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On October 21, Thomas Jamaluddin, a researcher at Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency, confirmed that the debris that fell in Kalimantan was from China's LandSpace Zhuque-2E rocket, adding that physical inspection is still needed for final confirmation.

On the afternoon of October 18, debris from the Chinese LandSpace Zhuque-2E carrier rocket re-entered the atmosphere and crashed into an oil palm plantation in Sampit, Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. Local residents heard a loud roar, and there were no casualties.

On October 12, Indonesian immigration authorities detained 6 Chinese nationals at a residence in Semarang, seizing 50 mobile phones, 42 iPads and 3 laptops. They subsequently tracked three hotels and Semarang airport, detaining a total of 24 Chinese nationals in Semarang and Yogyakarta. One of them was identified by the SOI system at the airport and taken away, and is currently under further investigation.

On October 5, Indonesian police evacuated 75 foreign workers to the provincial police headquarters to ensure security and investigate the conflict. Media reported that they are from China. Currently, the 75 people are being questioned and having their identities verified as witnesses.

On October 2, residents of Matarape village in Morowali, Indonesia, blocked a road to protest dust pollution caused by Askon company's transport operations. About 40 Chinese workers arrived at the scene, some carrying wooden sticks and iron tools, and clashed with residents. The incident left 5 residents and 1 foreign national injured, 5 work vehicles damaged, and 5 excavators burned.

On September 14, a Chinese man named Wei Shang, suspected of hunting and eating a hawksbill turtle—a critically endangered nationally protected species—in the Raja Ampat marine protected area in Indonesia, was intercepted by immigration authorities in Makassar while preparing to leave the country. Previously, a local indigenous patrol team submitted a report, and widely circulated online videos showed him hunting a hawksbill turtle with a speargun and cooking and eating it.

The CCP had previously publicized that China and Indonesia held a joint military exercise to jointly strike at Taiwan independence; Indonesia subsequently clarified that its frigate, while returning from Russia, merely politely sailed alongside Chinese warships for a stretch, with no joint military exercise involved.

On June 15, 2026, the UK's Financial Times reported that the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia sent a letter to the Indonesian government, criticizing its policy of restricting nickel ore mining and warning that the new rules would impact about $50 billion in Chinese investment and threaten hundreds of thousands of jobs.

On June 4, Indonesian immigration authorities detained 4 Chinese nationals at another residence in Semarang on suspicion of romance scams, seizing 604 mobile phones and other devices; whether the case is linked to the October case has not yet been confirmed.