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Prabowo Signals Intention to Go After Illegal Mines in Indonesia
Indonesia will move to 'rectify' illegal mines estimated to have caused $19 billion in state losses, President Prabowo Subianto said in his first State of the Nation address.
The government has identified 1,063 illegal mining sites and is seeking support to crack down on them, Prabowo said in the annual speech in Jakarta on Friday. The illicit mines may be causing 300 trillion rupiah in losses to the state, he said, without specifying over what time period.
