Jakarta – Minister of Culture (Menbud) Fadli Zon monitor a number of mining activities that threaten antique caves on the islands Kalimantan and Sulawesi. Fadli Zon said antique paintings in the cave were threatened by the cement factory. “We also monitor at various points, in Sulawesi, in Kalimantan, there is mining that threatens the ancient caves in which there are ancient paintings that are tens of thousands of years old. It is also very dangerous,” Fadli Zon said at the Istiqlal mosque, Jakarta, Friday (6/6/2025). As far as this is concerned, Fadli Zon communicated with the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia. One of them, an antique cave threatened, is in East Calimantan, called Sangkulirang Cave. Browse to continue with the content “Yes, verbally (transferred to Bahlil), but we do a study of places, especially those in Kalimantan,” he said. “In Eastern Calimantan, Sangkulirang -Cave,” he added. Fadli Zon explained that there were about 58 caves in the area with thousands of years old paintings. There is a cement factory around it. “In that area there are about 58 caves, there are 2500 antique paintings up to 40 thousand years old. There is a cement factory, it can be threatening because it takes the same source,” he said. (IAL/RFS) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here
Antique cave in East Calimantan is threatened with a cement factory, Fadli Zon Colek Bahlil
