Six couples were publicly whipped in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday for relations outside marriage, with at least two women unable to walk after the painful punishment. Flogging is common for a range of offences in the region at…
Indonesia police apologise for using snake during interrogation (Punch)
Police in Indonesia’s Papua province have apologised after interrogators used a snake during an attempt to extract a confession from a suspected mobile phone thief, a spokesman said on Monday. A video circulating online showed police in Jayawijaya district wrapping…
Woman mauled to death by pet crocodile (BBC)
A woman has been mauled to death by a pet crocodile in its enclosure on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Deasy Tuwo, 44, had reportedly been feeding the crocodile at the pearl farm where she worked, and where the animal…
Flights rerouted as volcano alert raised (BBC)
The alert level for Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano has been raised to the second highest level possible, after a series of eruptions spewed out lava. All flights around the volcano have been rerouted and a 5km exclusion zone has also…
Somber Christmas in tsunami-hit Indonesian region (Inquirer)
Christmas celebrations traditionally filled with laughter and uplifting music were replaced by somber prayers for tsunami victims in an area hit without warning, leaving more than 420 people dead and thousands more homeless in disaster-prone Indonesia. Pastor Markus Taekz said…
Boy, 5, pulled alive from rubble 12 hours after Indonesia tsunami (Metro)
This is the moment a five-year-old boy is pulled alive from the rubble over 12 hours after a tsunami hit Indonesia on Saturday. At least 281 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured when an infamous volcano, known as…
Hunt for survivors as Indonesian tsunami death toll tops 280 (Guardian)
Indonesian rescuers raced to find survivors Monday after a volcano-triggered tsunami killed at least 281 people, with experts warning the devastated region could be slammed by more deadly waves. Rescue teams used their bare hands, diggers and other heavy equipment…
Men lashed 100 times for having sex with underage girls (Guardian)
Two men caught having sex with underage girls were whipped 100 times each in Muslim-majority Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Wednesday, as one begged officials to stop the painful punishment. Flogging is common for a range of offences in the…
Lion Air crash plane ‘not airworthy’ (BBC)
Indonesian investigators have said the Lion Air plane that crashed last month killing 189 people was not airworthy and should have been grounded. The Boeing 737 Max plane crashed into the Java Sea shortly after departing Jakarta on 29 October. A…
Indonesian Village Bans WiFi After Children Were Caught Surfing Porn Sites (Guardian)
A village in a conservative region of Indonesia is pulling the plug on the wireless Internet after children were caught accessing porn sites instead of going to Koran study class, officials said Monday. Aceh province — the only region in…
