Indonesia passes law to relocate capital to Borneo jungle
Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill to relocate Indonesia’s capital from Jakarta to a site deep within the jungle of Kalimantan on Borneo island, the most significant advancement of an idea the country’s leaders have been toying with for years. The new state capital law, which provides a legal framework for President Joko […]
Indigenous people under threat from Indonesia’s plan to move capital
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Thousands of Indigenous people may be uprooted from their ancestral lands on Borneo island as large areas of forests are cleared to make way for Indonesia’s new capital, human rights groups said last week. President Joko Widodo said this week the new capital would be moved to the province of East […]