He is the managing editor of Majalah Tempo’s science and environment desk and actively engages in global financial and taxation investigative collaborations. 

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In Need for Better Protection
Tiga Koto KUD’s fresh fruit transport truck in the Bukit Suligi protected forest, heading to Padasa palm oil factory in Koto Kampar, Riau. 
Illegal Oil Palm Collaboration Team
A worker loads oil palm fresh fruit bunches into a wheelbarrow, in Petajen, Batanghari, Jambi, November 2020.
Antara/Wahdi Septiawan

Lost Oil Palm Taxes

Touted as the national economy’s locomotive, the oil palm industry is instead believed to be reason behind the lost potential for tax revenue in the amount of over Rp20 trillion annually. The problem lies with weak database and non-compliant businesses.  

Cover Story Edisi : Monday, October 18, 2021

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