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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

Indonesia reports a record 21,095 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, 9,271 of which are from Jakarta, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2.09 million.
2021-06-26

Supporters of the controversial Indonesian Islamic cleric Muhammad Rizieq Shihab clash with police during a demonstration in Jakarta, demanding immediate release of Shihab from police detention. Shihab was arrested last weekend for violations of health protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic after large gatherings occurred to celebrate his return to the country from self-exile in Saudi Arabia.
2020-12-18

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has decided to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta, on the northwest coast of Java island. The new location and timing are not yet known. Jakarta, home to over 10 million people, is sinking at one of the fastest rates in the world; almost half of its area is below sea level.
2019-04-29

The death toll from tainted alcohol in Jakarta and West Java, Indonesia, reaches at least 82.
2018-04-11

The mezzanine overlooking the main lobby of the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta, Indonesia, collapses, injuring at least 70 people. The Indonesian National Police ruled out terrorism as the cause.
2018-01-15

An explosion in a fireworks plant located west of the Indonesian capital Jakarta kills at least 47 and injures 35.
2017-10-26

An Indonesian Air Force Fokker 27 crashes in a residential complex in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, killing at least six people.
2012-06-21

Politicians and civilians in Indonesia protest after Saudi Arabia used a sword to behead a maid without telling them they were planning to execute her; Indonesia recalls its ambassador to express its fury and civilians gather outside the Saudi embassy in Jakarta wearing t-shirts with the slogan "corrupt government, workers are beheaded".
2011-06-21

Hundreds of Indonesian protesters in Jakarta demand the riot police be disbanded after three are killed and at least 156 wounded in bloody clashes between Indonesian National Police and demonstrators.
2010-04-19