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The fate of Indonesia’s US$33 billion new capital city project is once again in question after president-elect Prabowo Subianto published a manifesto outlining his agenda that failed to mention the controversial legacy project of outgoing leader Joko Widodo.
He also asked all public figures, religious leaders and the general public to “monitor each other, and also report if there are any indications of online gambling”, admitting it was not easy to curb gambling due to its “cross-border nature”.
An Indonesian community is protesting against the involvement of the Chinese government in a zinc and lead mine in North Sumatra, citing the region’s earthquake-prone nature and the high risk that could result in environmental disaster.
“We will give NU coal concessions whose reserves are large enough to be managed in order to optimise the organisation,” Bahlil said in a speech on May 31 at a congress of NU students in the city of Bekasi, adding that the process was almost finished.
Two Ukrainians, a Russian, and an Indonesian were arrested earlier this month for running the clandestine drug lab that police said produced hydroponic marijuana, mephedrone, and cocaine out of a villa in the hip tourist area of Canggu in southern Bali.
On Sunday (May 19), Musk touched down on the resort island of Bali to launch Starlink, with the technology expected to transform health services in Indonesia’s remote areas.
Members of the Indonesian diaspora have welcomed an announcement from a high-ranking government official that plans to allow for dual citizenship are in the works, but they are wary of whether there is enough political will to make it happen.
The investigation, undertaken by rights watchdog Amnesty International’s Security Lab and news outlets, says the spyware was bought between 2017 and 2023 and used by state agencies such as the national police and Indonesia’s primary intelligence agency.