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Palm oil firm accused of hiring men to kidnap smog inspectors in Indonesia

2016-09-06 10:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Up to 100 Indonesian men, believed to have been hired by a palm oil firm, took a team of official environmental investigators hostage on Friday and threatened to burn them alive, Indonesias environment ministry has said. The government team of seven were documenting illegal forest fires, which are often set ablaze deliberately by agriculture firms to clear land for replanting during the dry season. The ministry of environment and forestry said its team was held overnight until Saturday morning...

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