Indonesia escalates ‘war on waste’ with criminal probe into Jakarta landfill disaster

Mongabay
Apr 28, 2026, 9:00 pm98 ptsTrending
JAKARTA — Indonesian authorities are pursuing a criminal investigation into two senior public health managers over the most recent tragedy and alleged mismanagement at two of the country’s largest landfill sites. The investigations were announced two months after President Prabowo Subianto publicly declared…

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