The victims were promised high salaries and study credits but they were paid much less after arriving in Germany.
The Balik and Paser tribes living in the Sepaku district of East Kalimantan fear their land will be taken to make way for Nusantara’s core government area.
The congratulatory messages came as Prabowo’s two rivals said they would issue constitutional challenges over the result, citing allegations of irregularities and fraud.
Nearly 40 per cent of respondents said Indonesia and other Asean states should form an alliance to defend Jakarta’s sovereignty in the South China Sea.
Presumptive president-elect Prabowo Subianto projects 8 per cent growth for Indonesia in the next five years, at a time when the country is facing economic headwinds.
Critics accuse President Joko Widodo of helping to cover up his defence minister’s alleged human rights violations to strengthen their political alliance.
Indonesia recently called on the ICJ to deliver an advisory opinion to stop Israel’s ‘unlawful occupation’ in the Gaza Strip.
Some older Indonesians warn against the trend, highlighting the dangers they went through during Suharto’s rule.
Several analysts say Prabowo is unlikely to do anything to upend the economic cooperation that outgoing president Joko Widodo has established with China over the years.
Widodo’s pragmatic approach created a stable political climate and economic growth, but critics say democracy and human rights have regressed under his rule
Prabowo’s camp says it is ‘confident’ the defence minister has earned a one-round victory over his rivals, Ganjar Pranowo and Anies Baswedan.
Indonesia’s presidential hopefuls spent a frenzied final day of campaigning on Saturday, with front runner Prabowo Subianto using his rally to air grievances about ‘foreign nations’ sowing division.
President Joko Widodo has been accused of meddling in the February 14 election, in which Prabowo Subianto named Widodo’s son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, as his running mate.
The head of the General Elections Commission has been found guilty of not amending a rule before accepting Gibran’s election registration.
The presidential front runner denied making a ‘very cruel’ comment on voters’ intelligence, as he fended off questions about women’s rights and his multibillion-dollar plan to provide free meals.
With days to go before the February 14 polls, a clear win for the ruling party’s presidential pick appears all but impossible.
Controversy around his remarks also reflected widening rift in Widodo’s cabinet, with speculation that some of his ministers are considering resigning over the president’s election meddling.
Gibran Rakabuming quizzed fellow vice-presidential contenders on ‘difficult’ questions such as greenflation and lithium iron phosphate batteries.
The Indonesian mass killings in the 1960s and the 1970s East Timor genocide explain Jakarta’s inertia on the 1948 Genocide Convention, analysts say.
A report has accused a Chinese-funded industrial estate of causing ‘significant’ environmental destruction and violating the rights of indigenous people.
The case arose after a minister filed a police report against the activists for defamation over an online video.
Analysts said while none of the three candidates stood out, Anies displayed the most ‘strategic vision’ while Prabowo was constantly on the back foot.
Gibran faced tough questioning over his experience and Solo’s development while he defended his father’s new capital project.
Much of the resistance to Rohingya refugees stems from online misinformation, human rights activists say, as well as organised attacks against the United Nations and its refugee agency.
Anies Baswedan shone with his oratory skills, while Ganjar Pranowo scored points by reminding voters of Prabowo Subianto’s past human rights controversies.
Analysts say Indonesian voters see the pairing as remaining just ‘like Jokowi’s era’, while Prabowo benefits from his rival Anies’ lack of branding.
With northern Gaza ‘destroyed’, volunteers at the bombed Indonesian Hospital have joined thousands of others in seeking refuge in the south of the strip.
Several Indonesian media outlets have reportedly been intimidated over their negative coverage of several China-linked projects.
Confusion over Jokowi’s legacy project to shift the nation’s capital, as well as ‘election drama’ and high interest rates are pushing investors to adopt a wait-and-see approach, critics say.
The facility had sought to keep services open with cooking oil-fed generators and the service of volunteers, who sometimes worked in “total darkness” through the “terror of Israeli bombs”.