JAKARTA, Sept 15 — Indonesia has sent hundreds of riot police to a tiny island, an official said today, after protests broke out against a China-backed project that would...
JAKARTA, Sept 15 — Indonesia has sent hundreds of riot police to a tiny island, an official said today, after protests broke out against a China-backed project that would displace thousands of residents.
Some protesters clashed with security forces outside a government agency, wielding machetes, Molotov cocktails and stones, police said, adding that dozens were arrested. Police in Riau Islands province, near Singapore, said that 200 officers from the mobile brigade riot police unit known as Brimob, notorious for its heavy-handed tactics, were dispatched to the scene yesterday.
“This is a precautionary step to... maintain security as Batam, Riau Islands is strategic people to do business and invest.”Monday’s unrest took place outside BP Batam’s building, the agency that oversees the region’s development.
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