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Tenggara Backgrounder December 11, 2020
POLITICS
Deadly clashes raise stakes in FPI-government tension
The death of six members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) this week has raised the political stakes as tensions with the government continue to mount ever since Nov. 10, the day that firebrand cleric and FPI founding chair Rizieq Shihab returned fr...
Minister’s involvement in graft case jeopardizes COVID-19 tackling
Social Affairs Minister Juliari Batubara has become the second member of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s second-term Cabinet to be named a graft suspect. Juliari was caught less than two weeks after the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrest...
Indonesia continues to grapple with pandemic
Indonesia hit a new high single-day COVID-19 infection rate on Dec. 3 with a total of 8,369 cases. COVID-19 task force spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito was quick to attribute the drastic surge to data discrepancies, explaining that the high number includ...
Benny Wenda’s govt-in-exile claim intensifies Papua tension
Tensions between Jakarta and activists in Papua usually increase around Dec. 1, the date some Papuans claim to be the birth of the West Papua nation in 1961. Exacerbating the tensions around this year’s event, Benny Wenda, leader of pro-independence...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Son pushes for Grab-Gojek merger, KPPU keeps watchful eye
The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) is keeping an eye on a possible Grab-Gojek merger plan as Masayoshi Son puts more pressure on the two ride-hailing giants to stop bleeding money. Grab and Gojek are still not on the same page whe...
Govt hikes export levy to fund depleting CPO fund
With its 30 percent palm oil-mixed biodiesel (B30) program, now going B40, the government eventually has to pay the price. With crude palm oil (CPO) prices soaring, the government has to pay ballooning biodiesel subsidies. To reduce the burden on the...
Govt to create land bank to better allocate plots for productive use
The government plans to realize the establishment of a land bank mandated under the recently passed Job Creation Law with initial capital of Rp 5 trillion. The land bank would be aimed at solving land administration issues, including land allocation...
La Nina pushes global food prices up
Back in September, global news media warned policymakers over the threat of droughts and floods caused by the La Nina weather phenomenon, which would send global food prices up. Two months later, global food prices are rising. As recorded by the Food...
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