Police officer shows firearms and bullets confiscated in Cipayung, East Jakarta, earlier this month. (file photo)

Expert: Illegal guns disrupt political stability and security

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Criminologist from University of Indonesia, Mulyana W Kusuma said illegal firearms would disrupt stability if they were at the hand of organized groups. "Obviously, it will disrupt political stability and security. Police cannot overlook the case of arms trade ," Kusuma said last weekend. Police must seriously tackle the recent shooting incidents in Jakarta and its surrounding areas....

Police officers mark and install police lines in the accident site where one policeman got shot until dead in Jalan Otto Iskandar Dinata, Tangerang, Banten Province. The victim was First Adjunct Police Inspector Dwijatna.

Special Detachment 88 takes part in investigation of police shooting incident

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Police anti-terror unit Special Detachment 88 (Densus 88) is participating in the investigation of recent police shooting incidents in Ciputat, Tangerang. "Densus 88 takes part because the suspects are terrorists," Jakarta Metropolitan Police head of public relations division Senior Commissioner Rikwanto said on Wednesday. He said the investigation was done also in connection with recent bombing at Ekayana...

Security personnels stand guard as three death convicts are executed at Wijayapura Port, Cilacap, on Friday

Jumat , 17 May 2013, 22:05 WIB

Indonesia executes three death convicts

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Senin , 13 May 2013, 00:25 WIB

Women rescued in Cleveland happy to be home

Map of Indonesia (green) and Papua New Guinea (orange)

Ahad , 12 May 2013, 23:40 WIB

PNG will investigate the shooting an Indonesian

Lindsay June Sandiford (right)

Selasa , 07 May 2013, 22:28 WIB

UK's Cocaine Queen lodges appeal

A suspect of meth smuggling puts the confiscated meth into a machine to destroy it in Jakarta on Thursday.

Kamis , 25 Apr 2013, 21:45 WIB

National Narcotics Agency (BNN) destroys meth

 Crystal methamphetamine (illustration)

Rabu , 17 Apr 2013, 19:50 WIB

Malaysian student caught with shabu