President Prabowo Subianto launched Indonesia's first export shipment of electric vehicle batteries in Central Halmahera, North Maluku, describing the milestone as a tangible result of the country's natural resource downstreaming policy.
The Directorate General of Immigration at Indonesia's Ministry of Immigration and Correctional Affairs, in collaboration with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), has deported a Thai corruption fugitive identified as PV.
Laos imported 8,330 electric vehicles in the first eight months, up 107 percent from a year earlier. It aims to tap abundant hydropower to cut reliance on imported fuel and ease pressure on foreign currency reserves.
Authorities are pursuing corruption cases that caused losses of about US$313 million (RM1.3 billion) over nine months. The case involves state enterprise employees, Lao citizens and a foreigner.