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.

Reports on the Presidential Regulation on the Rempang Eco-City and the Jayapura riots.

The government wants to turn Rempang Island into an industrial and commercial region. Once again, local people will lose out.

The government wants to vacate Rempang Island in order to turn it into a business and industrial center for an investor from China. Business magnate Tomy Winata has been lobbying European investors. Longtime local residents are considered to be encroaching on the land.

The Mayor of Batam and Batam Development Authority Chief Muhammad Rudi explains to Tempo the conflict over Rempang Island.

Clarification of BP Batam and the response of supporters to the French president on the defeat of the French team in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final.

Our mangrove forests are experiencing the fastest deforestation in the world. The saving of mangroves must go beyond mere rhetoric on the global stage.

Mangrove forests in Batam are destroyed by development. The result of BP Batam’s inability to issue land allocation permits.