Report identifies tycoons controlling site of new Indonesian capital

Mongabay
Jan 6, 2020, 8:32 am155 pts
JAKARTA — Activists say they’ve identified the business tycoons who control land in the area slated for Indonesia’s new capital and who could potentially benefit from the $33.5 billion mega project. The site of the new capital on the island of Borneo is home to 162 existing concessions, most of them for…

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