Indonesian Officials Launch Crime Reward, Waste and Economic Measures

Governor Dedi Mulyadi of West Java announced a personal‑fund crime‑reward contest, allowing citizens to receive cash prizes ranging from 5 million to 50 million rupiah for capturing street thieves, robbers or muggers, provided the offenders are handed to police, not severely injured, and formally charged.

The governor also proposed that all subsidised schools in West Java require students to bring clean plastic waste to school each day, integrating waste‑sorting into science lessons and linking schools with recycling firms.

Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan outlined several national initiatives: a plan to eliminate open‑dump waste disposal within two years, a program to build 2,000 new fisher‑village complexes equipped with cold‑storage, auction halls and subsidised fuel, and an accelerated free nutritious‑meal (MBG) scheme for pesantren and remote (3T) areas, adding thousands of service points across Java.

In East Java, Vice Governor Emil Dardak reported that the province’s economy grew 5.96 % year‑on‑year in Q1 2026, driven by manufacturing, while warning that about 4,400 workers—mainly at the Pakerin paper mill—face possible layoffs. The provincial government is coordinating with labour and industry ministries to safeguard workers’ rights.