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
Philippine President Bongbong Marcos confirms the return of Mary Jane Veloso to the Philippines following 14 years on death row in Indonesia, after the Indonesian government implemented a policy for the repatriation of foreign prisoners. 2024-11-20
The number of recovered COVID-19 patients in Indonesia surpasses four million. 2021-09-21
Indonesia reports a record 9,102 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 736,460. 2021-01-17
Seventeen students are killed and five injured when a truck carrying them to school overturns on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. 2015-05-28
The black box from a Russian passenger jet that crashed in the Indonesian province of West Java on May 9 is recovered by Indonesian authorities. 2012-05-16
The wreckage of a missing Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane, which vanished from radar on a demonstration flight with 45 people on board on May 9, is found in Indonesia. There are reportedly no signs of survivors. 2012-05-10
Abu Bakar Bashir, a prominent Indonesian cleric, rejects his terrorism trial as "outside Islamic law." 2011-06-6
Indonesia drops some of the key terrorism charges against radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, meaning that it is unlikely that he will receive the death penalty. 2011-05-9
Ash from Mount Bromo in Indonesia forces the closure of a nearby airport. 2010-11-29