The truth proved that nothing is impossible.
It was fine to have no taxes, and it was fine to remove tariffs for some goods, but the latter exception made the Malaysian government troubled. While both New Guinea and Papua Province were both on Papua Island and the two countries were connected by a highway, any goods transported through this highway required tariffs to be paid.
Especially when it came to mining resources, Papua was rich in resources throughout the island. The Papua provincial government didn't want to see New Guinea's ores flooding into Malaysia to steal their own market share.
But if Future Group was granted a special pass, that meant the border was non-existent to them.
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