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Forced To Eat Dog Faeces, Chained: Indonesian Maid's Horrific Abuse
Beaten, forced to eat animal faeces and chained to a dog cage -- the abuse of an Indonesian maid highlights the government's failure to protect domestic workers at home even as it moves to help those abroad, critics say.
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6 Indonesian Women Drown Off Malaysian Coast After Boat Capsizes
Six Indonesian women drowned off Malaysia after their boat capsized during a suspected attempt to enter the country illegally, officials said, in the latest migrant tragedy in the area.
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Why This Man Dresses Up As Spider-Man To Clean Trash
Indonesian cafe worker Rudi Hartono struggled to persuade residents of his small coastal community of Parepare to follow his example and pick up rubbish strewn on the streets and beaches -- until he dressed up as Spider-Man.
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Boeing Design, Lion Air Flight Crew Blamed for 737 Max Crash in Indonesia Investigation
Boeing, acting without adequate oversight from US regulators, failed to grasp risks in the design of cockpit software on its 737 Max airliner, sowing the seeds for a Lion Air crash that also involved errors by airline workers and crew, Indonesian investigators found.
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Indonesia Finds 193 Bangladeshis Locked Up In A Shop
Indonesian police found 193 Bangladeshis locked up in a shop house after human traffickers had lured them with the promise of getting them to Malaysia, an immigration official said
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Indonesia To Stop Searching For Earthquake, Tsunami Victims On Thursday
Indonesian rescue workers will stop searching for the bodies of victims of an earthquake and tsunami on the island of Sulawesi on Thursday, the national disaster mitigation agency said on Sunday.
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As Quake Struck Indonesia, 34 Bible Study Students Killed At Church
Indonesian rescue workers have discovered the bodies of 34 students killed when a mudslide caused by Friday's quake on Sulawesi island engulfed their church, a local rescue official said.
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In Indonesia Disaster Aftermath, People Yell "Tsunami" During Aftershocks
The death toll from twin disasters on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, a major earthquake and the tsunami that followed, jumped to more than 800 on Sunday as rescue workers began to take stock of the wreckage - pulling out survivors buried under the rubble from a collapsed hotel, treating patients in tents, and racing to get food and water to sur...
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91 Killed, Several Injured As Magnitude 7 Earthquake Hits Indonesia
Indonesian security forces and emergency workers raced Monday to aid victims of a powerful earthquake on Lombok that killed at least 82 people, as strong aftershocks sparked terror on the holiday island that suffered another deadly quake just a week ago.
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Boat Sinks Off Indonesian Island Killing 17, Says Disaster Agency
A speedboat carrying 93 Indonesian migrant workers from Malaysia sank off an Indonesian island on Wednesday, killing 17 of them, Indonesia's national disaster agency said.
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Indonesia to Stop Sending Domestic Workers to Middle Eastern countries: Reports
Indonesia will stop sending new domestic workers to 21 Middle Eastern countries, reports said today, after the recent execution of two Indonesian women in Saudi Arabia angered Jakarta.
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Indonesian Domestic Worker Beheaded in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded an Indonesian domestic worker who knifed to death a Saudi woman described in press reports as her employer.
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Hong Kong Woman Faces Up to 7 Years Prison for Maid Abuse
A Hong Kong woman who was found guilty of beating and starving her Indonesian maid and keeping her prisoner faces up to seven years in prison when she appears in court for sentencing today.
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Malaysia Deports Indonesian Illegal Migrants
Malaysia today deported nearly 500 undocumented Indonesian workers, in what analysts said was part of a push to clamp down on illegal labour as the economy starts to slow.
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Indian Charged With Rape, Sodomy of 42-Year-Old Indonesian Woman
A 28-year-old Indian was today charged by a court in Kuala Lumpur for allegedly raping and sodomising an Indonesian woman in Malaysia.
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Forced To Eat Dog Faeces, Chained: Indonesian Maid's Horrific Abuse
Beaten, forced to eat animal faeces and chained to a dog cage -- the abuse of an Indonesian maid highlights the government's failure to protect domestic workers at home even as it moves to help those abroad, critics say.
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6 Indonesian Women Drown Off Malaysian Coast After Boat Capsizes
Six Indonesian women drowned off Malaysia after their boat capsized during a suspected attempt to enter the country illegally, officials said, in the latest migrant tragedy in the area.
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Why This Man Dresses Up As Spider-Man To Clean Trash
Indonesian cafe worker Rudi Hartono struggled to persuade residents of his small coastal community of Parepare to follow his example and pick up rubbish strewn on the streets and beaches -- until he dressed up as Spider-Man.
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Boeing Design, Lion Air Flight Crew Blamed for 737 Max Crash in Indonesia Investigation
Boeing, acting without adequate oversight from US regulators, failed to grasp risks in the design of cockpit software on its 737 Max airliner, sowing the seeds for a Lion Air crash that also involved errors by airline workers and crew, Indonesian investigators found.
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Indonesia Finds 193 Bangladeshis Locked Up In A Shop
Indonesian police found 193 Bangladeshis locked up in a shop house after human traffickers had lured them with the promise of getting them to Malaysia, an immigration official said
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Indonesia To Stop Searching For Earthquake, Tsunami Victims On Thursday
Indonesian rescue workers will stop searching for the bodies of victims of an earthquake and tsunami on the island of Sulawesi on Thursday, the national disaster mitigation agency said on Sunday.
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As Quake Struck Indonesia, 34 Bible Study Students Killed At Church
Indonesian rescue workers have discovered the bodies of 34 students killed when a mudslide caused by Friday's quake on Sulawesi island engulfed their church, a local rescue official said.
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In Indonesia Disaster Aftermath, People Yell "Tsunami" During Aftershocks
The death toll from twin disasters on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, a major earthquake and the tsunami that followed, jumped to more than 800 on Sunday as rescue workers began to take stock of the wreckage - pulling out survivors buried under the rubble from a collapsed hotel, treating patients in tents, and racing to get food and water to sur...
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91 Killed, Several Injured As Magnitude 7 Earthquake Hits Indonesia
Indonesian security forces and emergency workers raced Monday to aid victims of a powerful earthquake on Lombok that killed at least 82 people, as strong aftershocks sparked terror on the holiday island that suffered another deadly quake just a week ago.
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Boat Sinks Off Indonesian Island Killing 17, Says Disaster Agency
A speedboat carrying 93 Indonesian migrant workers from Malaysia sank off an Indonesian island on Wednesday, killing 17 of them, Indonesia's national disaster agency said.
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Indonesia to Stop Sending Domestic Workers to Middle Eastern countries: Reports
Indonesia will stop sending new domestic workers to 21 Middle Eastern countries, reports said today, after the recent execution of two Indonesian women in Saudi Arabia angered Jakarta.
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Indonesian Domestic Worker Beheaded in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded an Indonesian domestic worker who knifed to death a Saudi woman described in press reports as her employer.
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Hong Kong Woman Faces Up to 7 Years Prison for Maid Abuse
A Hong Kong woman who was found guilty of beating and starving her Indonesian maid and keeping her prisoner faces up to seven years in prison when she appears in court for sentencing today.
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Malaysia Deports Indonesian Illegal Migrants
Malaysia today deported nearly 500 undocumented Indonesian workers, in what analysts said was part of a push to clamp down on illegal labour as the economy starts to slow.
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Indian Charged With Rape, Sodomy of 42-Year-Old Indonesian Woman
A 28-year-old Indian was today charged by a court in Kuala Lumpur for allegedly raping and sodomising an Indonesian woman in Malaysia.
