Maluku Barat Daya (MBD) or Southwest Maluku, a regency in Maluku province, is the home to Merdeka Copper (MDKA), which controls copper producing project in Wetar Island. The incumbent Regent Benyamin Thomas Noach, a PDIP politician, is seeking for his re-election in the Maluku Barat Daya election that will be held this year.To subscribe please click here