JAKARTA: 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.
Around 1,000 people protested in Batam City on Monday over a plan to develop Rempang island into a Chinese-funded economic zone, including the construction of a multibillion-dollar glass factory, that would displace around 7,500 people.Some protesters clashed with security forces outside a government agency, wielding machetes, Molotov cocktails and stones, police said, adding that dozens were arrested.
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