TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - THE Attorney General’s Office names a new suspect of crude palm oil (CPO) export graft case. The suspect, financial expert Lin Che Wei, is allegedly involved in a conspiracy in CPO exports that has led to cooking oil shortage at home. Che Wei is not a public official. He is a consultant, but investigators claim that he controlled policies on cooking oil and CPO export. Is it true that he is a confidant of Trade Minister Muhammad Lutfi?
NATIONAL
Entering Endemic Era
PRESIDENT Joko Widodo has lifted the face mask and Covid-19 test requirements. We must not let the endemic status lull us into negligence.
ECONOMY
Beware of the Pay-Later
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ENVIRONMENT
The Taking of Indigenous Lands
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