TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English rounded the top three news on Thursday, February 8, 2024. Here are the highlights: Tokopedia Co-founder Denies JATAM Report on Mining Business Ownership, Countdown to Elections: Pos Indonesia Starts Distributing Ballot Papers 3 Days before Voting, and Malaysia and Indonesia See EUDR as Detrimental to CPO Exports.

The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today:

1. Tokopedia Co-founder Denies JATAM Report on Mining Business Ownership

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Leontinus Alpha Edison, the co-founder of homegrown e-commerce platform Tokopedia, insisted that he has no mining business, denying the recent report by the Mining Advocacy Network (JATAM).

“It’s not true that I, as a person, have a mining business,” Leon, who now serves as co-captain of the Anies-Muhaimin or AMIN campaign team, told Tempo in Menteng, Jakarta, on Wednesday, Feb. 7.

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2. Countdown to Elections: Pos Indonesia Starts Distributing Ballot Papers 3 Days before Voting

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - PT Pos Indonesia is tasked by the government to distribute ballot papers for the 2024 Election. The state post office's president director Faizal Rochmad Djoemadi guarantees that the distribution of logistics will be done in time and on target.

Faisal said that the estimated logistics distribution time was 1 to 3 days before voting day on February 14.

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3. Malaysia and Indonesia See EUDR as Detrimental to CPO Exports

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Both Indonesia and Malaysia are of the view that the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) will harm their economic interests as major producers and exporters of crude palm oil (CPO).

“Malaysia and Indonesia should voice their concern about our nation’s economic interest and that the (European Union’s) deforestation regulation (is intended to) restrict the import of our palm oil to their countries,” Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad bin Hasan said at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday.

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