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The Manggarai people of Flores have filed suit against pharmaceutical giant PT Konimex, incensed at the ongoing distribution of Kido chocolate. Apparently, the chosen brand name has lewd connotations in their native tongue.

May 21, 2002

It would appear that customary law and traditions do not have to be respected by big business. As if to prove this, food processor PT Konimex Indonesia is continuing to distribute chocolate under the Kido brand. This is despite the fact that the Manggarai Community Association, Flores, East Nusatenggara has strongly protested the use of the brand name "kido", which in the Manggarai language means sexual intercourse. As a resu

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