Islamic group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) suspects that the coming visit of US President Barack Obama to Indonesia for the ASEAN Summit in Bali next week has a hidden agenda aimed at Indonesia’s energy
sector.
HTI spokesman Muhammad Ismail Yusanto said the US has relied on Indonesia for its energy needs so far.
“The US wants to keep exploring and expanding their power in the oil, gas and mine fields such as Exxon in Aceh, Natuna islands and Cepu. There is also Unocal Texaco in East Kalimantan, Chevron Pacificin Riau, Conoco in Papua and others,” he said.
Therefore, he concluded that the true agenda of Obama’s visit was to strengthen its capitalist interests in the East Asian region.
HTI staged a demonstration in front of the US embassy in Jakarta today.
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