Land speculation! Another keyword for today's pathetic google-fu... and that led me to an article about the current/recent tension between Indonesia & Singapore... where the latter intends to build more (on landfill), which means it needs sand & gravel for the concrete. Except that according to Indonesia, Singapore is getting this sand & gravel... by stealing it from the various uninhabited islands that ring Indonesia. (Some of the islands are reportedly "disappearing" as a result of the massive, uhm, theft.)
I mean, there's land piracy, but I never thought of it being this literal.
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Date: 29 Jun 2011 11:54 pm (UTC)I mean, there's land piracy, but I never thought of it being this literal.