Dozens of women who have taken turns staging a heated protest – their feet encased in cement “shoes” – at the State Palace in Jakarta against the construction of a central Java cement factory have been catapulted to national attention after one of the women died of a heart attack. The plans for the factory are proceeding even though both President Joko Widodo and the Supreme Court have nixed it and the country suffers from serious overcapacity.
Indonesian Farmers Seek to Stop Cement Plant
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Indonesian Farmers Seek to Stop Cement Plant
Dozens of women who have taken turns staging a heated protest – their feet encased in cement “shoes” – at the State Palace in Jakarta against the construction of a central Java cement factory have been catapulted to national attention after one of the women died of a heart attack. The plans for the factory are proceeding even though both President Joko Widodo and the Supreme Court have nixed it and the country suffers from serious overcapacity.