It took five months for members of the National Ombudsman to convince Danang Girindrawardana to validate recommendations on Novel Baswedan's report. Initially, the chairman of the Ombudsman office refused to sign off on the result of their investigation of Novel's report, which began in May last year.

Chuck Suryosumpeno will find it hard to forget the Attorney-General Office's (AGO) memo he received on December 4, 2015. The memo, accusing him of bypassing his superiors and disregarding his obligations as state prosecutor, was delivered that evening to his Maluku AGO office by courier. As a result of the memo, Chuck lost his job as the province's chief state prosecutor.

IN Aceh, lashings are given for almost all transgressions by the general public. The unemployed who like to play dominoes, if unlucky enough to be caught gambling, can end up getting the cane. Public lashings also go to couples caught in the act.

The bill entitled Tindak Pidana Penyelenggara Peradilan (Criminal Offense in Court Affairs) circulated among limited circles of the House of Representatives (DPR) legislation board members. "Not everybody received (the document)," said United Development Party (PPP) politician Arsul Sani Tuesday last week. Arsul is one of the DPR members who got hold of the draft.

Jakarta Governor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama repeatedly excused himself to go to the bathroom, his way of keeping his temper in check during a grueling, hours-long interrogation by the Supreme Audit Agency's (BPK) investigation team.

Demand that the government accept responsibility for the 1965 atrocities is being revived. "They burned my body with cigarettes," Tintin Rahayu told the courtroom at Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague, the Netherlands, before pausing to compose herself. "In the interrogation room, I was beaten, and at camp in the military headquarters in Cebongan, (Sleman, Yogyakarta), I was trampled on." As Tintin began to sob, the courtroom fell silent.