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The Small-Island Mining Permit Problems

Monday, November 3, 2025

Law enforcement weakens despite hundreds of problematic mines spread across 477 small islands.

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Sand miners work along the main road in a residential area of Sambau Sub-district, Batam, Riau Islands, on December 1, 2021. Antara/Teguh Prihatna. tempo : 176827216741.

A BUNDLE of documents arrived on Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia’s desk on Friday, October 24, 2025. The sender was Ansar Ahmad, the Governor of Riau Islands and a Golkar Party politician. In the letter, Ansar sought Bahlil’s policy support as pressure mounted from the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries since August to revoke hundreds of mining permits on the province’s small islands.

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Yogi Eka Sahputra contributed to the writing of this report.

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