Indonesia to still host FIFA competition in spite of deadly stampede

Indonesia will still host the 2023 Under-20 World Cup in spite of a stadium stampede earlier this month, an official of world football governing body FIFA said on Tuesday. Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, said they were setting up an…

Indonesia: Fans ‘died in the arms’ of players in stadium crush

Football fans “died in the arms” of players during a crush at Indonesia’s Kanjuruhan stadium, the home team coach has said, as the number of children killed in the tragedy rose to 32. Javier Roca said the crush at the…

Body parts found at Indonesian plane crash site

Divers pulled body parts, wreckage and clothing from waters off Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on Sunday, as the military located a signal it hoped would lead to the wreckage of a jet that crashed with 62 people on board. The Sriwijaya…

Indonesia president urges delay in law banning sex outside marriage (Guardian)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday called for a delay in passing a new law that would outlaw gay and pre-marital sex after the controversial plan sparked a public outcry. The proposed criminal code overhaul should get a closer look…

Lightning kills Indonesia shepherd, 19 buffaloes (Punch)

Lightning has killed a shepherd and 19 buffaloes in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, local media reported on Wednesday. Police said Sinto Habeyan, 23, was lighting a bonfire in a cattle barn in the Central Tapanuli district late Monday when lightning struck amid heavy…

French drug smuggler’s death sentence in Indonesia ‘commuted to 19 years’ (BBC)

A Frenchman sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia has had his sentence commuted to 19 years in jail, his lawyer and media have said. Félix Dorfin, 35, had been convicted of trafficking about 3kg (6.6lb) of various drugs…

Indonesia post-election protests leave six dead (BBC)

Six people have been killed and 200 injured during mass rallies against the re-election of Indonesian President Joko Widodo. Indonesian police confirmed the death toll based on reports from hospitals. They said the cause of the deaths was being investigated.…

Indonesia rejects appeal of woman jailed over mosque noise complaint (Guardian)

Indonesia’s Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by a woman sentenced to 18 months in jail under the country’s controversial blasphemy law for complaining about the volume of a mosque’s call to prayer. Meiliana, 44, an ethnic Chinese Buddhist,…

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Come and see UNIPORT wonder The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Prof. Ndowa Lale, has said that `the management of the institution has stamped out cultism from the university through its new policies. Lale spoke in Port…

Indonesia covers bare-breasted mermaids to respect ‘Eastern values’ (Punch)

A pair of bare-breasted mermaid statues have been given the family values treatment at an Indonesian amusement park where officials slipped golden tube tops over their chests. While the nude statues have been on display for years at Jakarta’s Ancol…

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