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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 18 hosted a reception for heads of delegations to the 39th ASEAN Police Chiefs (ASEANAPOL) Conference taking place in Hanoi.

Indonesia’s anti-terror squad has arrested an alleged terrorist suspect and smashed a plan for bomb strikes on August 17 - the Independence Day of Indonesia, police said on July 23.

Indonesian national police on May 21 imposed an alert status in the capital city of Jakarta right after the presidential poll result had been announced.

Indonesia will deploy 450,000 military troops and police personnel to handle possible riots when the 2019 elections results are announced on May 22, according to Indonesian Military Commander Hadi Tjahjanto.

The Indonesian National Police said that they will investigate a possible criminal offence in a boat incident that left many people missing at Lake Toba in North Sumatra on June 18.

A riot and deadly two-day standoff by terrorism detainees in a police detention center near the Indonesian capital ended on early May 10 after a police assault on the cellblock led to a mass surrender by those holed up inside, officials said.

The second deputy-ministerial level Security Dialogue between the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and the Indonesian National Police (INP) took place in Jakarta on December 18.

Soldiers and police of Indonesia are tracing a group of gunmen which recently killed one police officer and kidnapped over 1,000 people in Indonesia’s eastern Papua province, said Tito Karnavian, Indonesian National Police Chief.

Police officers from Indonesia and Malaysia have gathered at a meeting in the Indonesian province of West Nusa Tenggara from November 7-9 to discuss cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking.

Police in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will establish an integrated database to tackle terrorism, a senior Indonesian police officer said on September 14.

The police of Indonesia evacuated people living in the outskirts of Jakarta on December 10 after discovering a bomb in a raid on suspected Islamic militants who were planning to attack the presidential palace.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and the Indonesian National Police closely cooperate in fighting transnational crimes and terrorism.

Indonesia’s anti-terrorism force is continuing its raid to hunt the remaining 18 members of the Mujahiden of East Indonesia (MIT) terrorist group who have been operating in Poso, Sulawesi island.

Indonesian police are "90 percent certain" the nation's most wanted terrorist Santoso has been killed.

Indonesian police on February 15 arrested 33 individuals from radical Islamic groups who were plotting attacks against the airport and other targets in the near future.

Indonesian police said on December 24 that they have arrested two more people suspected of planning terror attacks during the Christmas and New Year in Jakarta.

The Indonesian police said it has been put on full alert after uncovering suicide-bombing conspiracies in Jakarta and arresting many suspects reportedly relating to the so-called Islamic State.

Indonesia’s anti-terrorism forces have been on high alert after the bloody attacks in Paris on November 13.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on September 30 that his country needs three years to completely put an end to forest fires which have been occurring more frequently in recent years.