Indonesia News » Riau News Indonesia » Riau » People: Riau Islands BP3MI hands over people trafficking case to police
The human trafficking case involves 15 illegal migrant workers and a baby, who were intercepted on their way to Johor Bahru from an illegal port.
News Indonesia » Riau » People: Indonesian indigenous islanders are rallying against plans to build a Chinese funded factory on their homes
A plan to build a multi-billion dollar Chinese glass factory in Indonesia’s Riau Islands Archipelago has sparked fierce protests from indigenous islanders who are opposed to their villages being torn ...
News Indonesia » Riau » People: Floods kill six people in Riau: Rescue Agency
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PEKANBARU -- Floods that have been inundating certain parts of Riau Province in Sumatra Island over the past two months have claimed the lives of six people. Majority of the victims ...
News Indonesia » Riau » People: Wildfires continue to rage across Indonesia, 139 arrested for arson
JAKARTA: Police have arrested more than 100 people nationwide on arson charges as massive wildfires continue to ravage the country, but questions are mounting over whether the crackdown will deter ...
News Indonesia » Riau » People: Over 25.5 thousand people taken ill by haze in Riau
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PEKANBARU -- The Riau health office has recorded that 25,524 people have fallen ill due to the haze as the air quality has reached unhealthy levels in the province. "Most of them, or ...
News Indonesia » Riau » People: Sumatra firefighters on alert as burning heralds start of Riau dry season
If you liked this story, share it with other people. On the northeast coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, the first of two annual dry seasons led to a spike in wildfires in some peatland areas in ...
News Indonesia » Riau » People: As dry season looms, Sumatra villagers hope their peat restoration pays off
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Community-led efforts to restore degraded peatlands in Indonesia’s Riau province could be put to the test in early 2023 as the dry season sets in.