Protests expected as court likely to rule against Prabowo
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Indonesian election

Protests expected as court likely to rule against Prabowo

Indonesia's Constitutional court is expected to announce on Thursday that it will not over turn the result of April's presidential election in favour of Prabowo Subianto - and that ruling is likely to trigger more protests.

  • byJames Massola andKaruni Rompies

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Election body rejects Prabowo's fraud claims
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Election body rejects Prabowo's fraud claims

Indonesia's election commission has pushed back against claims of systematic fraud during another day of hearings in the Constitutional Court.

  • byJames Massola andKaruni Rompies
Losing Indonesian candidate challenges election in court
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Losing Indonesian candidate challenges election in court

The legal move is the latest step in what analysts say has been a months long campaign by former General Prabowo Subianto to discredit the election.

Islamic State militants involved in Jakarta riots,say Indonesian police
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Islamic State militants involved in Jakarta riots,say Indonesian police

The Jakarta governor has upped the death toll to eight after two nights of wild rioting,as the capital gradually returned to normal on Thursday.

  • byKaruni Rompies
Why are Indonesians dying on the streets of Jakarta a month after their election?
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Why are Indonesians dying on the streets of Jakarta a month after their election?

People are dead in the capital,and the plot thickens with envelopes of cash found on some protesters. What sparked the violence and who is involved?

  • byMichael Bachelard andKaruni Rompies
Protesters killed in clashes over elections,soldiers on the street in Jakarta
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Protesters killed in clashes over elections,soldiers on the street in Jakarta

Security forces have confirmed reports that people have died,but blamed paid provocateurs for the worst political violence in decades.

  • byKaruni Rompies
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Joko claims victory in Indonesia as Prabowo refuses to concede
Indonesian election

Joko claims victory in Indonesia as Prabowo refuses to concede

Prabowo has said he will contest the election result using"people power",forcing police and military to close sections of central Jakarta.

  • byKaruni Rompies
Indonesia's Prabowo must face reality and accept defeat. Again.
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Indonesian election

Indonesia's Prabowo must face reality and accept defeat. Again.

In a little over a week,Indonesian president Joko Widodo is all but certain to be declared the winner in the 2019 election. It's time for his opponent to face reality.

  • byJames Massola
Prabowo warns of protests,but real test for Jokowi is his promises
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Prabowo warns of protests,but real test for Jokowi is his promises

Indonesia's election has delivered a strong win for incumbent Joko Widodo. Now the president has to deliver lasting reform.

  • byJames Massola
Indonesia's Joko Widodo poised to claim big win in presidential poll
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Indonesia's Joko Widodo poised to claim big win in presidential poll

"Quick counts"of ballot papers indicate Joko has defeated Prabowo Subianto by about 10 percentage points,but Subianto has also claimed victory.

  • byJames Massola,Karuni Rompies andAmilia Rosa
Some overseas Indonesians may vote again after postal ballots'tampered with'
Indonesian election

Some overseas Indonesians may vote again after postal ballots'tampered with'

Officials were sent to Malaysia last week to investigate claims of vote fraud after videos circulated online of thousands of ballots scattered throughout a shophouse.

  • byNiniek Karmini