Sources: BBC
Indonesia repatriates British nationals Lindsay Sandiford, sentenced to death for smuggling cocaine into Bali in 2013, and Shahab Shahabadi, who was serving a life sentence for drug offences, following a bilateral agreement on humanitarian grounds. Both are transferred to the United Kingdom to serve the remainder of their sentences under UK law. 2025-11-7
At least 19 people are killed and six others are missing due to widespread flooding in Bali and East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. 2025-09-10
Thai police raid a house in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, and arrest 13 foreigners, mostly Australians and British people, for running a fraudulent electronic trading platform that has stolen over AU$1.9 million (US$1.2 million). 2025-06-16
Indonesian police arrest 88 Chinese nationals in Batam, Riau Islands, after receiving a tip from Chinese police, for allegedly operating a cyber extortion scheme involving romance scams targeting victims in China. 2023-08-29
A fire at a nightclub in Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia, following an armed clash between two groups, kills at least 18 people. 2022-01-24
Indonesian police arrest four executives at Indonesian recruitment agencies and charge them with human trafficking in connection with the alleged torturing to death of an Indonesian worker on board a Chinese fishing vessel last month. 2020-07-27
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia. 30 people are killed and 156 others injured. 2019-09-26
Rescuers reach the wreckage of a Twin Otter cargo plane that crashed last week between Timika and Ilaga in Papua, Indonesia. All four persons on board are found dead, and their bodies are recovered. 2019-09-25
The Indonesian volcano Gamalama erupts injuring four people and leaving one person missing. 2014-12-19
A Merpati Nusantara Airlines Xian MA60 passenger plane with 25 passengers crashes into the sea near the Indonesian province of West Papua with no survivors. [https:--news.yahoo.com-s-ap-20110507-ap_on_re_as-as_indonesia_plane_crash_1 (AP via Yahoo News)] [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-asia-pacific-13320313 (BBC)] [https:--calgaryherald.com-news-survivors+Indonesia+plane+crash+navy+officer-4744264-story.html (AFP via"Calgary Herald")]date=August 2019 2011-05-7