Flawed Justice for Indigenous People

A farmer from the Sakai tribe in Bengkalis has been jailed for cutting down trees on land owned by a company. This is an offense against justice.

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June 2, 2020

THE verdict by the Bengkalis District Court in Riau that jailed Bongku bin Jelodan is an offense against justice. Simply for cutting down trees in a forest owned by Arara Abadi, the 58-year-old farmer was jailed for one year. Conversely, in the last five years this court has many times freed people who burned forests, including companies. The sentence for Bongku may well strengthen the view that law enforcement in this country is sharp at the bot

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