The night of September 1, 2025, may well be remembered as a turning point for Indonesia’s fragile democratic trajectory. At 10:45 p.m., Delpedro Marhaen, Executive Director of the Lokataru Foundation, was forcibly taken by men who identified themselves as police officers from the Jakarta Metropolitan Police (Polda Metro Jaya). They arrived in plain clothes, about ten in number, and used a white Suzuki Ertiga to whisk him away. Crucially, no arrest warrant was shown, no formal explanation was given. To subscribe please click here
