Finding Resolution in Malin Deman

Land disputes in Malin Deman have not ended yet. It is the central government’s authority to declare a plot of land an object of agrarian reform.

Irsyan Hasyim

June 19, 2023

USING stilts, Herman, 48, was busily trimming fronds off the old oil palm trees on his land. The resident of Air Merah village, Malin Deman subdistrict, Mukomuko Regency, Bengkulu, owns a four-hectare oil palm plantation. “There are around 500 oil palm trees, which are capable of producing two to four tons every month,” said the father of three when visited by Tempo in his plantation on Saturday, June 3.

Herman’s oil palm

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