January 2, 2026 – Indonesia Headlines

Story gist: A Universitas Indonesia professor criticized the new Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP). He questioned whether Indonesia remains a rule of law country.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets provide no coverage, leaving progressive defenses of the code and conservative support for reforms absent. Center outlet Kompas.com reports the story neutrally via the professor’s headline quote, emphasizing his direct challenge to Indonesia’s legal status without added analysis or counterpoints.

Story gist: A bar exploded in Switzerland on New Year’s Eve. Latest images show the aftermath of the incident.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets omitted the story entirely, leaving those perspectives absent. Center-leaning CNBC Indonesia covered it with a dramatic title emphasizing ‘disaster’ and ‘latest portrait’ of the explosion, focusing on visual impact without deeper context, analysis, or victim details.

Story gist: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto stated the government is open to accepting aid for Sumatra flood victims, provided mechanisms are clear.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets absent, omitting potential opposition critiques on aid handling. Center outlet Kompas.com reports neutrally with Prabowo’s exact phrasing on conditional openness. Right-leaning SINDOnews frames reassuringly as government ‘not rejecting’ aid, adding ‘sincere’ to procedures for positive emphasis on transparency.

Story gist: Polda Metro Jaya police are investigating a terror report involving chicken carcasses and Molotov cocktails thrown at DJ Donny’s house in Jakarta.

Bias summary: Only center-leaning detikNews covered the story with a neutral, factual headline directly from police reports, emphasizing official investigation. Left- and right-leaning outlets provided no coverage, omitting the incident entirely and leaving progressive emphases on potential hate crime motives or conservative focuses on law enforcement response absent.

Story gist: On New Year’s Eve, the celebration at Bundaran HI in Jakarta proceeded without fireworks.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets provided no coverage, omitting any perspective on the event. Center outlet detikNews framed the story positively in its headline, emphasizing that the night ‘remained semarak’ (lively) despite no fireworks, focusing on continuity and vibrancy without noting reasons for the fireworks absence or criticisms.