US EditionSumatra floods: Indonesians raise white flags as anger grows over slow flood aid
More than 1,000 deaths and widespread displacement followed a rare cyclone, with residents protesting delayed aid and the government rejecting foreign assistance amid fiscal austerity.
- Last Thursday in Banda Aceh, dozens of protesters rallied, waving white flags as a distress signal and protest, demanding the central government in Jakarta open the door to foreign aid.
- Environmental degradation and weak watershed protections amplified storm damage as years of unchecked forest exploitation and plantation and mining permits worsened floods in Sumatra.
- More than 1,000 people have died and hundreds of thousands were displaced as residents of Sumatra, especially in Aceh, still lack clean water, food, electricity and medical supplies.
- President Prabowo Subianto has refused foreign aid, insisting the situation is `under control`, while offered shipments such as UAE relief were returned and provincial authorities sought UN support.
- With emergency allocations measured in billions while recovery needs reach tens of trillions, analysts say austerity rules and depleted regional district governments with minimal contingency balances expose a fiscal mismatch demanding reform.
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The government, through the Coordinating Ministry for Infrastructure and Regional Development, has reaffirmed its commitment to accelerating the repair of basic infrastructure damaged by flash floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.
Indonesia's white-flag shame in flood-ravaged Sumatra
As the waters begin to recede across Sumatra, what lingers is something far colder than the floods that swept through Aceh, darker than the landslides in North Sumatra and more unsettling than the rubble left behind in West Sumatra at the close of 2025. It is the chill of bureaucratic silence and the paralysis of […] The post Indonesia’s white-flag shame in flood-ravaged Sumatra appeared first on Asia Times.
The floods and landslides that hit the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra (Sumut), and West Sumatra (Sumbar) had a significant impact on clean water supply services.
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