Oil Palm Paradise’s Empty Coffers
Oil palm-producing areas are demanding a fairer share of profits. The oil palm industry’s contributions are considered disproportionate to its negative impacts.
Vindry Florentin
November 29, 2021
SITTING before his guests, Riau Governor Syamsuar expressed his complaints. That Monday night, November 1, Syamsuar received a visit from Deputy Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara at his official residence in Jalan Diponegoro, Pekanbaru, for a friendly meeting.
Suahasil, who was on a visit to Riau, came with the Director-General of Fiscal Balance Astera Primanto Bhakti. Syamsuar took this golden opportunity to meet the two officials who manage the
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