Communities’ Fears over the Red-and-White Cooperatives
Red-and-White village cooperatives are being built in locations considered far from strategic. They are also expected to compete with community-owned shops and credit unions.
Daniel Ahmad Fajri
May 11, 2026
IN Tumpeng village, Lumajang Regency, East Java, construction of the Red-and-White village cooperative building has stalled. No construction workers were visible at the site on Thursday afternoon, May 7, 2026. A cement mixer and piles of building materials sat abandoned in front of unfinished white concrete walls.
Subandi, one of the neighborhood association heads in Tumpeng village, said work on the cooperative project had stopped because build
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