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Work from home, but we’re watching: Indonesia, Malaysia geo-track remote civil servants
April 3, 2026
South China Morning Post
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Indonesia and Malaysia have ordered civil servants to work from home to save fuel amid the Iran war but with digital surveillance measures far stricter than those used during the pandemic. Civil servants in Indonesia must activate location tracking and respond to work communications within five minutes. Their Malaysian counterparts must log into a geolocation monitoring system every hour.

Those who fail to comply face escalating sanctions. The work-from-home policies, announced within days of...
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