To stem the tide of its influence and save the local businesses, Indonesian authorities asked Alphabet's Google and Apple to block Chinese fast fashion e-commerce firm Temu in their application stores in the country.
The request was intended to pre-emptively protect the country's small and medium-sized businesses against cheap products being offered by PDD Holdings' Temu, Indonesia's communications minister Budi Arie Setiadi told Reuters, even though there were transactions yet by its residents on the platform.
Temu's rapid growth has triggered scrutiny over its low-cost business model of sending parcels to customers from China by several countries.
Temu's business model, which connects consumers directly with factories in China in order to significantly reduce prices, is "unhealthy competition," Budi said.
"We're not here to protect e-commerce, but we protect small and medium enterprises. There are millions we must protect," the minister said.
Jakarta will also block any investment by Temu in local e-commerce if it makes such a move, Budi said, adding he has not heard of any such plan.
Budi also said the government plans to request a similar block for Chinese shopping service Shein.
Indonesia forced China's ByteDance social media platform TikTok to close its e-commerce service in the country last year to protect local merchants and users' data.
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