TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top three news on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Here are the highlights: Indonesian Govt Spills Reasoning Behind Import Restriction at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Stanford University Denies Plan to Build Campus in Indonesia's IKN; Only Research Collaboration, Anies Baswedan Comments on Vote Recapitulation, Alludes to State Intervention in 2024 Elections.

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

1. Indonesian Govt Spills Reasoning Behind Import Restriction at Soekarno-Hatta Airport

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian government through the Ministry of Trade has begun implementing rules regarding restrictions on imported goods brought by passengers from abroad.

Minister of Trade Regulation Number 36 of 2023 concerning Import Policies and Regulations has been issued since December 11, 2023, and came into effect on Sunday, March 10, 2024. The Soekarno-Hatta Customs and Excise Office has begun implementing the policy.

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2. Stanford University Denies Plan to Build Campus in Indonesia's IKN; Only Research Collaboration

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Stanford University has denied that it planned to build a campus in Indonesia’s Nusantara Capital City (IKN), North Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan. The private research university in California, United States, also stated that it had not signed any agreement with Indonesia.

“Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability does not intend to build any physical institution in Indonesia,” Stanford representative, Mara K Vandlik, said in an email to Tempo on Friday, March 15, 2024.

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3. Anies Baswedan's Comments on Vote Recapitulation, Alludes to State Intervention in 2024 Elections

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Presidential candidate number 01 Anies Baswedan refuses to comment on the results of the 2024 election’s vote recapitulation. Anies Baswedan and his running partner Muhaimin Iskandar only lead in Aceh and West Sumatra out of the 29 provinces that have completed the recapitulation process.

"We will see the results as a whole," Anies said when asked by the media crew after Friday prayers at the Dian Al Mahri Mosque in Depok.

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Editor's Note: The date in the first paragraph had been corrected from saying "Thursday, March 14, 2024" to "Saturday, March 16, 2024."

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