Indonesian Deputy Energy Minister Dies While Mountain Climbing Amid Oxygen Shortage

Last updated 2026-09-24 — Xinhua News Agency reports that Indonesian officials said on the 21st that Deputy Minister of Energy Wiyatno Patiwidagdo died while climbing a volcano that day. A spokesperson for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono stated that the president had been informed of Wiyatno’s death, though the exact cause remains unclear. Wiyatno had set out on the 20th...