Further Instructions on ‘Mudik’ Ban Waited

While travelers are barred, cargo vehicles, whose mobility used to be restricted during the season, will now be allowed more space in on the roads because of the prospect of sparse traffic.

Kompas/Heru Sri Kumoro

Illustration: The atmosphere of controlling the Idul Fitri homecoming at the Palimanan toll gate, Cirebon, West Java Friday (22/5/2020).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Regional governments are ready to implement border checks following the central government’s decision to prevent the annual mudik (exodus) from May 6 to 17, in conjunction with the Idul Fitri extended holiday.

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