Top stories: Cilacap Regent caught in KPK sting operation and Rismon confirms authenticity of Jokowi's diploma
Jakarta — A selection of top weekend news stories worth noting includes the arrest of Cilacap Regent in a KPK sting operation, President Prabowo’s call for restraint during Eid celebrations, and digital forensics researcher Rismon’s confirmation of official documents’ authenticity.
- Cilacap Regent caught in KPK sting operation, third arrest during Ramadan 1447 H
The Anti-Corruption Commission (KPK) arrested Cilacap Regent Syamsul Auliya Rachman in the ninth sting operation of 2026, marking the third such arrest during the Islamic month of Ramadan 1447 Hijriah.
- Prabowo urges cabinet members to set example by avoiding lavish Eid open houses
President Prabowo Subianto has called on ministers, agency heads, and cabinet members to refrain from hosting lavish open house celebrations during Eid al-Fitr, citing ongoing national disasters and global crises.
- KontraS demands police investigation into caustic acid attack on Andrie Yunus
The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) has urgently called on law enforcement to thoroughly investigate the caustic acid attack on Andrie Yunus, Deputy Coordinator of KontraS. Yunus was attacked by unknown assailants in central Jakarta, sustaining burns to his hands and feet as well as vision impairment.
- Global crisis prompts Prabowo to push fuel conservation and consider work-from-home policy
President Prabowo Subianto has encouraged measures to reduce fuel consumption and is considering a work-from-home policy as an anticipatory measure against the impacts of the global crisis.
- Rismon confirms authenticity of Jokowi and Gibran’s diplomas, antithetical book to be released
Digital forensics researcher Rismon Sianipar has affirmed the authenticity of the diplomas of Indonesia’s seventh president Joko Widodo and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka through an antithetical book currently in preparation for publication.