News Indonesia Riau: Indonesia permit payoff raises alarm about palm oil industry corruption
JAKARTA — A million-dollar bribery case in Indonesia’s Riau province, the country’s palm oil heartland, has prompted calls for a wider investigation into corruption between business players and the local officials tasked with policing their operations. Prosecutors at a court in Pekanbaru, the provincial capital, are seeking an 11.5-year sentence for Muhammad Syahrir, the former […]
News Indonesia Riau: Riau Islands urges forex traders to sustain transactional stability
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News Indonesia Riau: Indonesia bans foreign tourists as coronavirus spikes
Indonesia will tighten social restrictions in the capital Jakarta ... as well as at Batam and Tanjung Pinang in the Riau Islands near Singapore. Police have also implemented a curfew in downtown ...
News Indonesia Riau: Indonesia to tighten COVID-19 curbs as infections climb
JAKARTA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Indonesia will tighten social restrictions in Jakarta ... as well as via Batam and Tanjung Pinang in the Riau Islands near Singapore. The Southeast Asian country has seen a ...
