Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Nika Raghua's presidential election isn't until November,

but what will shape it has been happening over the past week.

President Daniel Ortega's challengers are being arrested on Trump-up charges

and the international community is at last weighing in.

And in Jordan, roaming vendors selling natural gas cylinders

advertise their approach in an unusual and noisy way.

We take a listen to the ubiquitous gas truck jingles.

First up, though.

Across Southeast Asia, governments are finding new uses for age-old laws

on treason, blasphemy and sedition to keep their critics quiet online.

Leaders in Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia are imposing novel regulations

or cutting off internet access entirely.

Now, Indonesia has joined the trend.

New legislation orders online platforms to remove so-called prohibited content

from their sites within as little as four hours of it going up.

Companies had until last week to comply, though that deadline has now been extended by six months.

How or indeed whether content providers follow the law could set a standard

for online censorship across Asia.

Indonesia is Southeast Asia's biggest, most robust democracy.

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