Jakarta, Oct. 23 -- Indonesian Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa confirmed that he will investigate overdue payments to businesses in the meeting, incentive, convention, exhibition (MICE), event, and multievent sectors, amounting to nearly Rp400 billion and unresolved for more than four years.

Purbaya said the government will review the handling of this issue to ensure a fair resolution for all parties.

"I will check this immediately, as in 2021 I had not yet become Finance Minister. This matter had not reached me at that time. However, I have heard that some vendors or contractors who completed government or ministry projects have not been paid, even though the work has been finished," he said here on Thursday.

The minister pledge...