A Ploy to Control Universities

Monday, January 27, 2025

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

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A hearing of the Legislative Body of the House of Representatives discussing the draft of the Mineral and Coal Bill regarding giving authorization for civil organizations and universities to manage mines at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, January 22, 2025. Tempo/Amston Probel. tempo : 173991590517.

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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Hussein Abri Dongoran, Novali Panji Nugroho, Egi Adyatama, and Hanaa Septiana (Surabaya) contributed to the writing of this report.

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