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'Who's behind the fires' – Walhi launches study on who benefits from forest fires
Walhi Press Release – October 14, 2026
Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has launched a study titled "Who's Behind the Fires?" to uncover the actors behind the companies with indications of the highest number of hot spots in plantation and forestry concessions.

This study found four main problems: the involvement of foreign capital behind high-risk concessions; the relationship between five figures who are close to President Prabowo Subianto; the concentration of hot spots in the Food and Energy National Strategic Project (PSN) in Merauke involving corporations and areas managed by the government; as well as forest and land fire (karhutla) patterns that need to be traced down to the corporate group level, not just individual permit holding companies.
South Sumatra students protest forest fires, journalists intimidated by thugs
Suara Metropolitan – October 13, 2026
Palembang – Student protesters who are members of student organisations including the Cipayung groups, such as the Indonesian National Students Movement (GMNI), the Muhammadiyah Students Association (IMM) and the Indonesian Muslim Students Action Front (KAMMI), as well as other student organisations, held a protest action in front of the South Sumatra Regional Police (Polda Sumsel) offices on Tuesday October 13.

During the action, the students urged the police to thoroughly investigate the alleged forest and land fires (karhutla), including holding the corporations suspected of being involved accountable from the management level and company leadership.
Prabowo-Gibran government's two-year performance report gets failing grade
Kompas.id – October 12, 2026
Hidayat Salam – The Shadow Cabinet in collaboration with the Centre of Economic and Law Studies (Celios) has provided critical notes on the first two years of the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

They believe that the wheels of government over this period have been overshadowed by the pitfalls of populism, weak institutional coordination and an expanding power structure that has not translated into improved public welfare.
Eight years after Manokwari Declaration, Papua plagued by forest fires and drought
YLBHI Press Release – October 11, 2026
Jayapura – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) together with the Papua Legal Aid Foundation (LBH), the Papua Merauke LBH and the LBH Papua Sorong Post is urging the president, governors, regents and mayors across the Land of Papua to immediately declare a state of disaster emergency due to drought and forest and land fires.

They also called for an immediate halt to forest clearing activities associated with the Food and Energy National Strategic Project (PSN) in Merauke.
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Forest fires
Kompas.id – September 5, 2026
While President Prabowo Subianto has repeatedly expressed frustration with the continued failure to contain ongoing forest and land fires (karhutla) and vowed to crack down on those deliberately starting fires, environmentalist say that the government's failure to control palm oil and mining companies is largely to blame.
Fired or on fire
Kompas Newspaper – September 1, 2026
The National Police Criminal Investigation Directorate (Bareskrim) has revealed the modus operandi of suspects involved in forest and land fires across nine regions. Police found that most suspects intentionally set fire to the land to reduce the cost of clearing plantation areas.
Nine dragons
Kompas.id – August 30, 2026
As the 2026 Economic Census nears its August 31 deadline, the government has come under fire following concerns over inaccuracies in the data used to determine people's income levels with numerous cases going viral on social media of people losing government assistance after being reclassified to a higher decile.
More debt
Kompas.id – August 22, 2026
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's ambition to achieve 8 percent economic growth in his first term and to elevate Indonesia to high-income status by 2045 appear to be increasingly unrealistic in the face of mounting debt to fund unproductive programs and interest payments eating into government revenue.
World peace
Kompas.id – August 15, 2026
The government is in damage control after a 69-page academic paper has gone viral that lists President Prabowo Subianto as one of its authors, and argues that the country's Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program should receive the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
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