Indonesia’s bigget coal oligarchs: The Game
This is no ordinary game. This is part of an effort to uncover the figures and networks that run the coal business in Indonesia. Do you know who they are?
Author: Viriya Singgih
Viriya has experience in covering a wide range of issues in including energy, mining, macroeconomics and politics for various media organisations including Bloomberg News and The Jakarta Post. In 2015 he wrote the book Cramming Jakarta: The Center and Periphery in Reportage Collection. He recently joined Project Multatuli as staff writer.
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