Citizens are opposing a plan to develop Rempang island into a China-funded economic zone that would displace around 7,500 people.
200 officers from the riot police unit known as Brimob were dispatched to the scene. Representational photo: Reuters archive
Around 1,000 people in Batam City have protested 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. Beijing has poured money into infrastructure and resource projects in Southeast Asia's biggest economy, and its investments have previously caused social unrest, including a deadly January riot at a nickel smelting facility on Sulawesi Island.
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