A Ploy to Control Universities

President Prabowo ordered a revision of the Mining Law that will allow the government to issue mining permits to campuses, allegedly to curb criticism.

Francisca Christy Rosana

January 27, 2025

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LED by Bob Hasan, Chairperson of the Legislation Body at the House of Representatives (DPR), the meeting on Tuesday morning, January 14, 2025, discussed the revision of the Mineral and Coal Mining (Minerba) Law. Bob told the Legislation Body members that the revision would include a clause on giving mining permits, or IUPs, to universities and cooperatives.

According to Bob, the special IUPs come on the heels of the government’s decision t

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