Prisons in Indonesia, notorious for being overpopulated and under- staffed, remain a fertile breeding ground for pro-ISIS militants, according to a new study. These structural problems within the prison system will continue to defeat efforts in deradicalisation, disengagement and rehabilitation,…
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JAKARTA: A woman who was planning to be a suicide bomber had worked in Singapore as a maid. Dian Yulia Novi was arrested in an anti-terror raid last week for plotting to attack the Presidential Palace in the capital. The…
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Anwar Ibrahim, the former leader of the Malaysian opposition, has lost a final appeal to have his prison sentence for sodomy overturned and will serve out the remaining 16 months of his sentence in jail. Significantly the ruling means Anwar…
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The successful thwarting by law enforcement authorities of a plot by a radical cell to bomb a major target in Jakarta over the weekend does not guarantee that the capital remains safe from another terrorist threat, the police have warned….
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Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama could not hold back his tears when he read out his exception before a judge panel during his first blasphemy trial at the North Jakarta District Court on Tuesday. The non-active governor told the…
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