Taking the Lands of Ancesstral Kings
The Lake Toba tourism development program is being accused of plowing over fields where villagers earn their living. A battle of claims over the land.
Tempo
December 22, 2020
A LETTER arrived, disrupting the gathering for Christmas preparation of the Butarbutar clan, on Wednesday, December 16. Investigators from the Toba Samosir District Police had summoned eight of their family members. A high-ranking official from the Lake Toba Authority Board had reported those eight people to the police last October.
The letter mentioned Nurveni Butarbutar as one of those to be questioned. Nurveni was surprised when he read the l
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