Anxiety in Rempang over Relocation for Rempang Eco-City Project

All residents of Sembulang Hulu on Rempang Island are united in rejecting relocation for the Rempang Eco-City project. The relocation land is still being disputed.

Yogi Eka Sahputra

March 25, 2024

THE sun was rising from behind shady teak and mahogany trees in front of the house of Miswadi in the old village of Sembulang Hulu, Rempang Island, Riau Islands, on Thursday, March 7. Banana leaves and the cucumber seedlings Miswadi had just planted for a week beside his house were shining in the sun that morning. “This is how our village looks, which we want to preserve,” said Miswadi in his deep Malay accent to Tempo, who

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