Preposition selection is motivated not only by semantic considerations, but also by pragmatic and discourse-related factors. Such things as whether the message is spoken or written, to whom it is conveyed, and for what purpose it is conveyed.
Indonesian has locative prepositions and non locative prepositions.
Reference:
Indonesian Reference Grammar by James Neil Sneddon, 1996.
Most textbooks available for students of Indonesian tend to completely ignore this kind of Indonesian that almost every visitor to Indonesia will hear when trying to verbally communicate with Indonesians. - By Dr. Uli Kozok
The fact that some 3,000 - if not many more - words of Arabic origin can be found in Indonesian language dictionaries does not imply that these words are being used on a daily basis. - By Dr. Nikolaos van Dam