Land battle awaits Indigenous communities over Indonesia capital relocation: NGO

Jakarta (AFP) Jan 21, 2022

Tens of thousands of Indonesia's indigenous people are at risk of being expelled from their lands to make way for the construction of a new capital on jungle-clad Borneo island, a rights group warned on Friday. At least 20,000 people from 21 indigenous groups live in the area designated for the construction of the new capital with laws enabling the move from Jakarta not providing enough prot