Protected Forests for Rent

February 18, 2003

SARDAP has been five days in detention at the police station in Kota Batu. The 57-year-old farmer from the village of Sumbergondo in the East Java district of Bumiaju is confused about why he's being detained. The police have said he was detained for illegally working on land belonging to Perhutani.

Sardap is very confused. How could he be charged with wrongdoing while he was in possession of a permit from the forest management company to work

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