TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Tempo English compiled the top 3 news on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Here are the highlights: Floods Hit 55 Neighborhood Units, Three Roads in West and South Jakarta; Amien Rais Video Case: Minister Urges No Charges Over Prabowo-Teddy Claims; and Amien Rais Accused of Human Rights Violations Over Video on Prabowo, Teddy.
The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today:
1. Floods Hit 55 Neighborhood Units, Three Roads in West and South Jakarta
The Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) recorded that 55 neighborhood units (RT) in South Jakarta and West Jakarta were flooded due to heavy rain.
“The flooding was caused by heavy rainfall,” said Mohamad Yohan, Head of the Disaster Data and Information Center of the Jakarta BPBD, in Jakarta on Monday, as quoted by ANTARA.
According to him, the heavy rain that hit the Jakarta area and its surroundings on Monday, May 4, caused a rise in the water level at Pesanggrahan Post (Alert 3) at 16.00 local time, Depok Post (Alert 3) at 17.00, Angke Hulu Post (Alert 3) at 17.00, and caused several floods in the Jakarta area.
Click here to view the 55 neighborhood units and three flooded roads in West and South Jakarta.
2. Amien Rais Video Case: Minister Urges No Charges Over Prabowo-Teddy Claims
Indonesia’s Minister of Law and Human Rights Natalius Pigai has stated that the Ministry of Communication and Digital should not report the Chair of the Ummat Party’s Consultative Assembly, Amien Rais, to the police regarding a statement in his video. In the video uploaded on YouTube, Amien stated that the relationship between the Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya and President Prabowo Subianto had crossed professional boundaries. The video was later deleted.
Pigai emphasized that the state should not imprison its people, including Amien Rais. “As the Minister of Law and Human Rights, I request the Ministry of Communication and Digital not to take a position to report Amien Rais, because he is a part of the state,” he said at a press conference in his office on Monday, May 4, 2026.
Pigai mentioned that only Teddy has the right to bring the matter to the legal realm, read his full statement here.
3. Amien Rais Accused of Human Rights Violations Over Video on Prabowo, Teddy
Indonesia’s Minister of Human Rights, Natalius Pigai, has spoken out about a video statement made by the Chair of the Majelis Syuro Partai Ummat, Amien Rais. The narrative in the video implicates the names of President Prabowo Subianto and Cabinet Secretary Lieutenant Colonel Teddy Indra Wijaya.
Pigai stated that the statements made by Amien Rais are not necessarily a form of freedom of speech. “Mr. Amien is suspected of violating human rights,” said Pigai on Sunday, May 3, 2026.
According to Pigai, Amien Rais is suspected of committing several forms of human rights violations. Here are the violations that Pigai claims Amien Rais committed.
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