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Entry of Chinese Workers to Indonesia Spurs Anger

Smelter plant workers arrive amid pandemic with no permit

Jul 23, 2021
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By: Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and M. Habib Pashya

The recent arrival of 20 Chinese nationals with no entry permits to Indonesia’s South Sulawesi region to work on a China-funded smelter project has stirred resentment given tightening Covid-restricted public movement, generating larger questions over the numbers of Chinese in the country taking jobs from …

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