KAMPUNG Baru Market, Banda Aceh. There are hardly any transactions and the afternoon feels increasingly scorching. That's what Muhammad, 42, faces from one day to the next. All Friday last week, the rice merchant could only sell four sacks, each containing 15 kilograms of rice. At the 8x4-square-meter store, hundreds of sacks are piled up, nearly to the ceiling. "The market's quiet, Bang," he said to TEMPO.

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