride after only four days because “she didn't bleed” the first time they had sexual intercourse. The announcement has shocked (...)

10 - 12 - 2012
Singapore says to help Jakarta's public transport
SINGAPORE and JAKARTA: Singapore said it is ready to assist the Jakarta government to develop a mass rapid transport system, according to Singaporean ambassador to Indonesia Anil Kumar Nayar. “Singapore has some experience in this field. So, if (...)

06 - 12 - 2012
Indonesia housewives face greatest HIV risk
JAKARTA: Housewives in Indonesia are now facing the greatest risk of contracting HIV, experts were reported as saying on Saturday. The new findings from the Surabaya AIDS Prevention Commission has said that sex workers are no longer the highest (...)

02 - 12 - 2012
Indonesia says no subsidies for Jakarta public transport
JAKARTA: Indonesians are becoming increasingly agitated by the government after it was announced that the capital, Jakarta, would not receive subsidies for public transport systems in the city. The announcement has left many wondering if the price (...)

01 - 12 - 2012
Indonesia women workers fear lay-offs as minimum wage increased
JAKARTA: There is a growing fear among female workers in Indonesia's capital Jakarta that the government's move to increase the minimum wage 44 percent will lead to many women being laid off work as a result. “I am really worried that I won't have a (...)

21 - 11 - 2012
Indonesia rights group calls on Singapore to protect domestic workers
JAKARTA: A Southeast Asian human rights organization has called on the Singapore government to do more to ensure domestic workers in the country are protected through labor laws and policing. A paper published by the National Population and Talent (...)

19 - 11 - 2012
Malaysia detains officers accused of gang-raping Indonesian woman
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia security officials confirmed on Monday afternoon that three police officers have been suspended and detained after being accused of gang-raping a 25-year-old Indonesian woman on Friday, an official told (...)

12 - 11 - 2012
Indonesia reports 400 percent rise in children's diabetes
JAKARTA: Indonesia's health sector has reported that the number of children diagnosed with diabetes has increased more than 400 percent in the past three years. The ministry of health also confirmed that they have also been receiving indications (...)

08 - 11 - 2012
Indonesia wracked by blindness, eye disorders
JAKARTA: A senior official at Indonesia's health ministry said that with the growing increase in life expectancy, Indonesia will experience a prevalence of blindness and sight disorders as one of the main health problems affecting the elderly. The (...)

14 - 10 - 2012
Indonesia woman tells of being forced into sex trade in Australia
JAKARTA: She sits calmly sipping her coffee as she details horrors of her life in Australia for two years. Salima wanted to study at an Australian university, but didn't have the finances to do so on her, instead asking her uncle in Perth to help (...)

13 - 10 - 2012
Malaysia student arrested on marijuana charges in Indonesia
JAKARTA: A Malaysian student has been arrested in Indonesia carrying 6.8 grams of marijuana, police confirmed to Bikyamasr.com on Tuesday afternoon after reports began coming out. According to police, the student is a member of the medical faculty (...)

09 - 10 - 2012
Indonesia to boost Bali tourism with 60 new hotels
JAKARTA: Indonesia is looking to increase the number of tourists to the resort state of Bali. As a precursor to a planned advertising campaign, the government and partners are to build 60 new hotels on the island. Indonesia's tourist island Bali (...)

04 - 10 - 2012
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