Amanda Hodge

Amanda HodgeSouth East Asia Correspondent

Amanda Hodge is The Australian’s South East Asia correspondent, based in Jakarta. She has lived and worked in Asia since 2009, covering social and political upheaval from Afghanistan to East Timor. She has won a Walkley Award, Lowy Institute media award and UN Peace award.

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Sky Garden security Imanuel Hede speaks to journalist during interview at a restaurant in Kuta on Bali island on 24 November 2016. PHOTO-NASHYO HANSEL

Security man the biggest loser

The Bali guard who was accused of using excessive force to restrain Jamie Murphy is contemplating a jobless future.

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Australian Jamie Murphy going home with his parent after get release from Kuta Police Station last night. Jamie was arrested in Sky Garden club in Legian street, Kuta, Bali on early Tuesday and being held for two days for investigation.

Ordeal over: teen leaves Bali for home

Perth teenager Jamie Murphy has left Bali with his parents bound for Australia, ending days of drama.

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The Nation

22/11/2016 Screengrab shows Perth schoolie Jamie Murphy being choked after a bag of suspect drugs was found on him at Sky Garden night club in Kuta in Bali, Indonesia. Raiza Andini/The Australian

Bali arrest: teen set to walk free soon

Tests confirmed the white powder allegedly found on the Perth teen was a mixture of caffeine and headache tablets.

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The Nation

Soccer star faces 12 years’ jail

An 18-year-old Perth soccer star could face 12 years in a Bali prison after he was allegedly caught with white powder.

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Foreign Affairs

Schoolie in Bali ‘drug’ arrest

An Australian teenager on schoolies in Bali has reportedly been arrested for possession of a white powder | WATCH

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The World

Maria Chin Abdullah, chairperson of the coalition of Malaysian NGOs and activist groups known as Bersih, that also translates as "clean" in the local Malay language, speaks with journalists in Kuala Lumpur on September 14, 2016. Malaysia's leading political protest group announced plans for a seven-week roadshow capped by a November 19 rally in the capital to demand the scandal-tainted prime minister's resignation. / AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA

Protester ‘held like terrorist’

The woman behind the anti-corruption rally is being held under conditions usually reserved for terror suspects.

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The World

Supplied Editorial Tammy Davis-Charles. Picture: Cambodian National Police

Aussie arrested in Cambodia

An Australian nurse has been charged with illegally operating a fertility clinic in Phnom Penh.

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The World

Najib sweeps up protesters

The Malaysian government used counter-terrorism law to detain organisers of Saturday’s Bersih rally.

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18 NOVEMBER 2016, Jakarta, Indonesia: Yenny Wahid, Head of the Wahid Institute at er home in Jakarta. The daughter of Abdurrahman Wahid a former President of Indonesia who was a reformer and moderate and led a constitutional challenge, after his term in office, to try and repel blasphemy laws. These laws are now being used to charge the Christian - Chinese Govenor of Jakarta, Ahok who has been accused of blasphemy in a bitter election race. Picture by Graham Crouch/The Australian

Moderate Islam at stake in Indon

Jakarta’s Christian governor’s battle could prove a watershed moment for this moderate Muslim-majority nation.

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The World

Islamists rage on Jakarta chief

Islamic hardliners will not be satisfied until Jakarta governor Ahok is behind bars for blasphemy.

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