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Tenggara Backgrounder January 14, 2022
POLITICS
Bekasi mayor’s arrest proves entrenched corrupt culture
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) started the year off with a bang, arresting suspended Bekasi mayor Rahmat Effendi and naming him a bribery suspect in a case involving five other officials of the West Java city administration. Although the...
New deputy post at Home Ministry may hold key to 2024 elections
The creation of the post of deputy home minister seemed innocuous when it was announced at the year-end, since 15 other ministers in the Indonesia Onward Cabinet of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo have deputy ministers.
TNI in Papua: New approach, old mindset
New Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Andika Perkasa offered a new approach to solving the long-standing conflict in Papua. Less than a week after his inauguration as the TNI chief, Andika said he envisioned a softer non-military strategy thro...
Luhut recruits e-commerce executive as special advisor
Rachmat Kaimuddin has relinquished his post as Bukalapak president director. In a statement published on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) website, the e-commerce giant said Rachmat had tendered his resignation on Dec. 28, 2021. VP corporate secreta...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Surakarta Mayor Gibran’s curious clash with Gojek
The mayor of Surakarta, Central Java, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who is also President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s eldest son, has clashed with the country’s ride-hailing decacorn Gojek over the latter’s delivery services, which the former claimed to be too...
Govt revokes thousands of inactive land concessions for redistribution
The plug has been pulled on thousands of inactive land concessions across the mining, forestry and plantation sector. The move, which covers millions of hectares of land, comes as part of the government’s efforts to reduce the stark inequality in lan...
RI gradually relaxes coal export ban after securing domestic supply
Indonesia has partially relaxed the coal export ban that had put the country at odds with its trading partners. After reportedly securing domestic supplies, the country is set to allow 37 vessels loaded with coal already paid for by buyers to depart...
Indonesia prepares to ban exports of bauxite, copper, one year sooner
After introducing an export ban on nickel in 2020, the Indonesian government is ready to impose export bans on bauxite this year and copper next year. An ambitious move, such a plan is arguably unaccompanied by sufficient domestic processing capacity...
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