Joko Widodo
Jail, death and politics: Why we can’t know much about the Bali five
Australia’s clandestine extraction of five former drug smugglers from Indonesia looked like a victory. So what’s with all the secrecy?
- by Michael Bachelard
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Bali Nine
Inside the race to bring the five remaining Bali Nine home
The sensitivities were so great that the families of the five men were told they could not be in Darwin to greet them when they landed.
- by David Crowe
PM makes a welcome show of compassion for Bali Nine
I will never forget the cold-blooded execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, young Australians sacrificed on the altar of Indonesian domestic politics in 2015 by then-Indonesian president Joko Widodo.
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China relations
In the job seven days, Asia’s newest leader is already standing up to China
Prabowo Subianto hadn’t even lived a day of his presidential honeymoon period when China started harassing a state-owned ship. What’s it all about?
- by Zach Hope
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Indonesian election
Once blacklisted from Australia, Western leaders now want this hard man ruler on their side
Prabowo Subianto’s inauguration as Indonesian president on Sunday caps a remarkable political comeback from years on Western blacklists.
- by Zach Hope
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World elections
He rose on a platform of hope and change. He leaves with his nation’s democracy diminished
Joko Widodo is handing over the world’s third-largest democracy to his chosen successor on Sunday.
- by Zach Hope
Indonesian court knocks back calls for presidential election re-run
The ruling has sparked street protests from backers of the failed presidential candidates, who had both claimed fraud.
- by Zach Hope
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Indonesian election
Claims of widespread fraud as ex-military strongman is declared Indonesian president
The runner-up duo has now lodged legal action alleging Joko Widodo’s son was ineligible to run despite a court’s green light.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
How a Pixar-esque makeover helped put a military hardman in the palace
Long the loser, former military hardman Prabowo Subianto is expected to become Indonesia’s next president. This is how he did it.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
‘Gentler’ strongman Prabowo looks to have scored first-round knockout
If confirmed in the official tally next month, the 72-year-old would fulfil a decades-long dream of high office. Victory would also install the 36-year-old son of popular incumbent Joko Widodo as the nation’s vice president.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
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Indonesian election
Prabowo derided outsiders but he doesn’t mind Australians
The man in line to be Indonesia’s next president has a long memory. He hasn’t forgotten what Australians did in 1945 to support his country’s independence.
- by Zach Hope
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