WEST SERAM, Indonesia It’s a sunny day off the coast of Piru village on the island district of West Seram, in Indonesia’s Maluku province. La Samiun and his wife are out on their wooden boat, along with a cargo of three sacks of seaweed seedlings. Over the course of the day, they’ll attach the […]
PRESIDENT Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration is in hot water after appointing a senior Indonesian Military (TNI) official as interim regent in Maluku despite swelling criticism, fuelling further speculation of a “hidden agenda” and prompting concern over a “prolonged polemic” on the opaque process to replace hundreds of outgoing regional heads.
Indonesian president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration is in hot water after appointing a senior Indonesian Military (TNI) official as interim regent in Maluku despite swelling criticism and fuelling further speculation of a “hidden agenda”