BATU,  Detik.com reports that the municipal government in the East Java resort area of Batu are preparing to “clamp down” on suspected prostitution practices taking place at many of the area’s panti pijat or traditional massage parlors. Iman Suryono, a municipal police official (pamong praja) in Batu, is dedicated to elimating the “plus-plus” and “happy end...

JAKARTA, Twenty-four new political parties in Indonesia meet qualifications as legal entities after they have passed the verification process held by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, local English newspaper the Jakarta Post reported on Saturday. “Only 24 of the 115 registered parties eventually fulfilled all the administrative requirements, including having offices in at least 20 pr...