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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto plans to close more than 750 state-owned enterprises by December, claiming to have discovered 1,074 such entities plagued by corruption and mismanagement. The restructuring targets phantom profits and excessive overhead costs.
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has put forward Destry Damayanti, the central bank's second-ranked official, as the only candidate for the governorship after the sudden departure of Perry Warjiyo.
Six major Indonesian press unions have demanded President Prabowo Subianto apologise for calling journalists 'londo ireng' during a speech, claiming the colonial-era term denigrates the profession and undermines democratic principles.
Indonesia's high-profile corruption investigation into former deputy attorney general Febrie Adriansyah has exposed institutional tensions within President Prabowo's anti-corruption campaign, raising doubts about whether law-enforcement agencies can fairly investigate their own.