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By Christ Belseran | Irfan Maulana | Asad Asnawi AMBON/SURABAYA/JAKARTA, Indonesia — Criminal investigations of environmental advocates in Indonesia continue to undermine civil society in the world’s third-largest democracy, with two anti-mining activists the latest to be hauled before police following a routine demonstration. Investigators with the cybercrime directorate of Indonesia’s national police on Aug. 27 and Sep. 9 summoned university students Christina Rumalatu and Thomas Madilis for questioning over a potential violation of the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (ITE). The …

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