Riau

Four people died and 11 others were missing after a boat sank in waters off Bintan island, Riau islands province on Wednesday.Read More  

BATAM: The police in Batam, Riau Islands, have seized a total of 504 sacks or 25 tons of magnesium sulfate, a crystal methamphetamine ingredient, from an industrial complex in Batam, in Riau IslandRead More  

BATAM: A legislator has urged the Indonesian government to consider constructing a bridge connecting Batam to Singapore as part of efforts to boost economic development in Batam.Read More  

At least 13,236 houses in four regencies in Riau are still inundated following the overflow of local rivers in heavy incessant rains in the past four days.  

BATAM: Police managed to quickly foil an attempt to kidnap the daughter of a restaurant businessman in Batam, Riau Islands.Read More  

PEKAN BARU: The Riau Immigration will soon deport 11 Greenpeace activists from Semenanjung Kampar, in Pelalawan district, as they are considered to have violated the use of their visitor's visas to Riau, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported.  

Around 10,000 residents in 16 villages of Kampar regency, Riau, are isolated and facing a possible famine due to deep mud that has blocked a major road connecting the area with cities over the pastRead More  

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Indonesian television says a passenger ferry with more than 200 people onboard sank in rough waters near Sumatra island.Yasin Kosasih, a police chief in Riau province, says the Dumai Express 10 left on an inter-island voyage Sunday morning and reportedly sank in poor weather 90 minutes into the trip.The passenger manifest says it was carrying 228 passengers including 15 children from the port of Batam to Dumai in Riau, Sumatra.Local police...  

Greenpeace activists --who set up a camp last month and sealed the heavy-duty equipment of PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) in Kampar Peninsula, Riau, two days ago -- left the location on Saturday after police gave them until 6 pm to leave the place.  

(The Jakarta Post) - Customs officials in Riau Islands have foiled an attempt to smuggle 75 tons of pure ammonium nitrate, which could be used for improvised explosive devices, on a ship from Malaysia bound for Selayar Island in South Sulawesi.Riau Islands Customs and Excise Office head Nasar Salim said Friday that the wooden ship was intercepted by a customs patrol team off the coast of Mapor Island near Bintan on Wednesday.The crew had...  

A search and rescue team has discovered the remains of five more victims from a ship that capsized and sank in waters off Takong Hiu four days ago, bringing the death toll from the accident to 32 aRead More  

Pekanbaru (ANTARA News) - British minister of energy and climate change Joan Ruddock said his visit to a peatland area in the Sumatran province of Riau was not connected with the recent Greenpeace action in the region. "No. It has nothing to do with ...  

Riau Islands Governor Ismed Abdullah expressed confusion at being named a graft suspect, claiming the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was inconsistent in labeling him a suspect.  

The search-and-rescue mission for passengers on the KM Dumai Express 10 ferry, which sank off Riau Islands province resumed Monday and will continue for a week, says the Riau Islands chapter NationRead More