Trial in Kim Jong Nam's murder resumes in Malaysia
Jan 22, 2018
The trial of the two women accused of killing the half brother of North Korea's leader has resumed after a seven-week recess, with witnesses taking the stand to verify the authenticity of security camera videos
Indonesia investigates online insults of Brunei's sultan
Jan 22, 2018
The Sultan of Brunei has made a complaint of defamation to the Indonesian police about an Instagram account that criticized the wealthy autocratic leader of Southeast Asia's smallest nation
Singapore arrests 17 suspected in Shell oil heist
Jan 9, 2018
Singapore police arrest 17 men, seize tanker, $2.3 million linked to theft of oil from Shell refinery
Inmates riot, set fires at prison in Indonesia's Aceh
Jan 4, 2018
Security forces have retaken control of a prison in western Indonesia following a riot
Malaysia court acquits Australian woman of drug trafficking
Dec 27, 2017
An Australian woman has been found not guilty of trafficking 1.5 kilograms of crystal meth at Kuala Lumpur's airport three years ago, avoiding a possible death sentence
American says he escaped Indonesian jail due to extortion
Dec 20, 2017
An American man who was recaptured after escaping from an overcrowded prison on the Indonesian resort island of Bali says he fled because of extortion by other inmates.
Indonesian customs arrest 3 foreign drug suspects in Bali
Dec 19, 2017
Indonesian officials say they have arrested three foreigners who were attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the tourist island of Bali
American man recaptured after 5-day Indonesia manhunt
Dec 17, 2017
Police have recaptured an American man who escaped from an overcrowded and understaffed prison on Indonesia's resort island of Bali
Indonesia sentences gay club workers to 2-3 years in prison
Dec 15, 2017
An Indonesian court has sentenced 10 men arrested in a raid at a gay club and sauna to between 2 and 3 years in prison
Top Indonesia court rejects attempt to criminalize gay sex
Dec 14, 2017
Indonesia's top court has ruled against petitioners seeking to make gay sex and sex outside marriage illegal.
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