Indonesia President Joko Widodo held a close meeting with senior law enforcement and security officials to discuss an amendments to anti-terrorist law. The move aims to strengthen anti-terror law in the country following last week attack by Islamic State in Jakarta.
Indonesian authorities will call off a two-day search for victims on Thursday after a military transport plane crashed into a residential area in Sumatra, killing around 140 people, the military said.
China on Thursday expressed "serious concern" over the blowing up of a Chinese fishing vessel seized by Indonesia six years ago, the first such incident under President Joko Widodo.
Two Islamic parties have proposed legislation that would ban all consumption of alcoholic drinks and bring jail terms of up to two years for offenders in Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim population.
