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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Malaysian jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (C) walks out from a court house in Kuala Lumpur on September 5, 2016. Once bitter foes, former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad and the one-time protégé he jailed, Anwar Ibrahim, exchanged a previously-unthinkable handshake on September 5, that illustrated the country's topsy-turvy politics. / AFP PHOTO / STR

Anwar settles for house arrest

Lawyers for jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will seek house arrest if a final legal review fails.

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ATSB staff examine a piece of debris from Malaysian Airlines MH370. Source: ATSB

‘Wing flap part of MH370’

A large piece of aircraft wing found in Tanzania in June was confirmed last night as being from missing flight MH370.

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Residents carry the body of a suspected drug dealer killed by unidentified gunmen in Manila on September 14, 2016. The United Nations has said Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has a "striking lack of understanding" of its human rights institutions in a rebuke over his crime war that has killed more than 3,000 people. / AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS

China puts soft word on Duterte

The extent of Chinese influence in The Philippines election has become an issue in the past two weeks.

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Rodrigo Duterte, Delfin Lorenzana, Ricardo Visaya

Duterte risks own goal with US

The Philippines president risks frittering away his country’s best bargaining chip in negotiations with China.

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte arrives at the National Convention Center for scheduled bilateral meetings with ASEAN leaders on the sidelines of the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits and other related summits Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 in Vientiane, Laos. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Vigilantes kill 1500 dealers

A total of 2956 people have been killed in the war on drugs — 1466 by law enforcement and 1490 by unknown assailants.

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28 JUNE 2016, Jakarta, Indonesia: Horrific traffic snarls are an everyday occurrence for commuters in the Indonesian capital. The lack of decent infrastructure prevents workers from ease of travel to ambulances losing patients as they battle the traffic. A large scale Mass Rapid Transit project is under way but no due for completion until 2019 and in the meantime is adding to the chaos. Picture by Graham Crouch/The Australian

Indonesia mulls moving capital

Jakarta is sinking in sediment after decades of bad planning.

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Family members of the MH370 weeps and prays during a multi-faith prayers for the victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 at Malaysia Airlines Academy in Kelana Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, July 25, 2014. A small group of Dutch and Australian investigators walked the sprawling, unsecured site where Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 went down as their governments prepared police detachments they hope can help protect the crash area and help bring the last of the victims home.

Release of MH370 files ordered

A Malaysian court has ordered the releases of all files relating to the disappearance of Flight MH370.

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Order to cough up MH370 papers

A Malaysian court has ordered the government and Malaysia Airlines to hand over reports, memos and notes.

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FW: Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah and daughter Aishah Zaharie. Source: Facebook.

MH370 pilot eyed Oz retirement

The pilot of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 planned to retire to Australia with his wife, say relatives.

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NO BYLINE: 35 year old Fatima Pardi reacts while speaking during an interview at a restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

MH370 pilot’s mystery woman

The pilot of missing Flight MH370 had grown close to a married woman in the months before his disappearance.

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