Indonesian minister says suspected plastic rice contamination may be attempt at govt sabotage - South-east Asia News. JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's home minister called for a police investigation into the suspected contamination of rice with plastic, saying it may be an attempt at sabotaging the government, the media reported on Monday. President Joko Widodo has called for calm after reports that tainted rice may have caused the hospitalisation of a girl in Medan on Sunday and made some customers at a food market in Bekasi sick last week. Rice is a common food staple in Indonesia, the world's third biggest importer, and reports of contamination can quickly cause food scares in the vast archipelago. "The synthetic rice distributor... may be making an attempt at treason or trying to sabotage the government," Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo was quoted as saying by English daily The Jakarta Post. The scare began last week when customers complained of nausea and dizziness after eating suspect rice from a vendor in Bekasi, a town neighbouring the capital of Jakarta.
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“Productive Intolerance: Godly Nationalism in Indonesia.” Comparative Studies in Society and History. Forthcoming, 2014. “The Coevolution of Sacred and Secular: Islamic Law and Family Planning in Indonesia.” South East Asia Research. Awarded the 2009-2010 Mildred Potter Hovland Journal Article Prize for the best article published in or submitted to a journal by a graduate student.
Manuscripts “The Origins of Intolerance in Islamic Institutions.” Co-winner of the 2012 Qualitative Submissions to APSR Award from the APSA Organized Section for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research. “The Politics of Identity in Indonesia: Results from Campaign Advertisements” (with Colm Fox). Awarded the 2011 Graduate Student Paper Award from the Indonesia and East Timor Studies Committee of the Association of Asian Studies. “Tolerance Without Liberalism: Islamic Institutions in Twentieth Century Indonesia.” “Third Generation Research on Religion and Politics.” Jakartica.
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