Singapore called for heightened vigilance on Saturday, a day after Indonesian police arrested a group of men they believed were plotting a rocket attack on the wealthy city-state with the help of a Syrian-based Daesh (the so-called IS) militant.
The (...)
An Indonesian court sentenced two British television journalists to two and a half months in jail on Tuesday for violating immigration regulations by working with tourist visas.
Neil Bonner and Rebecca Prosser were detained in May in Batam, a city (...)
All 11 escapees from the Baloi detention house in Batam on Wednesday morning are drug suspects.
They include seven detainees of the Barelang district police and four detainees of the Riau Island regional police, Brig. Gen. Endjang Sudrajat, the Riau (...)
Indonesian police launched an intense manhunt to recapture more than 100 prisoners after a group of inmates fled detention in Batam island - the second jailbreak in Indonesia in less than a week.
The latest escape occurred early Wednesday when 12 (...)
A patrol unit from the naval base in Batam foiled attempts to smuggle 5,540 tons of granite and sand to Singapore that could have caused the state to lose a total of around Rp35 billion, ANTARA quoted a navy spokesman as saying.
The navy patrol (...)
The Republic of Singapore is planning to open a consulate office in Batam, Riau Island province, on December 1, 2008, a Singapore minister said, according to Antara .
The opening of the consulate office is expected to further increase the two (...)
The United States has provided the Indonesian police with 15 patrol boats for use in security maintenance operations against piracy, drug smuggling and maritime crimes in Indonesian waters, news agency "ANTARA" reported.
The assistance was handed (...)
The number of hot spots in Sumatra and Malaysia in the recent week has declined from 293 to 61, an official of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said.
"The hot number of hot spots declined apparently due to the rain in several regions," (...)
A Boeing 737-200 belonging to Merpati Nusantara Airlines (MNA) made an emergency landing today at Hang Nadim International Airport, Batam Island, Sumatra, on its way from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Surabaya, East Java.
The diversion must be carried (...)
A Saudi relief plane arrived here today carrying 75 tons of relief assistance.
In line with the directives of the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz, the relief assistance will be distributed to victims of the earthquake and (...)
A Saudi cargo plane, laden with relief materials weighing around 76,500 tons, has arrived in Battam as part of the Saudi airlift assistance to quake-and-tsunami-hit victims in South Asia.
The relief shipment consists of tents, carpet, medicine, (...)
A Saudi cargo plane, laden with relief materials weighing more than 80,000 tons, has arrived in Battam as part of the Saudi airlift assistance to quake-and-tsunami-hit victims in South Asia.
The relief shipment consists of tents, carpet, medicine, (...)
A Saudi relief plane carrying 78 tons of relief assistance arrived here today.
In line with the directives of the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Premier and Commander of (...)
