Indonesian MotoGP may be over, but land conflicts over the US$3 billion AIIB-backed Mandalika tourism project are revving up

The most expensive seat for the Indonesian MotoGP tournament in Lombok was not one of the 15 million rupiah (US$1,046) VIP Premier Class tickets being sold by the organiser; it was a 3.5 metre tall rickety platform built by a local woodworker.It took Sibawai only one day to build the makeshift seating and cost him next to nothing in materials. But it has taken him at least 30 years, and counting, to fight for the land the platform is built upon.Sibawai claims ownership of six hectares of land…