KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) have confirmed that a Malaysian man was arrested by the Indonesian National Narcotics Agency (BNN) last month on suspected links to a syabu processing laboratory in Batam.

JAKARTA, June 16 — Indonesian President Joko Widodo officially granted special economic zone (SEZ) status to a technological park and an aircraft maintenance facility in Batam city, Riau Islands province, to jump-start local economic recovery amid the Covid-19 pandemic, reported VNA.

JAKARTA, April 18 — Another new Covid-19 variant, the B1525, has been detected in Indonesia, believed to be from Malaysia after an Indonesian citizen who returned to the country tested positive.