JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): In the last few weeks, residents of Rempang, an island that is part of Batam, Riau Islands province, have been evicted to make way for a government megaproject, leading to protests.
JAKARTA Critics have questioned the Indonesian government’s priorities as it prepares to evict longtime residents of a small island to make way for a $25 billion development that includes a solar panel factory and a tourism resort. The island of Rempang, part of the Riau Islands archipelago in the Malacca Strait, has been awarded […]
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