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View all search resultsObservers view Jokowi's recent series of visits to inaugurate projects across the country in the final months of his presidency as part of his efforts to maintain his popularity after stepping down from office in October.
The state-run Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) has identified suspicious transactions in key public infrastructure and industrial projects linked to civil servants and politicians.
Less than a month after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo officially initiated the construction of the government's fertilizer industrial area in Fakfak regency, West Papua, controversy has loomed over the National Strategic Project (PSN). At the center of the controversy is Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia and his associates, whose ties with the project have raised concerns about conflicts of interest.
The President, as well as presumptive PDI-P nominee Ganjar, has hit back at opposition figurehead Anies' statement that the national strategic projects were prone to corruption by calling on him to provide evidence to back his allegation.
The most common acts of state repression found in land dispute cases are physical violence and verbal intimidation, divide and conquer tactics and criminalization, according to a report by the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI).
Among the measures to respect the locals’ rights was to withdraw all police and military personnel tasked with safeguarding the island amid the protests by residents against the plan. Security forces would also dismantle security posts across Rempang once they considered the situation to have calmed down.
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